The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... taken to wife by a gentleman whose estate was contigu- ous to that of her enemy's husband . It would be endless to enumerate the many occasions on which these irreconcilable beauties laboured to excel each other ; but in process of time ...
... taken to wife by a gentleman whose estate was contigu- ous to that of her enemy's husband . It would be endless to enumerate the many occasions on which these irreconcilable beauties laboured to excel each other ; but in process of time ...
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... - men of the city of London ; it was taken down in the year 1762 , and the prisoners removed to the London workhouse . my mind what tempers were most apt to fall into N ° 82 . 11 SPECTATOR . N° 82. MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1711. ...
... - men of the city of London ; it was taken down in the year 1762 , and the prisoners removed to the London workhouse . my mind what tempers were most apt to fall into N ° 82 . 11 SPECTATOR . N° 82. MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1711. ...
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... taken a whole day's journey to see a gallery that is furnished by the hands of great masters . By this means , when the heavens are filled with clouds , when the earth swims in rain , and all nature wears a louring countenance , I ...
... taken a whole day's journey to see a gallery that is furnished by the hands of great masters . By this means , when the heavens are filled with clouds , when the earth swims in rain , and all nature wears a louring countenance , I ...
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... taken such an entire possession of my imagination , that they formed in it a short morning's dream , which I shall communicate to my reader , rather as the first sketch and outlines of a vision , than as a finished piece . I dreamt that ...
... taken such an entire possession of my imagination , that they formed in it a short morning's dream , which I shall communicate to my reader , rather as the first sketch and outlines of a vision , than as a finished piece . I dreamt that ...
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... taken a cursory view on one side of the gallery , I turned myself to that which was filled by the works of those great masters that were dead ; when immediately I fancied myself standing before a multitude of spectators , and thousands ...
... taken a cursory view on one side of the gallery , I turned myself to that which was filled by the works of those great masters that were dead ; when immediately I fancied myself standing before a multitude of spectators , and thousands ...
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