The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Том 8George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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... honoured kinsman , Sir Roger de Coverley ; and I assure you I find it no easy task to keep up the figure of master of the fortune which was so handsomely enjoyed by that honest plain man . I VOL . VIII . B cannot ( with respect to the ...
... honoured kinsman , Sir Roger de Coverley ; and I assure you I find it no easy task to keep up the figure of master of the fortune which was so handsomely enjoyed by that honest plain man . I VOL . VIII . B cannot ( with respect to the ...
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... honour of the profession of arms , I have set apart a certain sum of money for a table for such gentlemen as have served their country in the army , and will please from time to time to sojourn all , or any part of the year , at ...
... honour of the profession of arms , I have set apart a certain sum of money for a table for such gentlemen as have served their country in the army , and will please from time to time to sojourn all , or any part of the year , at ...
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... honour my abode ; and I should be glad my acquaintance would take them- selves to be invited or not , as their characters have an affinity to his . I would have all my friends know , that they need not fear ( though I am become a ...
... honour my abode ; and I should be glad my acquaintance would take them- selves to be invited or not , as their characters have an affinity to his . I would have all my friends know , that they need not fear ( though I am become a ...
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... TO THE SPECTATOR - GENERAL . May it please your Honour , I HAVE of late seen French hats of a pro- digious magnitude pass by my observatory . T. JOHN SLY . ' No. 546. WEDNESDAY , NOV . 26 , 1712 . 545 . 11 SPECTATOR .
... TO THE SPECTATOR - GENERAL . May it please your Honour , I HAVE of late seen French hats of a pro- digious magnitude pass by my observatory . T. JOHN SLY . ' No. 546. WEDNESDAY , NOV . 26 , 1712 . 545 . 11 SPECTATOR .
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... honours which are paid to their memories . " The thought of this took me up as I turned over those epigrams which are the remains of several of the wits of Greece , and perceived many dedicated to the fame of those who had excelled in ...
... honours which are paid to their memories . " The thought of this took me up as I turned over those epigrams which are the remains of several of the wits of Greece , and perceived many dedicated to the fame of those who had excelled in ...
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