The Female Spectator, Volumen2T. Gardner, 1755 |
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... doubt the motive of it ; fo without any confideration of what he owed , either to her love , or this conde- fcention in them , he meditated only how to make the best bargain he could for his pretty perfon , which he now thought he could ...
... doubt the motive of it ; fo without any confideration of what he owed , either to her love , or this conde- fcention in them , he meditated only how to make the best bargain he could for his pretty perfon , which he now thought he could ...
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... doubt not , engage ' you to exert yourself on fo laudable an occafion . " - - I am , MADAM , • very much your admirer , and moft obedient humble fervant , - DISTRARIO . WE were pretty much divided in our opinions on the first perufal of ...
... doubt not , engage ' you to exert yourself on fo laudable an occafion . " - - I am , MADAM , • very much your admirer , and moft obedient humble fervant , - DISTRARIO . WE were pretty much divided in our opinions on the first perufal of ...
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... to be what the world • calls a man too full of himself . S THIS is as exact a picture as I can give you of my three lovers , and I do not doubt but you are < - --- are impatient to know which of them 92 BOOK 8 . The FEMALE.
... to be what the world • calls a man too full of himself . S THIS is as exact a picture as I can give you of my three lovers , and I do not doubt but you are < - --- are impatient to know which of them 92 BOOK 8 . The FEMALE.
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... doubt but this young lady feels little lefs in the uncertainty which of her lo- vers it will best become her to make choice of , than the moft paffionate of them does in the fears of being rejected . However , if the is really as ready ...
... doubt but this young lady feels little lefs in the uncertainty which of her lo- vers it will best become her to make choice of , than the moft paffionate of them does in the fears of being rejected . However , if the is really as ready ...
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... doubt not but will be looked upon as a fufficient answer to all the objections Politico has started for the prefent , and hereafter perhaps we may be better friends . -- I READILY agree with him , that the public may reasonably defire ...
... doubt not but will be looked upon as a fufficient answer to all the objections Politico has started for the prefent , and hereafter perhaps we may be better friends . -- I READILY agree with him , that the public may reasonably defire ...
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Página 79 - It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
Página 209 - d by her fair tendence gladlier grew. Yet went fhe not, as not with fuch difcourfe Delighted, or not capable her ear Of what was high...
Página 207 - O but, say they, Learning puts the Sexes too much on an Equality, it would destroy that implicit Obedience which it is necessary the Women should pay to our Commands: — If once they have the Capacity of arguing with us, where would be our Authority!
Página 195 - Part of our Sex. Those Men are certainly guilty of a great deal of Injustice who think, that all the Learning becoming in a Woman is confined to the Management of her Family...
Página 228 - ... a life to come: to which she answered that not all that the whole world could say should ever persuade her to that opinion; and then related to me the contract made between her and her dear departed friend, the Duchess of Mazarine. It was in vain I urged the strong probability there was that souls in another world might not be permitted to perform the engagements they had entered into in this, especially when they were of a nature repugnant to the divine will, "which...
Página 169 - That cordial-drop heaven in our cup has thrown, To make the naufeous draught of life go down...
Página 264 - For humors are diftinguifh'd by their hue. From hence we dream of wars and warlike things* And wafps and hornets with their double wings. Choler aduft congeals our blood with fear, Then black bulls tofs us, and black devils tear. In fanguine airy dreams aloft we bound, With rheums opprefs'd we fink in rivers drown'd* More I could fay, but thus conclude my theme, The dominating humour makes the dream.
Página 206 - Gaming and rambling Abroad, they will, it is to be hop'd, proceed to more noble and elevated Studies. If the married Ladies of Distinction begin the Change, and bring Learning into Fashion, the younger will never cease soliciting their Parents and Guardians for the Means of following it, and every Toilet in the Kingdom be loaded with Materials for beautifying the Mind more than the Face of its Owner. The Objection, therefore, that I have heard made by some Men, that Learning would make us too assuming...
Página 253 - ... preceded by a torch, which a footman belonging to one of the company had with him.
Página 133 - Pleafure never comes fmetre to Man, But lent by Heav'n, upon hard Ufury ; And while Jove holds us out the Bowl of Joy, Ere it can reach our Lips, 'tis dafh'd with Gall By fome Left-handed God.