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Page 151
... themselves at ombre and piquet , they would wrestle and pitch the bar for a whole afternoon together . There was never any fuch thing as a blush seen , or a figh heard , in the commonwealth . The women never dreffed but to look terrible ...
... themselves at ombre and piquet , they would wrestle and pitch the bar for a whole afternoon together . There was never any fuch thing as a blush seen , or a figh heard , in the commonwealth . The women never dreffed but to look terrible ...
Page 237
... themselves , are flow in the ap- plication of that power , and are ever conftrained to go into rigorous measures . They are careful to demonstrate themselves not only perfons injured , but also that to bear it no longer would be a means ...
... themselves , are flow in the ap- plication of that power , and are ever conftrained to go into rigorous measures . They are careful to demonstrate themselves not only perfons injured , but also that to bear it no longer would be a means ...
Page 302
... themselves , add to their own merit ( as they think ) by impairing it , in praifing ⚫ themselves for their defects , freely allowing they com- mit fome few frivolous errors , in order to be efteemed perfons of uncommon talents and ...
... themselves , add to their own merit ( as they think ) by impairing it , in praifing ⚫ themselves for their defects , freely allowing they com- mit fome few frivolous errors , in order to be efteemed perfons of uncommon talents and ...
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