The Female Spectator, Volume 2H. Gardner, 1771 - Etiquette for women |
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... poffible , and omitted nothing that he thought might footh andbring him into better hu- mour ; but his flatteries , as his resentment , were equally ineffectual ; the justice could not be pre- vailed upon to facrifice his honesty to his ...
... poffible , and omitted nothing that he thought might footh andbring him into better hu- mour ; but his flatteries , as his resentment , were equally ineffectual ; the justice could not be pre- vailed upon to facrifice his honesty to his ...
Page 63
... poffible , some event , the represent- " ation of which might be liable to none of these " objections ; but the thing was in itself an utter " impoffibility , and all my endeavours served only " to convince me it was fo . --- " My ...
... poffible , some event , the represent- " ation of which might be liable to none of these " objections ; but the thing was in itself an utter " impoffibility , and all my endeavours served only " to convince me it was fo . --- " My ...
Page 70
... poffible to excel in one kind of writing , yet be very bad in another : --- few there are , if any , whose talents are universal . Mr. Pope , whose poetical works will always be read with an equal share of pleasure and admiration , had ...
... poffible to excel in one kind of writing , yet be very bad in another : --- few there are , if any , whose talents are universal . Mr. Pope , whose poetical works will always be read with an equal share of pleasure and admiration , had ...
Page 121
... poffible , the glaring madness of fuch an undertaking , we were told the Dutch would go hand in hand with us : --- that Ruffia would bear a greater share in the expences : --- that Poland would furnish all the af- sistance in her power ...
... poffible , the glaring madness of fuch an undertaking , we were told the Dutch would go hand in hand with us : --- that Ruffia would bear a greater share in the expences : --- that Poland would furnish all the af- sistance in her power ...
Page 146
... because it may " seem attended with some difficulties . " Ir is also the business of wisdom to conceal , ** as much as poffible , the natural propenfity we " have " have to either of these passions : --- to 146 BOOK 9 . THE FEMALE.
... because it may " seem attended with some difficulties . " Ir is also the business of wisdom to conceal , ** as much as poffible , the natural propenfity we " have " have to either of these passions : --- to 146 BOOK 9 . THE FEMALE.
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