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Page 13
... mention no other , he professed in this very place some few days before he died , that he would be one of the six that would undertake to assault me ; for which reason I have had his figure upon my wall till the hour of his death ; and ...
... mention no other , he professed in this very place some few days before he died , that he would be one of the six that would undertake to assault me ; for which reason I have had his figure upon my wall till the hour of his death ; and ...
Page 64
... mention of this , Lydia was roused with the expecta- tion of seeing Castabella's picture , and Castabella , with the hopes of that of Lydia . Madam , ( said I to Bel- videra ) when we consider nature , we shall often find very contrary ...
... mention of this , Lydia was roused with the expecta- tion of seeing Castabella's picture , and Castabella , with the hopes of that of Lydia . Madam , ( said I to Bel- videra ) when we consider nature , we shall often find very contrary ...
Page 65
... mention any assembly you were lately in , but one asks you with a rigid , the other with a sprightly air , pray , what men were there ? As for prudes , it must be confessed , that there are several of them , who , like hypocrites , by ...
... mention any assembly you were lately in , but one asks you with a rigid , the other with a sprightly air , pray , what men were there ? As for prudes , it must be confessed , that there are several of them , who , like hypocrites , by ...
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... mention with so much honour in your discourse concerning the lottery . “ I should be ashamed to give you this trouble " without offering at some small requital , I shall there- " fore direct a new pair of globes , and a telescope of ...
... mention with so much honour in your discourse concerning the lottery . “ I should be ashamed to give you this trouble " without offering at some small requital , I shall there- " fore direct a new pair of globes , and a telescope of ...
Page 85
... mentioning of " this person , who is a great wit , and a great cripple , " put me in mind of Mr. Eastcourt , who is under the " same circumstances . He was formerly my apothe- " cary , and being at present disabled by the gout and ...
... mentioning of " this person , who is a great wit , and a great cripple , " put me in mind of Mr. Eastcourt , who is under the " same circumstances . He was formerly my apothe- " cary , and being at present disabled by the gout and ...
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