The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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... club of his friends , and di- verted them with an account of what censure it had at Will's in Covent - Garden , how dangerous it was be- lieved to be at Child's , and what inference they drew from it with relation to stocks at ...
... club of his friends , and di- verted them with an account of what censure it had at Will's in Covent - Garden , how dangerous it was be- lieved to be at Child's , and what inference they drew from it with relation to stocks at ...
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... clubs of fashionable mirth and gay conversation . It was determined among those airy critics , that the appellation of a sober man should sig- nify a spiritless fellow . And I am apt to think it was about the same time that good ...
... clubs of fashionable mirth and gay conversation . It was determined among those airy critics , that the appellation of a sober man should sig- nify a spiritless fellow . And I am apt to think it was about the same time that good ...
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... club by the last post . The Templar is very positive that he has mar- ried a dairy - maid ; but Will , in his letter to me on this occasion , sets the best face upon the matter that he can , and gives a more tolerable account of his ...
... club by the last post . The Templar is very positive that he has mar- ried a dairy - maid ; but Will , in his letter to me on this occasion , sets the best face upon the matter that he can , and gives a more tolerable account of his ...
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... club , that I have lately married one of my tenant's daughters . She is born of honest parents , and though she has no portion , she has a great deal of virtue . The natural sweetness and innocence of her behavior , the freshness of her ...
... club , that I have lately married one of my tenant's daughters . She is born of honest parents , and though she has no portion , she has a great deal of virtue . The natural sweetness and innocence of her behavior , the freshness of her ...
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... club , I could wish you would fill up my place with my friend Tom Dapperwit . He has an infinite deal of fire , and knows For my own part , as I have said before , I shall endeavor to live hereafter suitable to a man in my station , as ...
... club , I could wish you would fill up my place with my friend Tom Dapperwit . He has an infinite deal of fire , and knows For my own part , as I have said before , I shall endeavor to live hereafter suitable to a man in my station , as ...
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