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"Early Modern"
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"Eighteenth Century"
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"Restoration"
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Work title:
"Spectator, No. 392"
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Date: Friday, May 30, 1712
"To turn the Discourse, which from being witty grew to be malicious, the Matron of the Family took occasion, from the Subject, to wish that there were to be found amongst Men such faithful Monitors to dress the Mind by, as we consult to adorn the Body."
preview | full record— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)