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" The boys and girls strive who shall come first, when they think it is I that am knocking at the door ; and that child which loses the race to me runs back again to tell the father it is Mr. "
The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq: Revised and Corrected - Page 277
by Sir Richard Steele - 1712
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The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volume 2

Great Britain - 1710 - 488 pages
...Town laft Week with his Family for the Winter, and yefterday Morning fent me Word his Wife expeft'ed me to Dinner. I am as it were at Home at that Houfe,...Joy as I am when I go thither ; The Boys and Girls » • • i . • . . , rive who (hall cortle firO, when they think ifc is I that am knocking at the...
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The lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Volume 2

Tatler - 1754 - 338 pages
...Dinner. I am as it were at Home at that Houfe, and every Member of it knows me for their Well.wimer. I cannot indeed exprefs the Pleafure it is, to be...am when I go thither: The Boys and Girls ftrive who fhall come firft, when they think it is I that am knocking at the Door; and that Child which lofes...
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The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volume 2

English essays - 1709 - 388 pages
...dinner. I am as it we*e at home at that houfe, aad erery member of it knows me for their well-wither. I cannot. indeed exprefs the pleafure it is, to be met by the children with fo much joy as 1 am when I go thither : The buys and girls ftrive who lhall come firft, when they think it is I that...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 3

1785 - 698 pages
...houle, and every member of it knows me for their wrllwilher. I cannot, indeed, exprefe the plealure it is, to be met by the children with fo much joy...when I go thither: the boys. and girls ftrive who (hall come firft, when they think it is I that am knocking at the door; and that child which lofes...
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The British Essayists: The Tatler

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1803 - 572 pages
...for their well-wisher. I cannot indeed express the pleasure it is, to be met by the children with so much joy as I am when I go thither. The boys and girls strive who shall come first, when they think it is I that am knocking at the door ; and that child...
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NL orphan barcodes on file at ReCAP

1804 - 676 pages
...for their well-wisher. I cannot indeed express the pleasure it is to be met 'by the children with so much joy as I am when I go thither : the boys and girls strive who shall come firft when they think it is I that am knocking at the door ; and that child which...
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The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface ..., Volume 3

Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 340 pages
...for their well-wisher. I cannot indeed express the pleasure it is, to be met by the children with so much joy as I am when I go thither. The boys and girls strive who shall come first, when they think it is I that am knocking at the door ; and that child...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 348 pages
...for their well-wisher. I cannot indeed express the pleasure it is, to be met by the children with so much joy as I am when I go thither. The boys and girls strive who shall come first, when they think it is I that am knocking at the door; and that child which...
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The Tatler, Volume 2

1822 - 496 pages
...their well-wisher. I cannot, indeed, express the pleasure it is, to be met by the children with so much joy as I am when I go thither. The boys and girls strive who shall come first, when they think it is I that am knocking at the door ; and that child...
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The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical and ..., Volume 3

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 332 pages
...for their well-wisher. I cannot indeed express the pleasure it is, to be met by the children with so much joy as I am when I go thither. The boys and girls strive who shall come first, when they think it is I that am knocking at the door; and that child which...
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