The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 38
... woman drops into her grave before fhe has done deliberating .. Were the age of man the fame that it was before the flood , a lady might facrifice half a century to a fcruple ,. and be two or three ages in demurring . Had the nine ...
... woman drops into her grave before fhe has done deliberating .. Were the age of man the fame that it was before the flood , a lady might facrifice half a century to a fcruple ,. and be two or three ages in demurring . Had the nine ...
Page 39
... woman fhould reject the firft offer of marriage , as a good man does that of a bishoprick ; but I would advife neither the one nor the other to perfift in refufing what they fecretly approve . I would in this particular propofe the ...
... woman fhould reject the firft offer of marriage , as a good man does that of a bishoprick ; but I would advife neither the one nor the other to perfift in refufing what they fecretly approve . I would in this particular propofe the ...
Page 44
... woman came to un- • fwathe me . I bore all this very patiently , being re- folved to take my revenge of my tormenters , and to keep no measures with them as foon as I was at liberty ; but upon asking my old woman what was ⚫ become of ...
... woman came to un- • fwathe me . I bore all this very patiently , being re- folved to take my revenge of my tormenters , and to keep no measures with them as foon as I was at liberty ; but upon asking my old woman what was ⚫ become of ...
Page 45
... woman , that her mother is always checked by her prefence , and every charm of Honoria droops at the entrance of Flavia . The agreeable Flavia would be what he is not , as well as her mother Honoria ; but all their beholders are more ...
... woman , that her mother is always checked by her prefence , and every charm of Honoria droops at the entrance of Flavia . The agreeable Flavia would be what he is not , as well as her mother Honoria ; but all their beholders are more ...
Page 49
... woman with child fhould read Mr. Wall's Hiftory of infant baptifm ; as another is very importunate with me to recommend to all my female readers The finishing froke ; being a vindi- cation of the patriarchal scheme , & c . VOL . II . C ...
... woman with child fhould read Mr. Wall's Hiftory of infant baptifm ; as another is very importunate with me to recommend to all my female readers The finishing froke ; being a vindi- cation of the patriarchal scheme , & c . VOL . II . C ...
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