The SpectatorRichard Eyres, 1778 - Great Britain |
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... women either come by themselves , or are introduced by friends who are obliged to quit them , upon their first entrance , to the conver- fation of any body that addreffes himself to them . There are feveral rooms where the par- ' ties ...
... women either come by themselves , or are introduced by friends who are obliged to quit them , upon their first entrance , to the conver- fation of any body that addreffes himself to them . There are feveral rooms where the par- ' ties ...
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... women . Methought he ftrove to fhine more than ordinary in his talkative way , that he might infult my filence , and diftinguish himself before a woman of Arietta's tafte and un- derstanding . She had often an inclination to in- terrupt ...
... women . Methought he ftrove to fhine more than ordinary in his talkative way , that he might infult my filence , and diftinguish himself before a woman of Arietta's tafte and un- derstanding . She had often an inclination to in- terrupt ...
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... women broke off their difcourfe , but my landlady's daughters telling them that it was no- body but the gentleman ... womens fables of the like nature . As one fpirit raised another , I obferved that at the end of every story the whole ...
... women broke off their difcourfe , but my landlady's daughters telling them that it was no- body but the gentleman ... womens fables of the like nature . As one fpirit raised another , I obferved that at the end of every story the whole ...
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... women very much cherishes this natural weakness of being ta- ken with outside and appearance . Talk of a new- married couple , and you inmediately hear whe ther they keep their coach and fix , or cat in plate ; mention the name of an ...
... women very much cherishes this natural weakness of being ta- ken with outside and appearance . Talk of a new- married couple , and you inmediately hear whe ther they keep their coach and fix , or cat in plate ; mention the name of an ...
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... woman of great quality , de- lights in the privacy of a country life , and paffes away a great part of her time in her own walks and gardens . Her husband , who is her bofom friend and companion in her folitudes , has been in love with ...
... woman of great quality , de- lights in the privacy of a country life , and paffes away a great part of her time in her own walks and gardens . Her husband , who is her bofom friend and companion in her folitudes , has been in love with ...
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