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... See , how bad my weights are it is plain enough others must be much wolfe , therefore you fhall all come to my beam . This is no ridicule ; it is the plain argument of the Honourable Member . Then , Mr. Speaker , he u- fed another ...
... See , how bad my weights are it is plain enough others must be much wolfe , therefore you fhall all come to my beam . This is no ridicule ; it is the plain argument of the Honourable Member . Then , Mr. Speaker , he u- fed another ...
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... see a few dance by rule ; or , if dancing with them , confined within fo fmall a fpace , as to be fearce- ly able to turn themfelves about ; to watch with aching eyes for the gracious flow - arriving nod of diftin & tion , or too ...
... see a few dance by rule ; or , if dancing with them , confined within fo fmall a fpace , as to be fearce- ly able to turn themfelves about ; to watch with aching eyes for the gracious flow - arriving nod of diftin & tion , or too ...
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... See the Friffeur difclofe his ample store , And all his implements of toil explore ! The various comb to various cares applied , Now to compofe the ringlets , now divide ; Pomatum with undying odours fraught , Wool from Siluria's fable ...
... See the Friffeur difclofe his ample store , And all his implements of toil explore ! The various comb to various cares applied , Now to compofe the ringlets , now divide ; Pomatum with undying odours fraught , Wool from Siluria's fable ...
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... ( See Vol . IV . p . 234. ) Friday 6. At a Court of Common- Council held yesterday at Guildhall , Mr. Bellas faid , That as it had always been cuftomary to fhew fome mark of refpect to the Lord Mayor on the expiration of his office , if ...
... ( See Vol . IV . p . 234. ) Friday 6. At a Court of Common- Council held yesterday at Guildhall , Mr. Bellas faid , That as it had always been cuftomary to fhew fome mark of refpect to the Lord Mayor on the expiration of his office , if ...
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... rela- tionship to Sethona is borrowed from the Spectator , but in this tra- gedy it is rather made an intricate and farcical use of . Upon the whole we conceive that SETHO . who Masquerade Intelligence . 37 who like to see much business.
... rela- tionship to Sethona is borrowed from the Spectator , but in this tra- gedy it is rather made an intricate and farcical use of . Upon the whole we conceive that SETHO . who Masquerade Intelligence . 37 who like to see much business.
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