The Spectator: ...Phil. Crampton, 1737 |
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... Use ? Should a Man unacquainted with our Cuftoms be told the Sums which are allowed in Great - Britain under the Title of Pin - money , what a prodigious Confumption of Pins would he think there was in this Ifland ? A Pin a Day , fays ...
... Use ? Should a Man unacquainted with our Cuftoms be told the Sums which are allowed in Great - Britain under the Title of Pin - money , what a prodigious Confumption of Pins would he think there was in this Ifland ? A Pin a Day , fays ...
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... use of Eight millions fix hundred and forty thousand new Pins . I am not ignorant that our British Ladies alledge ... uses all her Endea- vours to please the Perfon whom the looks upon as her Honour , her Comfort , and her Support . FOR ...
... use of Eight millions fix hundred and forty thousand new Pins . I am not ignorant that our British Ladies alledge ... uses all her Endea- vours to please the Perfon whom the looks upon as her Honour , her Comfort , and her Support . FOR ...
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... use of , that he was acquainted with the whole Circle of Arts and Sciences . IF , in the last Place , we confider the Language of this great Poet , we must allow what I have hinted in a for- mer Paper , that it is often too much ...
... use of , that he was acquainted with the whole Circle of Arts and Sciences . IF , in the last Place , we confider the Language of this great Poet , we must allow what I have hinted in a for- mer Paper , that it is often too much ...
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... use of in private Convefation , That he was fatisfied with his Share of Life and Fame.Se fatis vel ad Naturam , vel ad Gloriam vixiffe . Many indeed have given over their Pursuits after Fame , but that has proceeded either from the ...
... use of in private Convefation , That he was fatisfied with his Share of Life and Fame.Se fatis vel ad Naturam , vel ad Gloriam vixiffe . Many indeed have given over their Pursuits after Fame , but that has proceeded either from the ...
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... , his utere mecum . IF you have made any better Remarks of your own , communicate them with Candour ; if not , make use of thefe I prefent you with . C + Tuesday , No. 263. Tuesday , January 1 . 1712 . L 40 The SPECTATOR . No. 262 .
... , his utere mecum . IF you have made any better Remarks of your own , communicate them with Candour ; if not , make use of thefe I prefent you with . C + Tuesday , No. 263. Tuesday , January 1 . 1712 . L 40 The SPECTATOR . No. 262 .
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Action admired Æneid againſt agreeable alfo anſwer Beauty becauſe befides Behaviour beſt Character Circumftances confider Confideration Converfation Criticks defcribed Defcription Defign Defire Difcourfe diſcover Drefs Fable faid fame fecond feems felf felves feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon Fortune fpeak Friend ftill fuch fufficient give greateſt Happineſs herſelf himſelf Honour Houfe Houſe humble Servant Iliad infert itſelf juft Kind Lady laft laſt lefs likewife Loft look Love Mafter Mankind Manner Marriage Meaſure Milton Mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature Number obferved Occafion Ovid Paffage paffed Paffion Paradife particular Perfon Place pleafing pleaſe Pleaſure Poem Poet poffible prefent publick racter raiſe Reader Reaſon Refpect reprefented Senfe Sentiments ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe Thing thofe thoſe Thoughts thouſand underſtand uſe Virgil Virtue whofe Woman World young
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