The British Essayists: TatlerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... speak , but says , ' The whiteness of thy cheeks Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand ; Even such a man , so faint , so spiritless , So dull , so dead in look , so woe - begone , Drew Priam's curtain at the dead of night . And ...
... speak , but says , ' The whiteness of thy cheeks Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand ; Even such a man , so faint , so spiritless , So dull , so dead in look , so woe - begone , Drew Priam's curtain at the dead of night . And ...
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... speak the charac- teristical difference between a modest man ' and a modest fellow ' the modest man is in doubt in all his actions ; a modest fellow never has a doubt from his cradle to his grave . 6 No 53. THURSDAY , AUGUST 11 , 1709 ...
... speak the charac- teristical difference between a modest man ' and a modest fellow ' the modest man is in doubt in all his actions ; a modest fellow never has a doubt from his cradle to his grave . 6 No 53. THURSDAY , AUGUST 11 , 1709 ...
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... speak in my own house ? ' 6 6 " He an- swered Phillis a little abruptly at supper the same evening , upon which she threw his periwig into the fire . ' Well , ' said he , thou art a brave termagant jade do you know , hussy , that fair ...
... speak in my own house ? ' 6 6 " He an- swered Phillis a little abruptly at supper the same evening , upon which she threw his periwig into the fire . ' Well , ' said he , thou art a brave termagant jade do you know , hussy , that fair ...
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... speak no more than , Oh me ! are you my mother ? ' and fainted . The whole room you will easily conceive , were very affec- tionately employed in recovering him ; but , above all , the young gentlewoman who loved him , and whom he loved ...
... speak no more than , Oh me ! are you my mother ? ' and fainted . The whole room you will easily conceive , were very affec- tionately employed in recovering him ; but , above all , the young gentlewoman who loved him , and whom he loved ...
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... speak , in perplexed terms of his own making , of what he in that short time observed . But on the sixth instant it was thought fit to unbind his head , and the young woman whom he loved was instructed to open his eyes accordingly ; as ...
... speak , in perplexed terms of his own making , of what he in that short time observed . But on the sixth instant it was thought fit to unbind his head , and the young woman whom he loved was instructed to open his eyes accordingly ; as ...
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