The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... pleased to be told so . In this case therefore we may be sure , that he had in his mind some general implicit notion of this art of physiognomy which I have just now mentioned ; and that when his courtiers told him his face was made ...
... pleased to be told so . In this case therefore we may be sure , that he had in his mind some general implicit notion of this art of physiognomy which I have just now mentioned ; and that when his courtiers told him his face was made ...
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... pleased with this gentleman's phrase , that I shall distinguish this sect of women by the title of Demurrers . I find by another letter from one that calls himself Thyrsis , that his mistress has been de- murring above these seven years ...
... pleased with this gentleman's phrase , that I shall distinguish this sect of women by the title of Demurrers . I find by another letter from one that calls himself Thyrsis , that his mistress has been de- murring above these seven years ...
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... pleased . " No , no , " said they , 66 we like you very well as you are ; " and upon that ordered me to be carried to one of their houses , and put to bed in all my swaddles . The room was lighted up on all sides : and I was laid very ...
... pleased . " No , no , " said they , 66 we like you very well as you are ; " and upon that ordered me to be carried to one of their houses , and put to bed in all my swaddles . The room was lighted up on all sides : and I was laid very ...
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... pleased me in the account a young lady gave me of the loves of a family in town , which shall be name- less ; or rather , for the better sound and elevation of the history , instead of Mr. and Mrs. Such - a - one , I shall call them by ...
... pleased me in the account a young lady gave me of the loves of a family in town , which shall be name- less ; or rather , for the better sound and elevation of the history , instead of Mr. and Mrs. Such - a - one , I shall call them by ...
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... pleased never to be called child . It happens by this means , that these ladies are gene- rally rivals in all places where they appear ; and the words mother and daughter never pass between them but out of spite . Flavia one night at a ...
... pleased never to be called child . It happens by this means , that these ladies are gene- rally rivals in all places where they appear ; and the words mother and daughter never pass between them but out of spite . Flavia one night at a ...
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