The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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Page viii
... present ; which is , I think , that my sorrow has converted all roughness of tem- into meekness , good - nature , and complacency : but indeed , when in a serious and lonely hour I pre- sent my departed consort to my imagination , with ...
... present ; which is , I think , that my sorrow has converted all roughness of tem- into meekness , good - nature , and complacency : but indeed , when in a serious and lonely hour I pre- sent my departed consort to my imagination , with ...
Page xv
... present when they have described the very man they have spoken to , as him who first reported it , tall or short , black or fair , a gentleman or a ragamuffin , according as they liked the intelligence . I have heard one of our ...
... present when they have described the very man they have spoken to , as him who first reported it , tall or short , black or fair , a gentleman or a ragamuffin , according as they liked the intelligence . I have heard one of our ...
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 xviii
... present wishes , his mistress raised his fortune , but not that she made it . When a woman is deliberating with herself whom she shall choose of many near each other in their pretensions , certainly he of best understanding is to be ...
... present wishes , his mistress raised his fortune , but not that she made it . When a woman is deliberating with herself whom she shall choose of many near each other in their pretensions , certainly he of best understanding is to be ...
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... present , and not see what was really before me . I was very much confirmed in this thought by the effect I then just observed the water of Wordly - Wisdom had upon me ; for as I had drunk a little of it again , I felt a very sensible ...
... present , and not see what was really before me . I was very much confirmed in this thought by the effect I then just observed the water of Wordly - Wisdom had upon me ; for as I had drunk a little of it again , I felt a very sensible ...
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