The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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... to the Spectator , No. 502 . " N. B. There are in the play of the Self - Tormen- tor of Terence , which is allowed a most excellent comedy , several incidents which would draw tears from any No. 521 . XV THE SPECTATOR .
... to the Spectator , No. 502 . " N. B. There are in the play of the Self - Tormen- tor of Terence , which is allowed a most excellent comedy , several incidents which would draw tears from any No. 521 . XV THE SPECTATOR .
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... excellent compositions of that ingenious gen- tleman . I have had a pleasure of the same kind in perusing a poem that is just published on the Pros- pect of Peace , ( a ) and which I hope will meet with such a reward from its patrons as ...
... excellent compositions of that ingenious gen- tleman . I have had a pleasure of the same kind in perusing a poem that is just published on the Pros- pect of Peace , ( a ) and which I hope will meet with such a reward from its patrons as ...
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... excellent sermon I had heard that afternoon in my parish - church . Among other observations , the preacher shewed us , that the temptations which the tempter proposed were all on a supposition that we are either madmen or fools , or ...
... excellent sermon I had heard that afternoon in my parish - church . Among other observations , the preacher shewed us , that the temptations which the tempter proposed were all on a supposition that we are either madmen or fools , or ...
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... excellent brother , and know you love his daughter as your own , so as not only to express the tenderness of the best of aunts , but even to supply that of the best of fathers ; I am sure it will be a pleasure to you to hear that she ...
... excellent brother , and know you love his daughter as your own , so as not only to express the tenderness of the best of aunts , but even to supply that of the best of fathers ; I am sure it will be a pleasure to you to hear that she ...
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... excellent young women , who might be patterns of conjugal affection , and parents of a worthy race , pine under unhappy passions for such as have not attention enough to observe , or virtue enough to prefer them to their common wenches ...
... excellent young women , who might be patterns of conjugal affection , and parents of a worthy race , pine under unhappy passions for such as have not attention enough to observe , or virtue enough to prefer them to their common wenches ...
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