The Spectator. ...J. Tonson, 1724 |
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Page 51
... She had hid this very privately in the bot- tom of a Trunk , and had given her Number to a Friend and Confident , who had promised to keep the Secret , and bring her News of the Succefs . The poor Adventurer was one Day gone abroad ...
... She had hid this very privately in the bot- tom of a Trunk , and had given her Number to a Friend and Confident , who had promised to keep the Secret , and bring her News of the Succefs . The poor Adventurer was one Day gone abroad ...
Page 81
... she should be a Nurse to other People's Children ; is anfwer- ed by her having an ill Husband , and that the muft make Shift to live . I ← think now this very Anfwer is enough to give any Body a Shock , if duly con- fidered ; for an ...
... she should be a Nurse to other People's Children ; is anfwer- ed by her having an ill Husband , and that the muft make Shift to live . I ← think now this very Anfwer is enough to give any Body a Shock , if duly con- fidered ; for an ...
Page 82
... She will find it the greatest ' Cure and Prefervative for the Vapours and future Mifcarriages , much beyond any other Remedy whatfoever : Her Children will be like Giants , whereas otherwise they are but living Shadows and like unripe ...
... She will find it the greatest ' Cure and Prefervative for the Vapours and future Mifcarriages , much beyond any other Remedy whatfoever : Her Children will be like Giants , whereas otherwise they are but living Shadows and like unripe ...
Page 84
... She Profeffors . IT has been faid in the praise of fome Men , that they could talk whole Hours together upon any thing ; but it must be owned to the Honour of the other Sex , that there are many among them who can talk whole Hours toge ...
... She Profeffors . IT has been faid in the praise of fome Men , that they could talk whole Hours together upon any thing ; but it must be owned to the Honour of the other Sex , that there are many among them who can talk whole Hours toge ...
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dy make an unhappy Marriage the Sub- ject of a Month's Converfation . She blamed the Bride in one Place , pitied her in another ; laughed at her in a third ; wondered at her in a fourth ; was angry with her in a fifth ; and in fhort ...
dy make an unhappy Marriage the Sub- ject of a Month's Converfation . She blamed the Bride in one Place , pitied her in another ; laughed at her in a third ; wondered at her in a fourth ; was angry with her in a fifth ; and in fhort ...
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