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372. Letters in Commendation of Powell, the
Puppet-showman-Club of the Parish

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374. On the proper Use of Time, Fragments from

STEELE

BUDGELL,

Cæsar

STEELE.

375. History of Amanda

HUGHES.

376. Letters, on a Partnership between a Goose
and a Watchman; from a Schoolmistress

on Dancing

STEELE..

377. Bill of Mortality of Lovers

ADDISON.

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378. The Messiah, a sacred Eclogue
379. Duty of communicating knowledge-Ob-
jections answered-Rosicrucius's Sepul-

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380. Letters, requesting Advice in a Case of
Love-On Improper Behaviour at Church
-Coquettish Milk-maid-Virtue of an

POPE.

BUDGELL.

Orange Girl St. Bride's Charity-School STEELE

THE

SPECTATOR.

No. 311. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1711-12.

Nec Veneris pharetris macer est, aut lampade fervet :
Inde faces ardent, veniunt à dote sagitta.

Juv. Sat. vi. 137.

He sighs, adores, and courts her ev'ry hour:
Who would not do as much for such a dower?

DRYDEN.

MR. SPECTATOR,

"I AM amazed that, among all the variety of characters with which you have enriched your speculations, you have never given us a picture of those audacious young fellows among us who commonly go by the name of the fortune-steal

ers.

You must know, sir, I am one who live in a continual apprehension of this sort of people, that lie in wait, day and night, for our children, and may be considered as a kind of kidnappers within the law. I am the father of a young heiress, whom I begin to look upon as marriageable, and who has looked upon herself as such for above these six years. She is now in the eighteenth year of her age. The fortune-hunters have already cast their eyes upon her, and take

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