The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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... pass it over in silence . I find that , during my nonage , I had the reputation of a very sullen youth , but was always a favourite of my school - master , who used to say , that my parts were solid , and would wear well . ' I had not ...
... pass it over in silence . I find that , during my nonage , I had the reputation of a very sullen youth , but was always a favourite of my school - master , who used to say , that my parts were solid , and would wear well . ' I had not ...
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... pass upon men of honest minds , and true taste . Sir Ri- chard Blackmore says , with as much good sense as virtue , ' It is a mighty shame and dishonour to em- ploy excellent faculties and abundance of wit , to hu- mour and please men ...
... pass upon men of honest minds , and true taste . Sir Ri- chard Blackmore says , with as much good sense as virtue , ' It is a mighty shame and dishonour to em- ploy excellent faculties and abundance of wit , to hu- mour and please men ...
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... pass for him in the world ; to the end that well - meaning persons may not be imposed upon by cheats , I would desire my readers , when they meet with this pretender , to look into his parentage , and to examine him strictly , whether ...
... pass for him in the world ; to the end that well - meaning persons may not be imposed upon by cheats , I would desire my readers , when they meet with this pretender , to look into his parentage , and to examine him strictly , whether ...
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