The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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Page 41
... paper that falls in with the popular taste , and pleases more than or- dinary , it always brings me in a great return of let- ters . My Tuesday's discourse , wherein I gave seve- ral admonitions to the fraternity of the hen - pecked ...
... paper that falls in with the popular taste , and pleases more than or- dinary , it always brings me in a great return of let- ters . My Tuesday's discourse , wherein I gave seve- ral admonitions to the fraternity of the hen - pecked ...
Page 72
... papers ; I think the suffrage of our poet laureat should not be overlooked , which shews the opinion he entertains of your paper , whether the notion he proceeds upon be true or false . I make bold to convey it to you , not knowing if ...
... papers ; I think the suffrage of our poet laureat should not be overlooked , which shews the opinion he entertains of your paper , whether the notion he proceeds upon be true or false . I make bold to convey it to you , not knowing if ...
Page 361
... paper , notwithstanding I look upon them to be excellent cleansers of the brain , and could venture to superscribe them with an advertise- ment which I have lately seen in one of our news- papers , wherein there is an account given of a ...
... paper , notwithstanding I look upon them to be excellent cleansers of the brain , and could venture to superscribe them with an advertise- ment which I have lately seen in one of our news- papers , wherein there is an account given of a ...
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