The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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... pleased to find that the author had not amused himself with fables out of the Pagan theology , and that when he hints at any thing of this nature he alludes to it only as to a fable . Many of our modern authors , whose learning very ...
... pleased to find that the author had not amused himself with fables out of the Pagan theology , and that when he hints at any thing of this nature he alludes to it only as to a fable . Many of our modern authors , whose learning very ...
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... pleased from my in- fancy to form me , to commend me , and kindly to pre- sage I should be one day what my wife fancies I am . Accept therefore our united thanks ; mine , that you have bestowed her on me ; and her's , that you have ...
... pleased from my in- fancy to form me , to commend me , and kindly to pre- sage I should be one day what my wife fancies I am . Accept therefore our united thanks ; mine , that you have bestowed her on me ; and her's , that you have ...
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... pleased or tired with each other , and whether they carry the due mean in the eye of the world between fondness and coldness . You are carefully to behold all such as shall have addition of honor or riches , and report whether they ...
... pleased or tired with each other , and whether they carry the due mean in the eye of the world between fondness and coldness . You are carefully to behold all such as shall have addition of honor or riches , and report whether they ...
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... pleased with it , that I am resolved to live and die upon it . I am every day abroad among my acres , and can scarce forbear filling my letter with breezes , shades , flowers , mea- dows , and purling streams . The simplicity of man ...
... pleased with it , that I am resolved to live and die upon it . I am every day abroad among my acres , and can scarce forbear filling my letter with breezes , shades , flowers , mea- dows , and purling streams . The simplicity of man ...
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... and tenderness for their mistresses . If you think me right in my notion of the words of Adrian , be pleased to insert this in the Spectator ; if No. 532 . 45 THE SPECTATOR . the famous verses which the Emperor Adrian spoke ...
... and tenderness for their mistresses . If you think me right in my notion of the words of Adrian , be pleased to insert this in the Spectator ; if No. 532 . 45 THE SPECTATOR . the famous verses which the Emperor Adrian spoke ...
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