The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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Page ix
... death . She took leave of all her family , and bore the vain application of me- dicines with the greatest patience imaginable . When the physician told her she must certainly die , she desired , as well as she could , that all who were ...
... death . She took leave of all her family , and bore the vain application of me- dicines with the greatest patience imaginable . When the physician told her she must certainly die , she desired , as well as she could , that all who were ...
Page x
... death come upon that dear body which I had often embrac- ed with transport , when I saw those cherishing eyes begin to be ghastly , and their last struggle to be to fix themselves on me , how did I lose all patience ? She expired in my ...
... death come upon that dear body which I had often embrac- ed with transport , when I saw those cherishing eyes begin to be ghastly , and their last struggle to be to fix themselves on me , how did I lose all patience ? She expired in my ...
Page xvi
... Death alone shall deprive me of her . I SHOULD esteem myself a very happy man if my speculations could in the least contribute to the rectifying the conduct of my readers in one of the most important affairs of life , to wit , their ...
... Death alone shall deprive me of her . I SHOULD esteem myself a very happy man if my speculations could in the least contribute to the rectifying the conduct of my readers in one of the most important affairs of life , to wit , their ...
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... deaths of the several thousands who have been slain in the late war , being of opinion that all such deaths may be very well accounted for by the Christian system of powder and ball . I do therefore strictly forbid the Fates to cut the ...
... deaths of the several thousands who have been slain in the late war , being of opinion that all such deaths may be very well accounted for by the Christian system of powder and ball . I do therefore strictly forbid the Fates to cut the ...
Page 25
... death a young gen- tleman , because , being passionately fond of his daugh- ter , he kissed her in public as he met her in the street : What , said he , shall we do to those who are our enemiess , VLO . IX . : C if we do thus to those ...
... death a young gen- tleman , because , being passionately fond of his daugh- ter , he kissed her in public as he met her in the street : What , said he , shall we do to those who are our enemiess , VLO . IX . : C if we do thus to those ...
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