The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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Page 89
... pretty carcases are car- ried off at the end of a verse at the theatre , it will give you a notion how Dulcissa plumps into a chair . Here is a little country girl that is very cunning , that makes her use of being young and unbred ...
... pretty carcases are car- ried off at the end of a verse at the theatre , it will give you a notion how Dulcissa plumps into a chair . Here is a little country girl that is very cunning , that makes her use of being young and unbred ...
Page 114
... pretty good success , through my own natural sagacity , together with the good in- structions of my tutors , who , to give them their due , were on all hands encouraging and assisting me in this laudable undertaking ; I say , Sir ...
... pretty good success , through my own natural sagacity , together with the good in- structions of my tutors , who , to give them their due , were on all hands encouraging and assisting me in this laudable undertaking ; I say , Sir ...
Page 301
... pretty gentlemen are not made for any manly em- ployments , and for want of business are often as much in the vapours as the ladies . Now what I propose is this , since knotting is again in fashion , which has been found a very pretty ...
... pretty gentlemen are not made for any manly em- ployments , and for want of business are often as much in the vapours as the ladies . Now what I propose is this , since knotting is again in fashion , which has been found a very pretty ...
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