The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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Page 50
... young ones into business , whose ap- plication to this study will let them into the secrets of it , as much as their modesty will hinder them from the practice : I say , it would be laying an everlasting obligation upon a young man , to ...
... young ones into business , whose ap- plication to this study will let them into the secrets of it , as much as their modesty will hinder them from the practice : I say , it would be laying an everlasting obligation upon a young man , to ...
Page 89
... young and unbred , and out- does the ensnarers , who are almost twice her age . The air that she takes is to come into company after a walk , and is very successfully out of breath upon occasion . Her mother is in the secret , and calls ...
... young and unbred , and out- does the ensnarers , who are almost twice her age . The air that she takes is to come into company after a walk , and is very successfully out of breath upon occasion . Her mother is in the secret , and calls ...
Page 265
... young fellow shall keep his four maids and three footmen with the greatest gravity imagina- ble . There are no less than six of these venerable housekeepers of my acquaintance . This humour among young men of condition is imitated by ...
... young fellow shall keep his four maids and three footmen with the greatest gravity imagina- ble . There are no less than six of these venerable housekeepers of my acquaintance . This humour among young men of condition is imitated by ...
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