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BOUT the middle of last winter I'went to see an opera at the theatre in the Hay : A market , where I could not but take notice of two parties of very fine women , that : had placed themselves in the opposite side . boxes , and seemed ...
BOUT the middle of last winter I'went to see an opera at the theatre in the Hay : A market , where I could not but take notice of two parties of very fine women , that : had placed themselves in the opposite side . boxes , and seemed ...
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... that there are several women of honour who patch out of principle , and with an eye to the intereit of their country . Nay , I am informed that fome of them adhere so stedfastly to their party , and are so far from facrificing their ...
... that there are several women of honour who patch out of principle , and with an eye to the intereit of their country . Nay , I am informed that fome of them adhere so stedfastly to their party , and are so far from facrificing their ...
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I have , in former papers , endeavoured to expose this s party - rage in women , as it only serves . to aggravate the : hatreds and animofities that reign among men , and ina great measure deprives the fair fex of those peculiar ...
I have , in former papers , endeavoured to expose this s party - rage in women , as it only serves . to aggravate the : hatreds and animofities that reign among men , and ina great measure deprives the fair fex of those peculiar ...
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The Grieks thought it fo improper for women to interest themselves in competitions and contentions , that for this reason , among others , they forbad them , under pain of death , to be present at the Olympick games , notwithstanding ...
The Grieks thought it fo improper for women to interest themselves in competitions and contentions , that for this reason , among others , they forbad them , under pain of death , to be present at the Olympick games , notwithstanding ...
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The toujours gai . appeared even in his judges , bishops , and privy - counfellors : In a word , all his men were petits maitres , and all his women coquettes . The drapery of his figures was extremely well - suited to his faces ...
The toujours gai . appeared even in his judges , bishops , and privy - counfellors : In a word , all his men were petits maitres , and all his women coquettes . The drapery of his figures was extremely well - suited to his faces ...
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| Title | The Spectator .. Volume 2 of The Spectator |
| Publisher | Peter Wilson, 1755 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 2 Dec 2020 |
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