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Page 15
... hand . My pretty maid , said I , do you own yourself to have been the in- habitant of the garment before us ? The girl I found had good sense , and told me with a smile , that notwith- standing it was her own petticoat , she should be ...
... hand . My pretty maid , said I , do you own yourself to have been the in- habitant of the garment before us ? The girl I found had good sense , and told me with a smile , that notwith- standing it was her own petticoat , she should be ...
Page 17
... hand of nature has poured on them such a profusion of charms and graces , and sent them into the world more amiable and finished than the rest of her works ; so I would have them bestow upon themselves all the additional beauties that ...
... hand of nature has poured on them such a profusion of charms and graces , and sent them into the world more amiable and finished than the rest of her works ; so I would have them bestow upon themselves all the additional beauties that ...
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... hands on himself . In short , he immediately entered upon his adventures ; and after a long series of exploits , found out by degrees , that the person he saw in his mistress's arms was her own brother , taking leave of her before he ...
... hands on himself . In short , he immediately entered upon his adventures ; and after a long series of exploits , found out by degrees , that the person he saw in his mistress's arms was her own brother , taking leave of her before he ...
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... hand , and ran away with them . I was following her , when on a sudden the ground , though at a considerable dis- tance from the verge of the precipice , sunk under her , and threw her down , from so prodigious an height upon such a ...
... hand , and ran away with them . I was following her , when on a sudden the ground , though at a considerable dis- tance from the verge of the precipice , sunk under her , and threw her down , from so prodigious an height upon such a ...
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... hands , that I shall disoblige multitudes of my corres- pondents , if I do not take notice of them . Some of the deceased , who I thought had been laid quietly in their graves , are such hobgoblins in public assemblies , that I must be ...
... hands , that I shall disoblige multitudes of my corres- pondents , if I do not take notice of them . Some of the deceased , who I thought had been laid quietly in their graves , are such hobgoblins in public assemblies , that I must be ...
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acquaintance admired agreeable Anticyra Apartment appear bag-pipes beautiful behaviour Bickerstaff called character Cicero confess death delight desire discourse dress entertain esteem eyes father favour February 27 fortune Gascon gentleman give Great-Britain greatest hand happy hath heart honour humble servant humour husband imagination impertinent Isaac Bickerstaff kind King of Sweden lady lately learned letter live look lover mankind manner marriage ment mind Nando's nation nature never night observe occasion OVID particular pass passion persons petitioner petticoat pleased pleasure poet present proper Pyrrha racter reader reason received Roman censors Rome says sense Sheer-lane shew sion soul speak spirit Stratonice Styx Tatler Telemachus tell temper Terentia thing thought THURSDAY Timoleon tion told town turn Ulysses upholsterer VIRG Virgil virtue walk whole wife woman words write young