The Spectator, Volume 8William Durell and Company, 1810 |
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Page 26
... gentlemen who compliment one another in public as- semblies , by the title of the Learned Gentlemen . Our party ... gentleman , who being invited to an entertainment , though he was not used to drink , had not the confidence to ...
... gentlemen who compliment one another in public as- semblies , by the title of the Learned Gentlemen . Our party ... gentleman , who being invited to an entertainment , though he was not used to drink , had not the confidence to ...
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... gentleman's head who treated him . This has given me occasion to reflect upon the ill effects of a vicious modesty , and to remember the saying of Brutus , as it is quoted by Plutarch , that the person has had but an ill education who ...
... gentleman's head who treated him . This has given me occasion to reflect upon the ill effects of a vicious modesty , and to remember the saying of Brutus , as it is quoted by Plutarch , that the person has had but an ill education who ...
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... gentlemen , who travel into Roman Catholic countries , are not a little surprised to meet with people of the best quality kneeling in their churches , and engaged in their private devo- tions , though it be not at the hours of public ...
... gentlemen , who travel into Roman Catholic countries , are not a little surprised to meet with people of the best quality kneeling in their churches , and engaged in their private devo- tions , though it be not at the hours of public ...
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... , profaneness , lewdness , and debauchery are not now qualifications , and a man may be a very fine gentleman , though he is neither a keeper nor an infidel . " I would have you tell the town the story 44 No. 461 , THE SPECTATOR .
... , profaneness , lewdness , and debauchery are not now qualifications , and a man may be a very fine gentleman , though he is neither a keeper nor an infidel . " I would have you tell the town the story 44 No. 461 , THE SPECTATOR .
Page 100
... gentlemen think himself obliged to forget the day of an appointment , and sometimes even that you spoke to him ... gentleman the other day , that is famous for a good carver , ( at which acquisition he is out of countenance , imagi ...
... gentlemen think himself obliged to forget the day of an appointment , and sometimes even that you spoke to him ... gentleman the other day , that is famous for a good carver , ( at which acquisition he is out of countenance , imagi ...
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