The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volumen4 |
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than an absolute necesity , that some provision be made to take off the dead
stock of women in city , town , and country . Let there happen but the least
disorder in the Itreets , and in an instant you see the inequality of the numbers of
inales and ...
than an absolute necesity , that some provision be made to take off the dead
stock of women in city , town , and country . Let there happen but the least
disorder in the Itreets , and in an instant you see the inequality of the numbers of
inales and ...
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... them in some of us those a sermons that have made moft noise of late . ” The
defign , it seems , is to avoid the dreadful imputation of pedantry : to fhew us , that
they know the town , under- ftand men and manners , and have not been poring ...
... them in some of us those a sermons that have made moft noise of late . ” The
defign , it seems , is to avoid the dreadful imputation of pedantry : to fhew us , that
they know the town , under- ftand men and manners , and have not been poring ...
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In the ordinary conversation of this town , there are so many who can , as they
call it , talk well , that there is not one in twenty that talks to be understood . This
proceeds from an ambition to excel , or , as the term is , to shine in company .
In the ordinary conversation of this town , there are so many who can , as they
call it , talk well , that there is not one in twenty that talks to be understood . This
proceeds from an ambition to excel , or , as the term is , to shine in company .
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It was urged in the behalf of the defendant , that the plaintiff had never given her
any re . gular notice of her being in town : that the visit she al . ledged had been
made on a Monday , which she knew was a day on which Mrs . Flambeau was ...
It was urged in the behalf of the defendant , that the plaintiff had never given her
any re . gular notice of her being in town : that the visit she al . ledged had been
made on a Monday , which she knew was a day on which Mrs . Flambeau was ...
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Tom Springly , wherein an hypocrite , 92 . : Tome Trueman , entered among the
heroes of domestic life , 93 , 94 . Town ladies reproved , 80 , 81 . Town orators
described , 209 . Town poets full of rules , ibid . Tradesmen , when they deserve
the ...
Tom Springly , wherein an hypocrite , 92 . : Tome Trueman , entered among the
heroes of domestic life , 93 , 94 . Town ladies reproved , 80 , 81 . Town orators
described , 209 . Town poets full of rules , ibid . Tradesmen , when they deserve
the ...
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