The Babler: Containing a Careful Selection from Those Entertaining and Interesting Essays. Which Have Given the Public So Much Satisfaction Under that Title ... in Owen's Weekly Chronicle. ...J. Newbery, 1767 |
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abfolute acquaintance againſt amuſement anſwer Babler becauſe beſt BLER bofom bufinefs character circumftances confequence confider confideration contempt converfation courſe cuftom daugh defired efteem encreaſe entertainment eſtabliſh facrifice faid fame faſhion father fatisfaction fcarcely feem felf felicity fellow felves fenfe fenfible fentiment fhall fhare fhould filk fince firft fituation fome fortune fpirit friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fuffered fuperior fuppofe fure gentleman greateſt happineſs heart himſelf honour houſe huſband imagine inftead itſelf juſt juſtice lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs Leftock leſs libertine moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary neceffity never nevertheleſs notwithſtanding obfervation obliged occafion ourſelves paffion perfon pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed poffibly prefent purpoſes racter reafon refpect rendered ridiculous Sally Edwards Saturday ſcarcely ſee ſhall ſhare ſhe ſtate ſuch tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal uſe virtue wiſh woman young
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