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Page xvi
... chiefly regarded on this occasion . Be- cause my present view is to direct a young lady , who , I think , is now in doubt whom to take of many lovers , I shall talk at this time to my female reader XVI No. 522 . THE SPECTATOR .
... chiefly regarded on this occasion . Be- cause my present view is to direct a young lady , who , I think , is now in doubt whom to take of many lovers , I shall talk at this time to my female reader XVI No. 522 . THE SPECTATOR .
Page xxi
... for is , that the Lady Fair will make use of the first light night to show B. T. she understands a marriage is not to be considered as a common bargain . T No. 523 . THURSDAY , October 30 , 1712 . No. 522 . XXI THE SPECTATOR .
... for is , that the Lady Fair will make use of the first light night to show B. T. she understands a marriage is not to be considered as a common bargain . T No. 523 . THURSDAY , October 30 , 1712 . No. 522 . XXI THE SPECTATOR .
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... lady's dream . In these , and other pieces of the same na- ture , it is supposed the usual allowances will be made to the age , condition , and sex of the dreamer . To prevent this inundation of dreams , which daily flows in upon me , I ...
... lady's dream . In these , and other pieces of the same na- ture , it is supposed the usual allowances will be made to the age , condition , and sex of the dreamer . To prevent this inundation of dreams , which daily flows in upon me , I ...
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... lady in the second . I call it a felicity to have the addresses of an agreeable man ; and I think I have not any where seen a pret- tier application of a poetical story than that of his , in making the tale of Cephalus and Procris the ...
... lady in the second . I call it a felicity to have the addresses of an agreeable man ; and I think I have not any where seen a pret- tier application of a poetical story than that of his , in making the tale of Cephalus and Procris the ...
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... lady had been most inhumanly treated , and the husband publicly stormed that he was made a member of too numerous a society . He had , it seems , listened most of the ? time my cousin and I were together . As 24 No. 527 . THE SPECTATOR .
... lady had been most inhumanly treated , and the husband publicly stormed that he was made a member of too numerous a society . He had , it seems , listened most of the ? time my cousin and I were together . As 24 No. 527 . THE SPECTATOR .
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