The Spectator, Volume 7J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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... Lady propofe her Doubts , and to fee the Pains she is at to get over them . I MUST not here omit a Practice that is in ufe among the vainer Part of our own Sex , who will often afk a Friend's Advice in relation to a Fortune whom they ...
... Lady propofe her Doubts , and to fee the Pains she is at to get over them . I MUST not here omit a Practice that is in ufe among the vainer Part of our own Sex , who will often afk a Friend's Advice in relation to a Fortune whom they ...
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... Lady to his Bed , with no other Confideration than the Expecta- tion of Scenes of Dalliance , and thought of her ( as I faid before ) only as fhe was to administer to the Gratifi- cation of Defire ; as that Defire flags , will , without ...
... Lady to his Bed , with no other Confideration than the Expecta- tion of Scenes of Dalliance , and thought of her ( as I faid before ) only as fhe was to administer to the Gratifi- cation of Defire ; as that Defire flags , will , without ...
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... Lady tells her Hufband what ex- traordinary things the Child fpoke fince he went out . No longer than yesterday I was prevail'd with to go hone with a fond Hufband ; and his Wife told him , that his Son , of his own head , when the ...
... Lady tells her Hufband what ex- traordinary things the Child fpoke fince he went out . No longer than yesterday I was prevail'd with to go hone with a fond Hufband ; and his Wife told him , that his Son , of his own head , when the ...
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... Lady , who calls herself Euterpe , and feems a Woman of Letters , afks me whether I am for eftablishing the Salic Law in every Family , and why it is not fit that a Woman who has Difcretion and Learning fhould fit at the Helm , when the ...
... Lady , who calls herself Euterpe , and feems a Woman of Letters , afks me whether I am for eftablishing the Salic Law in every Family , and why it is not fit that a Woman who has Difcretion and Learning fhould fit at the Helm , when the ...
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... of Judgments that I have met with . She can tell you what Sin it was that fet fuch a Man's House on fire , or blew down his Barns . Talk to her of an unfortunate young young Lady that loft her Beauty by the Small - 44 N® 483 The SPECTATOR .
... of Judgments that I have met with . She can tell you what Sin it was that fet fuch a Man's House on fire , or blew down his Barns . Talk to her of an unfortunate young young Lady that loft her Beauty by the Small - 44 N® 483 The SPECTATOR .
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