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Proverbs: Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with Explanations; and ... - Page 74
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects

David Hume - Commerce - 1758 - 568 pages
...and feverely reprimanded the magiftrates for this egregious piece of indecency. Know., fays he, Thai a queen of SPAIN has no legs. The poor young queen, who, at that time, underftood the language but very imperfeelly, and had been often frightened with ftories of SPANISH...
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Essays, moral, political, and literary. Part I

David Hume - Essays - 1760 - 408 pages
...indignation, and feverely reprimanded the magiftrates for this egregious piece of indecency. Know, fays he, That a queen of SPAIN has no legs. The poor young queen, who, at that time, underftood the lan» Mr.r,-jin it la cf.tr '/'Esr AC N• fa' Madame f AOKOY. guage guage but very,...
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. ...

David Hume - 1768 - 606 pages
...indignation, and feverely reprimanded the magiftrates for this egregious piece of indecency. Know, fays he, that a queen of SPAIN has no legs. The poor young queen, who, at that time, underftood the language but imperfectly, and had been often frightened with ftories of SPANISH jealoufy,...
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Volume 1

David Hume - Philosophy - 1804 - 592 pages
...commodities, for which alone their town was remarkable. The major domo, who conducted the prin-. cess, received the gloves very graciously ; but, when the...Know, says he, that a queen of SPAIN has no legs. The young queen, who at that time understood the langiiage but imperfectly, and had often been frightened...
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Gleanings of wit, interspersed with many original pieces, from the works of ...

Gleanings - 1805 - 232 pages
...presented, heflew into a violent rage, and severely reprimanded the magistrates for this egregiou^ piece of indecency. " Know," says he, '** that a Queen...of Spain has no legs.'' The poor young Queen, who understood the Spanish language very imperfectly, and had often been alarmed with ri counts of Spanish...
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Essays, moral, political, and literary

David Hume - Philosophy - 1809 - 868 pages
...sample of those commodities, for which alone their town was remarkable. The major domo, who conducted the princess, received the gloves very graciously...says he, that a queen of Spain has no legs, The» young queen, who at that time understood the language but imperfectly, and had often been frightened...
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Essays, moral, political, and literary

David Hume - Philosophy - 1817 - 564 pages
...sample of those commodities, for which alone their town was remarkable. The major domo, who conducted the princess, received the gloves very graciously...with great indignation, and severely reprimanded the • Mtmoirei de la eour d'J2tpagne,par Madame fAunoy. magistrates for this egregious piece of indecency....
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The Meteor; or, General censor

1817 - 398 pages
...thosg commodities for which aloue their town was remarkable. The major-domo who conducted the queen received the gloves very graciously ; but when the...with great indignation, and severely reprimanded the magistrate for this egregious piece of indecency — " Know," says he, "that a queen of Spain has no...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 3

1824 - 452 pages
...these commodities, for which alone their town was remarkable. The major-domo, who conducted the queen, received the gloves very graciously ; but when the...with great indignation, and severely reprimanded the magistrate for this egregious piece of indecency. " Know," says he, " that a queen of Spain has no...
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Essays, moral, political, and literary

David Hume - English essays - 1825 - 572 pages
...sample of those commodities, for which alone their town was remarkable. The major domo, who conducted the princess, received the gloves very graciously : but, when the stockings were presented, he Hung them away with great indignation, and severely reprimanded the • Mfmuirci tic la L'our d'Eipagne,...
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