The SpectatorPutnam, 1856 |
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... play , the best company go to Tom's or Will's Coffee - house near adjoining ; where there is playing picquet and the best conversation till midnight . Here you will see blue and green ribbons and stars familiarly , and talking with the ...
... play , the best company go to Tom's or Will's Coffee - house near adjoining ; where there is playing picquet and the best conversation till midnight . Here you will see blue and green ribbons and stars familiarly , and talking with the ...
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... played an important part in history . The idea of uniting the authors of a periodical in a club - though an obvious one - was calculated to bring out sparkling contrasts of character . But it was not successfully elaborated . Lach ...
... played an important part in history . The idea of uniting the authors of a periodical in a club - though an obvious one - was calculated to bring out sparkling contrasts of character . But it was not successfully elaborated . Lach ...
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... player , to expose Bully Dawson , a noted sharper , swaggerer and debauchee about town , especially in Blackfriars and its infamous purlieus . " he grew careless of himself , and never dressed afterwards 12 [ No. 2 . SPECTATOR .
... player , to expose Bully Dawson , a noted sharper , swaggerer and debauchee about town , especially in Blackfriars and its infamous purlieus . " he grew careless of himself , and never dressed afterwards 12 [ No. 2 . SPECTATOR .
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... play is his hour of business ; exactly at five he passes through New - Inn , crosses through Russel - Court , and takes a turn at Will's till the play begins he has his shoes rubbed and his perriwig powdered at the barber's as you go ...
... play is his hour of business ; exactly at five he passes through New - Inn , crosses through Russel - Court , and takes a turn at Will's till the play begins he has his shoes rubbed and his perriwig powdered at the barber's as you go ...
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... play at a minute's warning , in case any such accident should happen . However , as I have a very great friendship for the owner of this theatre , I hope that he has been wise enough to insure his house before he would let this opera be ...
... play at a minute's warning , in case any such accident should happen . However , as I have a very great friendship for the owner of this theatre , I hope that he has been wise enough to insure his house before he would let this opera be ...
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