The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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... young women of quality have enter- tained , to the hazard of their characters , and the certain misfortune of their lives . The first of the following let- ters ters may best reprefent the faults I would now point 16 N ° 254 THE SPECTATOR .
... young women of quality have enter- tained , to the hazard of their characters , and the certain misfortune of their lives . The first of the following let- ters ters may best reprefent the faults I would now point 16 N ° 254 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 18
... young wo- your acquaintance , fhew yourselves to no other purpose than to gain a conqueft over fome man of worth , in order to beltow your charms and fortune on him . There is no indecency in the confeffion , the defign is modeft and ...
... young wo- your acquaintance , fhew yourselves to no other purpose than to gain a conqueft over fome man of worth , in order to beltow your charms and fortune on him . There is no indecency in the confeffion , the defign is modeft and ...
Page 19
... young creature who fat juft before me , and who I have been fince informed has no fortune . It would utterly ruin my reputation for discretion to marry fuch a one , and by what I can learn she has a character of great modefty , fo that ...
... young creature who fat juft before me , and who I have been fince informed has no fortune . It would utterly ruin my reputation for discretion to marry fuch a one , and by what I can learn she has a character of great modefty , fo that ...
Page 41
... young men's doing foolishly what it is folly to do at all . Dear Sir , this is my pre fent ftate of mind ; I hate those I fhould laugh at , and " envy thofe I contemn . The time of youth and vigo- rous manhood , paffed the way in which ...
... young men's doing foolishly what it is folly to do at all . Dear Sir , this is my pre fent ftate of mind ; I hate those I fhould laugh at , and " envy thofe I contemn . The time of youth and vigo- rous manhood , paffed the way in which ...
Page 58
... young men respect him , and fay he is just the fame man he was when they were boys . He ufes no artifice in the world , but makes use of men's defigns upon him to get a main- tenance out of them . This he carries on by a certain ...
... young men respect him , and fay he is just the fame man he was when they were boys . He ufes no artifice in the world , but makes use of men's defigns upon him to get a main- tenance out of them . This he carries on by a certain ...
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