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" Upon his coming home, the first complaint he made was, that he had lost his roast-beef stomach, not being able to touch a sirloin, which was served up according to custom ; and you know he used to take great delight in it. From that time forward he grew... "
The British Essayists;: Spectator - Page 13
by Alexander Chalmers - 1808
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The Spectator, Volume 7

English essays - 1753 - 384 pages
...in it. From that ' time forward he grew worfe ard worfe, but flill kept ' a good Heart to the laft. Indeed we were once in ' great hope of his Recovery, upon a kird Meffage ' that was fent him from the Widow Lady whom he had ' made love to the forty laft Years...
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Select British Classics, Volume 17

English literature - 1803 - 408 pages
...sirloin, which was served up according to custom ; and you know he used to take great delight in it. From that time forward he grew worse and worse, but still...him from the widow lady whom he had made love to the last forty years of his life ; but this only proved a lightning before death. He has bequeathed to...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...sirloin, which was served up according to custom ; and you know he used to take great delight in it. From that time forward he grew worse and worse, but still...good heart to the last. Indeed, we were once in great hopes of his recovery, upon a kind message that was sent him from the widow lady whom he had made love...
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The Spectator, Volume 8

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 348 pages
...sirloin, which was served up according to custom ; and you know he used to take great delight in it. From that time forward he grew worse and worse, but still...good heart to the last. Indeed we were once in great hopes of his recovery upon a kind message that was sent him from the widow lady whom he had made love...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with ..., Volume 5

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 522 pages
...he grew worse and worse, but still kept a good heart to the last. Indeed we were once in great hopes of his recovery, upon a kind message that was sent...his life ; but this only proved a lightning before his death. He has bequeathto this lady, as a token of his love, a great pearl necklace, and a couple...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 11-12

British essayists - 1823 - 924 pages
...sirloin, which was served up according to custom; and you know he used to take great delight in it. From that time forward he grew worse and worse, but still...good heart to the last. Indeed, we were once in great hopes of his recovery, upon a kind message that was sent him from the widow lady whom he had made love...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 252 pages
...sirloin, which was served up according to custom; and you know he used to take great delight in it. From that time forward he grew worse and worse, but still...good heart to the last. Indeed we were once in great hopes of his recovery, upon a kind message that was sent him from the widow lady whom he had made love...
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an ..., Volume 10

Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 298 pages
...sirloin, which was served up according to custom; and you know he used to take great delight in it. From that time forward he grew worse and worse, but still...good heart to the last. Indeed we were once in great hopes of his recovery upon a kind message that •was sent him from the widow lady whom he had made...
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The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 7

1827 - 412 pages
...sirloin, which was served up according to custom ; and you know he used to take great delight in it. From that time forward he grew worse and worse, but still...good heart to the last. Indeed we were once in great hopes of his recovery, upon a kind message that was sent him from the widow lady whom he had made love...
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A second selection from the papers of Addison in the Spectator and Guardian ...

Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 pages
...sirloin, which waa served op according to custom; and you know be need to take great delight in it. From that time forward he grew worse and worse, but still kept a g'xxl heart to the last. Indeed we were once ta great tsspie of las recovery, upon a kind nenage dm*...
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