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Page 11
... confessed to me , that he had once actually laid aside his head for a nut - cracker . As for his scolding wife , ( however she may value herself at present ) it is very well known , that she is but a piece of crab tree . This artificer ...
... confessed to me , that he had once actually laid aside his head for a nut - cracker . As for his scolding wife , ( however she may value herself at present ) it is very well known , that she is but a piece of crab tree . This artificer ...
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... confess I treated you very scurrilous- " ly when you first sent me hither ; but you have dis- " patched such multitudes after me to keep me in " countenance , that I am very well reconciled both to 66 you and my condition . We live very ...
... confess I treated you very scurrilous- " ly when you first sent me hither ; but you have dis- " patched such multitudes after me to keep me in " countenance , that I am very well reconciled both to 66 you and my condition . We live very ...
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... confess , said I , for my own part , I go along with you in all your dis- coveries with great pleasure ; but it is certain , they are too fine for the gross of mankind , who are more struck with the description of every thing that is ...
... confess , said I , for my own part , I go along with you in all your dis- coveries with great pleasure ; but it is certain , they are too fine for the gross of mankind , who are more struck with the description of every thing that is ...
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... her lady sent to me rather than to any other doctor , and hoped I would not laugh at her sorrow , but send her my advice . I must confess , I had some indignation to find myself treated like some- thing THE TATLER . 39.
... her lady sent to me rather than to any other doctor , and hoped I would not laugh at her sorrow , but send her my advice . I must confess , I had some indignation to find myself treated like some- thing THE TATLER . 39.
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... confess , that universal clap , and other testimonies of applause , with which I was received at my first appearance in the theatre of Great Britain , gave me as sensible a delight , as the above- mentioned reception could give to that ...
... confess , that universal clap , and other testimonies of applause , with which I was received at my first appearance in the theatre of Great Britain , gave me as sensible a delight , as the above- mentioned reception could give to that ...
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