The Spectator, Volume 8William Durell and Company, 1810 |
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Page 7
... town to which they were bound . There was an air in the purveyors for Covent Garden , who frequently converse with morning rakes , very unlike the ' seeming sobriety of those bound for Stocks - market . Nothing remarkable happened in ...
... town to which they were bound . There was an air in the purveyors for Covent Garden , who frequently converse with morning rakes , very unlike the ' seeming sobriety of those bound for Stocks - market . Nothing remarkable happened in ...
Page 8
... hour and an half , in all parts of the town , by the skill of our drivers ; till at last my lady was conveniently lost with notice from her coachman to ours to make off , and he should hear were she went . 8 No. 454 . THE SPECTATOR .
... hour and an half , in all parts of the town , by the skill of our drivers ; till at last my lady was conveniently lost with notice from her coachman to ours to make off , and he should hear were she went . 8 No. 454 . THE SPECTATOR .
Page 9
... town without buying any thing . The silk - worms are , it seems , indulged by the tradesmen ; for though they never buy , they are ever talking of new silks , laces , and ribbands , and serve the owners in getting them customers as ...
... town without buying any thing . The silk - worms are , it seems , indulged by the tradesmen ; for though they never buy , they are ever talking of new silks , laces , and ribbands , and serve the owners in getting them customers as ...
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... town . If you are alone with him in a wide room , he carries you up into a corner of it , and speaks in your ear . I have seen Peter seat himself in a company of seven or eight persons , whom he never saw before in his life ; and ...
... town . If you are alone with him in a wide room , he carries you up into a corner of it , and speaks in your ear . I have seen Peter seat himself in a company of seven or eight persons , whom he never saw before in his life ; and ...
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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 .
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