The British Essayists: SpectatorLionel Thomas Berguer T. and J. Allman, 1823 |
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... the present state of music . ' MR . SPECTATOR , ' I am considerably obliged to you for your speedy publication of my last in yours of the 18th instant , and am in no small hopes of being settled in 20 N ° 258 SPECTATOR .
... the present state of music . ' MR . SPECTATOR , ' I am considerably obliged to you for your speedy publication of my last in yours of the 18th instant , and am in no small hopes of being settled in 20 N ° 258 SPECTATOR .
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... obliged to have either wit or understanding ; and I insist upon it , that all who go there should see something which may improve them in a way of which they are capa- ble . In short , Sir , I would have something done , as well as said ...
... obliged to have either wit or understanding ; and I insist upon it , that all who go there should see something which may improve them in a way of which they are capa- ble . In short , Sir , I would have something done , as well as said ...
Strona 23
... but so it is , that without regard to our obliging pains , we are all equally set aside in the present opera .-- Our application therefore to you is only to insert this letter in your paper , that N ° 258 . 23 SPECTATOR .
... but so it is , that without regard to our obliging pains , we are all equally set aside in the present opera .-- Our application therefore to you is only to insert this letter in your paper , that N ° 258 . 23 SPECTATOR .
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... oblige a distressed lover , if you will insert in your very next paper the following letter to my mistress . You must know , I am not a person apt to despair , but she has got an odd hu- mour of stopping short unaccountably , and as she ...
... oblige a distressed lover , if you will insert in your very next paper the following letter to my mistress . You must know , I am not a person apt to despair , but she has got an odd hu- mour of stopping short unaccountably , and as she ...
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... oblige me ; or I live in torment , and that to lay no manner of obligation on you ? While I indulge your in- sensibility I am doing nothing ; if you favour my passion , you are bestowing bright desires , gay hopes , generous cares ...
... oblige me ; or I live in torment , and that to lay no manner of obligation on you ? While I indulge your in- sensibility I am doing nothing ; if you favour my passion , you are bestowing bright desires , gay hopes , generous cares ...
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