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" ... my watch, that is, a whole minute, to speak in ; but if he exceeds that time, it shall be lawful for any of the company to look upon the watch, or to call him down to order. Provided, however, that if any one can make it appear he is turned of threescore,... "
Curiosities of Clocks and Watches: From the Earliest Times - Page 312
by Edward J. Wood - 1866 - 443 pages
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The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical and ..., Volume 5

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 288 pages
...order. Provided, however, that if any one can make it appear he is turned of threescore, he may take two, or, if he pleases, three rounds of the watch,...which may be easily carried in the pocket without any encumbrance, to all such as are troubled with this infirmity of speech, that upon pulling out their...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

James Ferguson - 1823 - 384 pages
...order. Provided, however, that if any one can make it appear he is turned of threescore, he may take two, or, if he pleases, three rounds of the watch,...which may be easily carried in the pocket without any incurabrance, to all such as are troubled with this infirmity of speech, that upon pulling out their...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4

British essayists - 1823 - 862 pages
...order. Provided, however, that if any one can make it appear he is turned of threescore, he may take two, or, if he pleases, three rounds of the watch,...which may be easily carried in the pocket without any encumbrance, to all such as are troubled with this infirmity of speech, that upon pulling out their...
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The British Essayists: With Prefaces Biographical, Historical ..., Volumes 5-6

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 632 pages
...order. Provided, however, that if any one can make it appear he is turned of threescore, he may take two, or, if he pleases, three rounds of the watch,...to talk by the ordinary watch that is now in use. .1 would likewise earnestly recommend this little automaton, which may be easily carried in the pocket...
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The Guardian: Complete in One Volume, with Notes, and a General Index

1829 - 804 pages
...can make it appear he is turned of threescore, he may take two, or, if he pleases, three rounds nf the watch without giving offence. Provided, also, that this rule be not construed to extend tu the fair sex, who shall still be at liberty to talk by the ordinary watch that is now in use. I...
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Tatler & Guardian

1831 - 704 pages
...one can make it appear he is turned of threescore, he may take two, or, if he picasen, throe round», onours which Margery, the milk-maid to our lane, was..."dancing before my door with the plate of half he ahull still be at liberty to' talk bv the ordinary watch that is now in ияс. I would likewise earnestly...
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The Tatler. The Guardian. The Freeholder. The Whig-examiner. The lover ...

Joseph Addison - 1837 - 548 pages
...order. Provided, however, that if any one can ' make it appear he is turned of threescore, he may take two, or, if he pleases, three rounds of the watch...be at liberty to talk by the ordinary watch that is полу in use. I would likewise earnestly recommend this little automaton, '• which may be easily...
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A class-book of English prose, with biogr. notices, explanatory notes and ...

Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...order. Provided, however, that if any one can mako it appear he is turned of threescore, he may take two, or, if he pleases, three rounds of the watch...earnestly recommend this little automaton, which may easily be carried in the pocket without any incumbrance, to all such as are troubled with this infirmity...
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The Prose and Prose Writers of Britain from Chaucer to Ruskin: With ...

Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 pages
...order. Provided, however, that if any one can make it appear he is turned of threescore, he may take two, or, if he pleases, three rounds of the watch...liberty to talk by the ordinary watch that is now iu use. I would likewise earnestly recommend this little automaton, which may easily be carried in...
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The Works of Joseph Addison Complete in Three Volumes Embracing ..., Volume 3

Joseph Addison - 1864 - 546 pages
...order. Provided, however, that if any one can make it appear he is turned of threescore, he may take two, or, if he pleases, three rounds of the watch...which may be easily carried in the pocket without any encumbrance, to all such as are troubled with this infirmity of speech, that, upon pulling out their...
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