The Spectator, Volume 5William Durell and Company, 1810 - English essays |
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Page 13
... oblige a distressed lover , if you will insert in your very next paper the following let- ter to my mistress . You must know , I am not a per- son apt to despair , but she has got an odd humor of stopping short unaccountably , and as ...
... oblige a distressed lover , if you will insert in your very next paper the following let- ter to my mistress . You must know , I am not a per- son apt to despair , but she has got an odd humor of stopping short unaccountably , and as ...
Page 52
... oblige " Your admirer , " MR . SPECTATOR , " A. B. " " As I was this day walking in the street , there happened to pass by on the other side of the way a beauty , whose charms were so attracting that it drew my eyes wholly on that side ...
... oblige " Your admirer , " MR . SPECTATOR , " A. B. " " As I was this day walking in the street , there happened to pass by on the other side of the way a beauty , whose charms were so attracting that it drew my eyes wholly on that side ...
Page 53
... oblige " MR . SPECTATOR , and " Your humble servant . " " Oxford , Dec. 29 . " SINCE you appear inclined to be a friend ... obliged amongst all " Your humble servants . " " MR . SPECTATOR , " I CAME to my E 2 No. 268 . 53 THE SPECTATOR ...
... oblige " MR . SPECTATOR , and " Your humble servant . " " Oxford , Dec. 29 . " SINCE you appear inclined to be a friend ... obliged amongst all " Your humble servants . " " MR . SPECTATOR , " I CAME to my E 2 No. 268 . 53 THE SPECTATOR ...
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... obliged humble servant , " CLEANTHES . " Will's Coffee - House , Jan. 10 . " THE other day entering a room adorned with the fair sex , I offered , after the usual manner , to each of them a kiss ; but one , more scornful than the rest ...
... obliged humble servant , " CLEANTHES . " Will's Coffee - House , Jan. 10 . " THE other day entering a room adorned with the fair sex , I offered , after the usual manner , to each of them a kiss ; but one , more scornful than the rest ...
Page 79
... obliged to furnish you with what lights he can to expose the pernicious arts and practices of those unnatural women ... oblige you to know . I have a niece that came to town about a fortnight ago . Her parents being lately dead , she ...
... obliged to furnish you with what lights he can to expose the pernicious arts and practices of those unnatural women ... oblige you to know . I have a niece that came to town about a fortnight ago . Her parents being lately dead , she ...
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