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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Spectator [no. 487-600 ... - Page 85
by Joseph Addison - 1854
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Class Book of Prose: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English and ...

John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...gout in their stead, but made such wry faces, that one might easily perceive he was no great gainer by the bargain. It was pleasant enough to see the several...against pain. The female world were very busy among them15* selves in bartering for features: one was trucking a lock of gray hairs for a carbuncle ; and...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 2

Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...the gout instead, but made such wry faces, that one might easily perceive he was no great gainer by the bargain. It was pleasant enough to see the several...exchanges that were made, for sickness against poverty, hanger against want of appetite, and care against pain. The female world were very busy among themselves...
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The Literary Reader: For Academies and High Schools: Consisting of ...

Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...the gout instead; but made such wry faces, that one might easily perceive he was no great gainer by the bargain. It was pleasant enough to see the several...against poverty, hunger against want of appetite, and ease against pain. The female world were busy among themselves, in bartering for features: one was...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the ..., Volumes 11-12

Spectator The - 1853 - 554 pages
...gout in their stead, but made such wry faces, that one might easily perceive he was no great gainer by the bargain. It was pleasant enough to see the several...appetite, and care against pain. The female world was very busy among themselves in bartering for features; one was trucking a lock of gray hairs for...
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an ..., Volumes 11-12

1853 - 604 pages
...gout in their stead, but made such wry faces, that one might easily perceive he was no great gainer by the bargain. It was pleasant enough to see the several...appetite, and care against pain. The female world was very busy among themselves in bartering for features; one was trucking a lock of gray hairs for...
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McGuffey's Newly Revised Rhetorical Guide: Or, Fifth Reader of the Eclectic ...

William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...but made such wry faces, that one might easily perceive he was no great gainer by the bargain. 11. The female world were very busy among themselves in...bartering for features ; one was trucking a lock of gray hairs' for a carbuncle, and another was making over a short waist for a pair of round shoulders;...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 710 pages
...gout in their stead, but made such wry faces, that one might easily pereeive he was no great gainer by the bargain. It was pleasant enough to see the several...against poverty, hunger against want of appetite, and earo against pain. The female world were very busy among themselves in bartering for features ; one...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp ..., Volume 5

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 726 pages
...gout in their stead, but made such wry faces, that one might easily perceive he was no great gainer by the bargain. It was pleasant enough to see the several exchanges that were madu, for sickness against poverty, hunger against want of appetite, and care against pain. The female...
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The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory ...

1855 - 518 pages
...gout in their stead, but made such wry faces, that one might easily perceive he was no great gainer by the bargain. It was pleasant enough to see the several...The female world were very busy among themselves in barterTOL. IV. g 258 THE SPECTATOR. [No. 559. ing for features ; one was trucking a lock of grey hairs...
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The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory ...

1855 - 528 pages
...gout in their stead, but made such wry faces, that one might easily perceive he was no great gainer by the bargain. It was pleasant enough to see the several...hunger against want of appetite, and care against pain. ing for features; one was trucking a lock of grey hairs for a carbuncle ; another was making over a...
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