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Page 45
Give me leave to subscribe my6 self , • Your unfortuuate , * humble servant , •
CELINDA . I had it in my thoughts , before I received the Letter of this Lady , to
consider this dreadful paffion in the mind of a woman ; and the smart she seems
to feel ...
Give me leave to subscribe my6 self , • Your unfortuuate , * humble servant , •
CELINDA . I had it in my thoughts , before I received the Letter of this Lady , to
consider this dreadful paffion in the mind of a woman ; and the smart she seems
to feel ...
Page 161
I know it would debase your paper too • much to enter into the behaviour of these
female • libertines ; but as your remarks on some part of it would be a doing of
justice to several women of ' virtue and honour , whose reputations suffer by • it , I
...
I know it would debase your paper too • much to enter into the behaviour of these
female • libertines ; but as your remarks on some part of it would be a doing of
justice to several women of ' virtue and honour , whose reputations suffer by • it , I
...
Page 179
The subject of this fatire is woman . He describes the sex in their several
characters , which he derives . to them from a fanciful fuppofition raised upon the
doctrine of pre - existence . He tells us , That the gods formed the souls of women
out of ...
The subject of this fatire is woman . He describes the sex in their several
characters , which he derives . to them from a fanciful fuppofition raised upon the
doctrine of pre - existence . He tells us , That the gods formed the souls of women
out of ...
Page 180
Such an one is wh ! t we call a notable discerning woman , who has an insight
into every thing , whether it be good or bad . In this species of females there are
some virtuous and some vicious . A third kind of women were made up of canine
...
Such an one is wh ! t we call a notable discerning woman , who has an insight
into every thing , whether it be good or bad . In this species of females there are
some virtuous and some vicious . A third kind of women were made up of canine
...
Page 181
women are likewise subject to little thefts , cheats and pilferings . ... A woman of
this species is a very pretty thing for a stranger to look upon , but very detrimental
to the owner , unless it be a King or Prince who takes a fancy to fuch a toy .
women are likewise subject to little thefts , cheats and pilferings . ... A woman of
this species is a very pretty thing for a stranger to look upon , but very detrimental
to the owner , unless it be a King or Prince who takes a fancy to fuch a toy .
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 3 The Spectator, Sir Richard Steele |
| Contributors | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele |
| Publisher | John Bell, 1776 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Oct 2011 |
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