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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... judge for yourself . However , as there is danger in the encounter , I will not haftily expose you to it . - - I was no less aftonished at the polite ease with which my fair companion re- ceived my first compliment , than ftruck by her ...
... judge for yourself . However , as there is danger in the encounter , I will not haftily expose you to it . - - I was no less aftonished at the polite ease with which my fair companion re- ceived my first compliment , than ftruck by her ...
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... judge and monitor - fuffered her inclinations to be enflaved by the empty charms of the martial ftrut , and martial habiliments ! I fhall never forgive myself for promot- ing this journey , if an improper connexion fhould be the ...
... judge and monitor - fuffered her inclinations to be enflaved by the empty charms of the martial ftrut , and martial habiliments ! I fhall never forgive myself for promot- ing this journey , if an improper connexion fhould be the ...
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... judge- ment , or inclination . They cannot render folly other than folly ; and though the ge- neral practice may familiarize it , in some degree , and leffen what is prepofterous , its unfuitablenefs and pernicious tendency will ever ...
... judge- ment , or inclination . They cannot render folly other than folly ; and though the ge- neral practice may familiarize it , in some degree , and leffen what is prepofterous , its unfuitablenefs and pernicious tendency will ever ...
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... judge of inclinations we have never felt : fo no more of that , my good fage fifter . The colonel is the youngest of general Dingley's fons ; he is poffeffed of a fine fortune bestowed upon him when a boy , by a diftant relation , whofe ...
... judge of inclinations we have never felt : fo no more of that , my good fage fifter . The colonel is the youngest of general Dingley's fons ; he is poffeffed of a fine fortune bestowed upon him when a boy , by a diftant relation , whofe ...
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... judge for yourself . - - He is a good fize , neither too tall , too short , too fat , or too lean ; his com- plexion florid - his eyes penetrating - his mouth pleasing , and his teeth but one de- gree inferior to your own ; add to which ...
... judge for yourself . - - He is a good fize , neither too tall , too short , too fat , or too lean ; his com- plexion florid - his eyes penetrating - his mouth pleasing , and his teeth but one de- gree inferior to your own ; add to which ...
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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.