The Spectator. ...H. Hughs, 1789 |
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... face is likewife very well known at the Grecian , the Cocoa - Tree , and in the thea- tres both of Drury - Lane and the Hay - Market . I have been taken for a merchant upon the Ex- change for above these ten years , and fome- times pafs ...
... face is likewife very well known at the Grecian , the Cocoa - Tree , and in the thea- tres both of Drury - Lane and the Hay - Market . I have been taken for a merchant upon the Ex- change for above these ten years , and fome- times pafs ...
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... face thefe twelve years , and fo muft you ; but I believe you are the first ever asked who he was . There are I must confefs , many to whom my perfon is as well known as that of their nearest relations , who give themselves no farther ...
... face thefe twelve years , and fo muft you ; but I believe you are the first ever asked who he was . There are I must confefs , many to whom my perfon is as well known as that of their nearest relations , who give themselves no farther ...
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... faces by confent . Whispers , fqueezes , nods , and embraces , are the innocent freedoms of the place . In short , the whole defign of this libidinous af- fembly , feems to terminate in affignations and intrigues ; and I hope you will ...
... faces by confent . Whispers , fqueezes , nods , and embraces , are the innocent freedoms of the place . In short , the whole defign of this libidinous af- fembly , feems to terminate in affignations and intrigues ; and I hope you will ...
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... ⚫clude I had made a conqueft . She told me that he hoped my face was not akin to my tongue , and looking upon her watch , I acci- VOL . I. E ⚫dentally dentally discovered the figure of a coronet on • the N ° 8. THE SPECTATOR . 49.
... ⚫clude I had made a conqueft . She told me that he hoped my face was not akin to my tongue , and looking upon her watch , I acci- VOL . I. E ⚫dentally dentally discovered the figure of a coronet on • the N ° 8. THE SPECTATOR . 49.
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... face , his eldest fifter immediately calls him off , and bids him not difturb the gentle- man . At my first entering into the family , I was troubled with the civility of their rifing up to me every time I came into the room ; but my ...
... face , his eldest fifter immediately calls him off , and bids him not difturb the gentle- man . At my first entering into the family , I was troubled with the civility of their rifing up to me every time I came into the room ; but my ...
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Page 5 - Cocoa-tree, and in the theatres both of Drury-lane and the Haymarket. I have been taken for a merchant upon the Exchange for above these ten years, and sometimes pass for a Jew in the assembly of stockjobbers at Jonathan's.