The Spectator, Volume 2J. Duncan, 1791 |
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Page 7
... women , that had placed themselves in the opposite sideboxes , and seemed drawn up in a kind of battle array one against another . After a short survey of them , I found they were patched differently ; the faces on one - hand , being ...
... women , that had placed themselves in the opposite sideboxes , and seemed drawn up in a kind of battle array one against another . After a short survey of them , I found they were patched differently ; the faces on one - hand , being ...
Page 8
... women of honour , who patch out of principle , and with an eye to the interest of their country . Nay , I am informed that some of them adhere so stedfaftly to their party , and are to far from facrificing their zeal for the public to ...
... women of honour , who patch out of principle , and with an eye to the interest of their country . Nay , I am informed that some of them adhere so stedfaftly to their party , and are to far from facrificing their zeal for the public to ...
Page 9
... women , as it only serves to aggravate the hatreds and animofities that reign among men , and in a great measure deprives the fair sex of those peculiar charins with which nature has endowed them . When the Romans and Sabines were at ...
... women , as it only serves to aggravate the hatreds and animofities that reign among men , and in a great measure deprives the fair sex of those peculiar charins with which nature has endowed them . When the Romans and Sabines were at ...
Page 10
... women excel those of all nations in beauty , they should endeavour to outshine them in all other accomplishments proper to the sex , and to distinguish themselves as tender mothers , and faithful wives , rather than as furious partisans ...
... women excel those of all nations in beauty , they should endeavour to outshine them in all other accomplishments proper to the sex , and to distinguish themselves as tender mothers , and faithful wives , rather than as furious partisans ...
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... women : coquettes . The drapery of his figures was extremely wellsuited to his faces , and was made up of all the glaring colours that could be mixt together ;. every part of the dress was in a futter , and endeavoured to distinguish ...
... women : coquettes . The drapery of his figures was extremely wellsuited to his faces , and was made up of all the glaring colours that could be mixt together ;. every part of the dress was in a futter , and endeavoured to distinguish ...
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