The Spectator, Volume 4J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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... marry a common Woman , but being resolved to do nothing without the Advice of his Friend Philander , he consulted him upon the Occasion , Philander told him his Mind freely , and represented his Mistress to him in such strong Colours ...
... marry a common Woman , but being resolved to do nothing without the Advice of his Friend Philander , he consulted him upon the Occasion , Philander told him his Mind freely , and represented his Mistress to him in such strong Colours ...
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... married to him above a Fortnight . The Truth of it is , a Woman seldom asks Advice before she has bought her Wedding Cloaths . When she has made her own Choice , for Form's Sake , she sends a Congé d'élire to her Friends . If we look ...
... married to him above a Fortnight . The Truth of it is , a Woman seldom asks Advice before she has bought her Wedding Cloaths . When she has made her own Choice , for Form's Sake , she sends a Congé d'élire to her Friends . If we look ...
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... married Condition unhappy , but from Want of Judgment or Temper in the Man . The Truth is , we generally make Love in a Stile , and with Sentiments very unfit for ordinary Life : They are half Theatrical , half Romantick . By this Means ...
... married Condition unhappy , but from Want of Judgment or Temper in the Man . The Truth is , we generally make Love in a Stile , and with Sentiments very unfit for ordinary Life : They are half Theatrical , half Romantick . By this Means ...
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... Marriage State . Such a Man can hear the Cries of Children with Pity instead of Anger ; and when they run over his Head ... married Man , who has not bid Adieu to the Fashions and false Gallantries of the Town , is perplexed with every ...
... Marriage State . Such a Man can hear the Cries of Children with Pity instead of Anger ; and when they run over his Head ... married Man , who has not bid Adieu to the Fashions and false Gallantries of the Town , is perplexed with every ...
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... married without this Relish of their Circumstance , are in either a Tasteless Indolence and Negligence , which is hardly to be attained , or else live in the hourly Repeti- tion of sharp Answers , eager Upbraidings , and distracting ...
... married without this Relish of their Circumstance , are in either a Tasteless Indolence and Negligence , which is hardly to be attained , or else live in the hourly Repeti- tion of sharp Answers , eager Upbraidings , and distracting ...
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