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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... yourself ; your pas- fions are ftrong , your reafon as yet in its cradle ; how do you expect to ftem the great torrent with security ? blinded by felf - love , mifled by felf - wifdom ( and na- turally fond of every species of gaiety ) ...
... yourself ; your pas- fions are ftrong , your reafon as yet in its cradle ; how do you expect to ftem the great torrent with security ? blinded by felf - love , mifled by felf - wifdom ( and na- turally fond of every species of gaiety ) ...
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... yourself , who love and hate , and fing , and chat , with the fame equal heavy feelings . : You was once , by accident , prefent at a review what people make so striking , fo pleafing an appearance as your officers ; the colour of their ...
... yourself , who love and hate , and fing , and chat , with the fame equal heavy feelings . : You was once , by accident , prefent at a review what people make so striking , fo pleafing an appearance as your officers ; the colour of their ...
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... 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 perfon ...
... 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 perfon ...
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... yourself upon your fpirit and refolution , tamely fubmit to be fashion - led ; even beyond what is con- fiftent either with decency , or your own private tafte ? Is it not a fevere reflection boafted firmnefs , to want cou- upon your ...
... yourself upon your fpirit and refolution , tamely fubmit to be fashion - led ; even beyond what is con- fiftent either with decency , or your own private tafte ? Is it not a fevere reflection boafted firmnefs , to want cou- upon your ...
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... 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 ; and when I thought ...
... 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 ; and when I thought ...
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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.