The Spectator, Volume 8William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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... wife ; for , to tell you a secret which I desire may go no further , I am master of nei- ther of those subjects . Your's , August 8 , 1712 . " MR . SPECTator , " PILL GARLIC . " " I desire you would print this in Italic , so as it may ...
... wife ; for , to tell you a secret which I desire may go no further , I am master of nei- ther of those subjects . Your's , August 8 , 1712 . " MR . SPECTator , " PILL GARLIC . " " I desire you would print this in Italic , so as it may ...
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... wife or daugh- ter , and yet be received by the rest of the world with welcome wherever he appears . It is very ordinary with those of this character to be attentive , only to their own satisfactions , and have very little bowels for ...
... wife or daugh- ter , and yet be received by the rest of the world with welcome wherever he appears . It is very ordinary with those of this character to be attentive , only to their own satisfactions , and have very little bowels for ...
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... wife , a generous friend , a kind mother , and an indulgent mistress . I'll strain hard but I will pur- chase for her an husband suitable to her merit . I am your convert in the admiration of what I thought you jested when you ...
... wife , a generous friend , a kind mother , and an indulgent mistress . I'll strain hard but I will pur- chase for her an husband suitable to her merit . I am your convert in the admiration of what I thought you jested when you ...
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... wives . I cannot tell how it is , but I think I see in all their letters that the cause of their uneasiness is in themselves ; and indeed I have hardly ever observed the married condition unhappy , but for want of judgment or temper in ...
... wives . I cannot tell how it is , but I think I see in all their letters that the cause of their uneasiness is in themselves ; and indeed I have hardly ever observed the married condition unhappy , but for want of judgment or temper in ...
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... wife and family , and studies to improve that affection in himself , conceives pleasure from the most indifferent ... wife told him , that his son , of his own head , when the clock in the parlor struck two , said , Papa would come home ...
... wife and family , and studies to improve that affection in himself , conceives pleasure from the most indifferent ... wife told him , that his son , of his own head , when the clock in the parlor struck two , said , Papa would come home ...
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