The Spectator: ...J. Tonson, 1718 |
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... Master's Cloaths . The Fellow had a very good Perfon , and there > are very many Women that think no further than the Outfide of a Gentleman ; befides which , he was almost as learned a Man as the Collonel himself : I fay , thus ...
... Master's Cloaths . The Fellow had a very good Perfon , and there > are very many Women that think no further than the Outfide of a Gentleman ; befides which , he was almost as learned a Man as the Collonel himself : I fay , thus ...
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... Master of her Perfon , fuch as it is at prefent . She is however in my Eye a very charming old Woman . • We often lament that we did not marry fooner , but he has no body to blame for it but her felf : You know very well that he would ...
... Master of her Perfon , fuch as it is at prefent . She is however in my Eye a very charming old Woman . • We often lament that we did not marry fooner , but he has no body to blame for it but her felf : You know very well that he would ...
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... Master in the World , he feldom changes his Ser- vants ; and as he is beloved by all about him , his Servants never care for leaving him : By this Means his Domesticks are all in Years , and grown . old with their Master . You would ...
... Master in the World , he feldom changes his Ser- vants ; and as he is beloved by all about him , his Servants never care for leaving him : By this Means his Domesticks are all in Years , and grown . old with their Master . You would ...
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... Master of that pret- ty Seat which we faw at a diftance as we came to this House . I remembred indeed Sir ROGER faid there lived a very worthy Gentleman , to whom he was highly ob- liged , without mentioning any thing further . Upon my ...
... Master of that pret- ty Seat which we faw at a diftance as we came to this House . I remembred indeed Sir ROGER faid there lived a very worthy Gentleman , to whom he was highly ob- liged , without mentioning any thing further . Upon my ...
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... Master , who goes about the Country for that Purpofe , to inftruct them rightly in the Tunes of the Pfalms ; upon which they now very much value them- felves , and indeed out - do moft of the Country Churches that I have ever hears ...
... Master , who goes about the Country for that Purpofe , to inftruct them rightly in the Tunes of the Pfalms ; upon which they now very much value them- felves , and indeed out - do moft of the Country Churches that I have ever hears ...
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