“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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... young women of quality have entertained , to the hazard of their characters , and the certain misfortune of their lives . The first of the following letters may best represent the faults I would now point at ; and the answer to it , the ...
... young women of quality have entertained , to the hazard of their characters , and the certain misfortune of their lives . The first of the following letters may best represent the faults I would now point at ; and the answer to it , the ...
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... young women of , your acquaintance , fhew yourfelves ' to no other purpose than to gain a conqueft over fome man of worth , in order · to bestow your charms and fortune on him . There's no indecency in the confeffion , the defign is ...
... young women of , your acquaintance , fhew yourfelves ' to no other purpose than to gain a conqueft over fome man of worth , in order · to bestow your charms and fortune on him . There's no indecency in the confeffion , the defign is ...
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... young creature who fat just before me , and who , I have been fince informed , has no fortune . It would utterly ⚫ ruin my reputation for difcretion to marry fuch a one , and by what I can learn she has a character of great mo- defty ...
... young creature who fat just before me , and who , I have been fince informed , has no fortune . It would utterly ⚫ ruin my reputation for difcretion to marry fuch a one , and by what I can learn she has a character of great mo- defty ...
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... for diffe- rent opinions : thus a crazy conftitution and an uneafy mind is fretted with vexatious paffions for young mens VOL . IV . D < . at her . C C " doing . " · doing foolishly what it is folly to No. 260 . 37 THE SPECTATOR .
... for diffe- rent opinions : thus a crazy conftitution and an uneafy mind is fretted with vexatious paffions for young mens VOL . IV . D < . at her . C C " doing . " · doing foolishly what it is folly to No. 260 . 37 THE SPECTATOR .
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... young men refpect him , and fay he is juft the fame man he was when they were boys . He ufes no artifice in the world , but makes ufe of mens defigns upon him to get a maintenance out of them . This he carries on by a certain ...
... young men refpect him , and fay he is juft the fame man he was when they were boys . He ufes no artifice in the world , but makes ufe of mens defigns upon him to get a maintenance out of them . This he carries on by a certain ...
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