The History of Portia: Written by a Lady. ...R. Withy; J. Pottinger; J. Wilkie; and J. Cooke, 1759 |
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... means amount to the confirmation of a prece- dent , ftrong enough to deftroy the force of this affertion ; or be able to make an adequate atonement , either to the public , for having frequently obtruded upon it fo much execrable ...
... means amount to the confirmation of a prece- dent , ftrong enough to deftroy the force of this affertion ; or be able to make an adequate atonement , either to the public , for having frequently obtruded upon it fo much execrable ...
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... mean a ftrong defire of being in the fashion , let that be what it will ; for fuch indeed I cannot help thinking it , fince we are doom'd to endure that prodigious num- ber of books of amufement , as they are modeftly call'd , that have ...
... mean a ftrong defire of being in the fashion , let that be what it will ; for fuch indeed I cannot help thinking it , fince we are doom'd to endure that prodigious num- ber of books of amufement , as they are modeftly call'd , that have ...
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... means very prudently reftrain me from the un- grateful task of fhocking either them or myself , by a precipitate expofure of my own deformity ; yet as the fincerity I profefs to obferve throughout the follow- ing fheets , demands the ...
... means very prudently reftrain me from the un- grateful task of fhocking either them or myself , by a precipitate expofure of my own deformity ; yet as the fincerity I profefs to obferve throughout the follow- ing fheets , demands the ...
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... mean a condefcen- fion to fuffer her to liften to the addreffes of a merchant , and one too who was the defcendant of a vile French refugee ; they feemed to have far higher views for her , and did not in the leaft doubt , but that a ...
... mean a condefcen- fion to fuffer her to liften to the addreffes of a merchant , and one too who was the defcendant of a vile French refugee ; they feemed to have far higher views for her , and did not in the leaft doubt , but that a ...
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... which they ever afterwards unlearn , I mean abits of artifice and diffimula- with all the ridiculous deformity cctation , impertinence and grimace . The My father dying while I was yet an in- fant jections to thofe ...
... which they ever afterwards unlearn , I mean abits of artifice and diffimula- with all the ridiculous deformity cctation , impertinence and grimace . The My father dying while I was yet an in- fant jections to thofe ...
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Seite 60 - Methinks, we need not our short beings shun, And, thought to fly, contend to be undone. We need not buy our ruin with our crime, And give eternity to murder time. The love of gaming is the worst of ills ; With ceaseless storms the blacken'd soul it fills ; 1 Shakespeare VOL.
Seite 35 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin that I admire. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Seite 206 - Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses : from his lip Not words alone pleas'd her. O! when meet now Such pairs, in love and mutual honour join'd...
Seite 67 - O faireft of creation, laft and beft Of all God's works, Creature in whom excell'd Whatever can to fight or thought be form'd, Holy, divine, good, amiable, or fweet! How art thou loft, how on a...
Seite 115 - Secure to be as bleft as thou canft bear : Safe in the hand of one difpofing Pow'r, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Seite 19 - Too ftrong for feeble women to fuftain ; Of thofe who claim it, more than half have none, And half of thofe who have it, are undone. Be ftill fuperior to your fex's arts, Nor think...
Seite 206 - 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 : fuch pleafure...
Seite 60 - With ceaseless storms the blacken'd soul it fills ; Inveighs at heaven, neglects the ties of blood ; Destroys the power and will of doing good ; Kills health, pawns honour, plunges in disgrace, And, what is still more dreadful — spoils your face.
Seite 125 - All fame is foreign, but of true defert ; Plays round the head,, but comes not to the heart...