The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... woman turned of thirty , and am on the ⚫ obfervation a little ; therefore if you or your correfpon- ' dent had confulted me in your difcourfe on the eye , I could have told you that the eye of Leonora is flily watch- ⚫ful while it ...
... woman turned of thirty , and am on the ⚫ obfervation a little ; therefore if you or your correfpon- ' dent had confulted me in your difcourfe on the eye , I could have told you that the eye of Leonora is flily watch- ⚫ful while it ...
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... woman there in finer cloaths than herself : Thefe are arts of perfuafion purely femi- nine , and which a tender heart cannot refift . What I ⚫ would therefore defire of you , is , to prevail with your friend who has promised to diffect ...
... woman there in finer cloaths than herself : Thefe are arts of perfuafion purely femi- nine , and which a tender heart cannot refift . What I ⚫ would therefore defire of you , is , to prevail with your friend who has promised to diffect ...
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... woman : It is a little ' infolence in me perhaps , to advise a mátron ; but I am fo afraid you will make fo filly a figure as a fond wife , ' that I cannot help warning you not to appear in any publick places with your husband , and ...
... woman : It is a little ' infolence in me perhaps , to advise a mátron ; but I am fo afraid you will make fo filly a figure as a fond wife , ' that I cannot help warning you not to appear in any publick places with your husband , and ...
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... woman : I wish he had the handling of you and Mrs. Modifh ; you would find , if you were too free with her , she would ' foon make you as charming as ever you were , the ' would make you blush as much as if you never had ' been fine ...
... woman : I wish he had the handling of you and Mrs. Modifh ; you would find , if you were too free with her , she would ' foon make you as charming as ever you were , the ' would make you blush as much as if you never had ' been fine ...
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... woman for no other reafon but to appear a woman of the best quality in the church . This abfurd cuftom had better be abolished than retained , if it were but to prevent evils of no higher a nature than this is but I am informed of ...
... woman for no other reafon but to appear a woman of the best quality in the church . This abfurd cuftom had better be abolished than retained , if it were but to prevent evils of no higher a nature than this is but I am informed of ...
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