The History of Miss Pittborough: In a Series of Letters. By a Lady. In Two Volumes. ...A. Millar, and T. Cadell; and J. Johnson and Company, 1767 |
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... countenance ) , when the lights her fire , if , with more frugality than pru- dence , fhe has haftily extinguished the affifting tallow taper , and perceives but here and there a feeble spark ; puffs , puffs with a light cautious hand ...
... countenance ) , when the lights her fire , if , with more frugality than pru- dence , fhe has haftily extinguished the affifting tallow taper , and perceives but here and there a feeble spark ; puffs , puffs with a light cautious hand ...
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... countenance ; her eyes , her mouth , her every feature , conveyed- but I will not attempt to describe the innocence , the be- nevolence , that evidently appeared in her whole compofition . You must see her , and judge for yourself ...
... countenance ; her eyes , her mouth , her every feature , conveyed- but I will not attempt to describe the innocence , the be- nevolence , that evidently appeared in her whole compofition . You must see her , and judge for yourself ...
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... countenance ; deprive yourself of them , and even your plain - faced fifter may pretend to vie with you . However weak the confeffion , I myself have frequently been delighted to trace the gaiety of your heart in every speaking feature ...
... countenance ; deprive yourself of them , and even your plain - faced fifter may pretend to vie with you . However weak the confeffion , I myself have frequently been delighted to trace the gaiety of your heart in every speaking feature ...
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... countenance ; -de- jected in mind , or diseased in body , her fympathy is ever theirs ; is their cha- racter attacked , fhe is their infallible advocate ; are they diftreffed in their circumstances , her purfe and heart is open . for ...
... countenance ; -de- jected in mind , or diseased in body , her fympathy is ever theirs ; is their cha- racter attacked , fhe is their infallible advocate ; are they diftreffed in their circumstances , her purfe and heart is open . for ...
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... your ar- rival I know not : - but I am well con- vinced that pleasure will be a stranger to my heart , and joy to my countenance , until we meet again . LET- LETTER X. Mifs PITTBOROUGH to Mifs NANCY You PITTBOROUGH . MISS PITTBOROUGH . 75.
... your ar- rival I know not : - but I am well con- vinced that pleasure will be a stranger to my heart , and joy to my countenance , until we meet again . LET- LETTER X. Mifs PITTBOROUGH to Mifs NANCY You PITTBOROUGH . MISS PITTBOROUGH . 75.
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Страница 32 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.
Страница 19 - Some hours leisure, and the appearance of Garrick in the character of Richard, induced me to engage a solitary place in the side-box, that I might indulge myself, free from all that impertinent interruption a party is too liable to produce.