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... believe , from feveral angry letters which have been sent to me by disappointed lovers , that my advice has been of very fignal fervice to the fair fex , who , according to the old proverb , were fore - warn'd fore - arm'd . One of ...
... believe , from feveral angry letters which have been sent to me by disappointed lovers , that my advice has been of very fignal fervice to the fair fex , who , according to the old proverb , were fore - warn'd fore - arm'd . One of ...
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... believe himself not in- ⚫ capable to be beloved . Our fortunes indeed , weigh- ed in the nice fcale of intereft , are not exactly equal , which , by the way , was the true cause of my jilting him , and I had the affurance to ac- quaint ...
... believe himself not in- ⚫ capable to be beloved . Our fortunes indeed , weigh- ed in the nice fcale of intereft , are not exactly equal , which , by the way , was the true cause of my jilting him , and I had the affurance to ac- quaint ...
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... believe were in high re- pute among the courts of the eaftern monarchs , were nothing else but pfalms and pieces of poetry that adored or celebrated the Supreme Being . The greatest greatest conqueror in this holy nation , after the man ...
... believe were in high re- pute among the courts of the eaftern monarchs , were nothing else but pfalms and pieces of poetry that adored or celebrated the Supreme Being . The greatest greatest conqueror in this holy nation , after the man ...
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... believe you will think , naturally interwoven . The anxiety of abfence , the gloominefs of the roads , and his refolution of frequenting only thofe , fince thofe only can carry him to the object of his de- fires ; the diffatisfaction he ...
... believe you will think , naturally interwoven . The anxiety of abfence , the gloominefs of the roads , and his refolution of frequenting only thofe , fince thofe only can carry him to the object of his de- fires ; the diffatisfaction he ...
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... believe every one will agree with me in this , that we ought either to lay afide all kinds of gefture , ( which feems to be very fuitable to the genius of our nation ) , or at least to make use of fuch only as are graceful and ex ...
... believe every one will agree with me in this , that we ought either to lay afide all kinds of gefture , ( which feems to be very fuitable to the genius of our nation ) , or at least to make use of fuch only as are graceful and ex ...
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