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Page 60
... heads grow to a great length ; but as the men make a great fhow with heads of hair that are none of their own , the women , who they fay have very fine heads of hair , tie it up in a knot , and cover it from being feen . The women look ...
... heads grow to a great length ; but as the men make a great fhow with heads of hair that are none of their own , the women , who they fay have very fine heads of hair , tie it up in a knot , and cover it from being feen . The women look ...
Page 70
... head . When I was laft at Oxford I perufed one of the whiskers ; and was reading the other , but could not go fo far in it as I would have done , by reafon of the impatience of my friends and fellow - travellers , who all of them ...
... head . When I was laft at Oxford I perufed one of the whiskers ; and was reading the other , but could not go fo far in it as I would have done , by reafon of the impatience of my friends and fellow - travellers , who all of them ...
Page 77
... head to foot with the fame kind of dress , though perhaps there was not the leaft refem- blance in their faces . By this means an old man was fometimes mistaken for a boy , a woman for a man , and a black - a - moor for an European ...
... head to foot with the fame kind of dress , though perhaps there was not the leaft refem- blance in their faces . By this means an old man was fometimes mistaken for a boy , a woman for a man , and a black - a - moor for an European ...
Page 78
... head to foot upon this difafter to their prince ; fo that one may know , by the very buc- kles of a gentleman - ufher , what degree of friend- fhip any deceafed monarch maintained with the court to which he belongs . A good courtier's ...
... head to foot upon this difafter to their prince ; fo that one may know , by the very buc- kles of a gentleman - ufher , what degree of friend- fhip any deceafed monarch maintained with the court to which he belongs . A good courtier's ...
Page 79
... head tottering , her eyes ftaring , and her un- " der - lip trembling . " But all this is atoned for , it , all that labour feems but an ufelefs inquiry , becaufe " fhe has more wit than is usual in her without fome time be spent in ...
... head tottering , her eyes ftaring , and her un- " der - lip trembling . " But all this is atoned for , it , all that labour feems but an ufelefs inquiry , becaufe " fhe has more wit than is usual in her without fome time be spent in ...
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