Harrison's British Classicks, Том 7Harrison and Company, 1786 |
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... able to defcribe . The readers of this little hiftory have been informed that Mr. Wilfon had a country lodging , to which he was fup- pofed to retire almoft every evening fince his difagreement with his wife ; but , in fact , it was to ...
... able to defcribe . The readers of this little hiftory have been informed that Mr. Wilfon had a country lodging , to which he was fup- pofed to retire almoft every evening fince his difagreement with his wife ; but , in fact , it was to ...
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... able to handle the wooden fword with as much dignity and dexterity as his brother Lun . He will alfo reap another ad- vantage from this kind of acting ; as he will have fewer enemies , by being the fineft Harlequin of the age , than he ...
... able to handle the wooden fword with as much dignity and dexterity as his brother Lun . He will alfo reap another ad- vantage from this kind of acting ; as he will have fewer enemies , by being the fineft Harlequin of the age , than he ...
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... able to give my readers at this feafon . If the ladies fhould happen to con- ceive any diflike to fome little feverities in it , they are defired to take notice that the author was a Spaniard , and that he wrote at a time when , it ...
... able to give my readers at this feafon . If the ladies fhould happen to con- ceive any diflike to fome little feverities in it , they are defired to take notice that the author was a Spaniard , and that he wrote at a time when , it ...
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... able to clear , be- ing obliged , by a good place which I have got fince , to live in town , and in all the best company , nine months in the year . I married fuitable to my cir- cumftances . My wife wanted neither fortune , beauty ...
... able to clear , be- ing obliged , by a good place which I have got fince , to live in town , and in all the best company , nine months in the year . I married fuitable to my cir- cumftances . My wife wanted neither fortune , beauty ...
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... able to detect the falfhood . Bath , one fhould ima- gine , the easiest place in the world to get a thorough knowledge of : and yet I have obferved in books of this kind , feveral reprefentations of it fo exceffive- ly erroneous , that ...
... able to detect the falfhood . Bath , one fhould ima- gine , the easiest place in the world to get a thorough knowledge of : and yet I have obferved in books of this kind , feveral reprefentations of it fo exceffive- ly erroneous , that ...
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