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" As soon as this piece of conjuration is performed, and the patient without doubt already beginning to wax warm, to forward the operation, that member of the circle towards whom he is so rude as to turn his back first, runs his sword directly into that... "
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The Spectator, Volume 5

1726 - 332 pages
...foon make • him t»ck about to fome other Point, every Gentleman 1 does himfelf the fame juftice as often as he receives the • Affront. After this...three times ' round, and the Patient is thought to havefweat fufficient• ly, he is very handfomly rubb'd down by fbme Atten' dants. who carry wiihthem...
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The Spectator, Volume 5

1739 - 312 pages
...will foon make him tack about to fome other Point, every Gentleman does himfelf the fame jufticeas often as he receives the Affront. After this Jig has gone two or three time* round, and the Patient is thought to have fweat fufficiently, he is very handfomly rubb'd down...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 5

1786 - 670 pages
...fome other point, every gentleman Joes himfelf the lame juftice as often as he receives the aííiont. After this jig has gone two or three times round, and the patient is thought to have fweat fufficiently, he is very handfomely rubbed down by fome attendants, who carry with them inftrumcnts...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 600 pages
...as to turn his back first, runs his sword directly into that part of the patient whereon schoolboys are punished ; and as it is very natural to imagine...them instruments for that purpose, and so discharged. This relation I had from a friend of mine, who has lately been under this discipline. He tells me he...
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The British Essayists, Volume 11

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 398 pages
...swords, and, holding them parallel to the horizon, they describe a sort of magic circle round about him with the points. As soon as this piece of conjuration...them instruments for that purpose, and so discharged. This relation I had from a friend of mine, who has lately been under this discipline. He tells me he...
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The Spectator, Volume 6

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 384 pages
...as to turn his back first, runs his sword directly into that part of the patient whereon school-boys are punished ; and as it is very natural to imagine...them instruments for that purpose, and so discharged. This relation I had from a friend of mine, who has lately been under this discipline. He tells me he...
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The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The ...

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 388 pages
...as to turn his back first, runs his sword directly into that part of the patient whereon school-boys are punished ; and as it is very natural to imagine...this jig has gone two or three times round, and the paticnt is thought to have sweat sufficiently, he is very handsomely rubbed down by some attendants,...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index

Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...«dit. 1801, vols. Iv. 55. xi. ИЦ. ». 281. SSO. 2U6. í»7. 2»5. xvü. SjO. beard. 35V recciveü the affront. After this jig has gone two or three, times round, anil the patient ¡в thought to have sweat sufficiently, he is very handsomely robbed down by some...
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The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J ..., Volumes 27-34

British essayists - 1819 - 376 pages
...as to turn his back first, runs his sword directly into that part of the patient whereon schoolboys are punished ; and as it is very natural to imagine...them instruments for that purpose, and so discharged. This relation I had from a friend of mine, who has lately been under this discipline. He tells me he...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 378 pages
...as to turn his back first, runs his sword directly into that part of the patient whereon schoolboys are punished ; and as it is very natural to imagine...justice as often as he receives the affront. After this j ig has gone two or three times round, and the patient is thought to have sweat sufficiently, he is...
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