The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless ...L. Garden, 1768 |
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The History of Miss. Betsy Thoughtless, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) Eliza Fowler Haywood No preview available - 2017 |
The History of Miss. Betsy Thoughtless, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) Eliza Fowler Haywood No preview available - 2017 |
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addreſſes alderman almoſt alſo anſwered aſſured becauſe behaviour beſt Betfy Betly Betsy Bloomacre brother buſineſs CHAP Chatfree coach conſequences cried Miſs dear defire deſigns door eſpecially excuſe faid ſhe fame fent fincere firſt fome fomething foon fuch gave Gayland gentleman Goodman hear heart herſelf honour houſe juſt knew Lady Mellaſin ladyſhip laſt leaſt leſs letter Lord lover madam manner Mifs Miſs Betſy Miſs Flora Miſs Forward miſtreſs moſt muſt never obſerve occafion paffed paffion paſſed paſſion perſon pleaſed pleaſure poſſible preſent Prinks promiſe propoſed reaſon received refolved replied reſpect ſaid ſame ſay ſcarce ſcore ſecond ſee ſeemed ſeen ſelf ſent ſervant ſeveral ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhould ſhe thought ſhew ſince ſiſter ſome ſpeak ſpoke Staple ſtay ſtill ſtop ſtory ſtrange ſuch ſuppoſe ſurpriſed ſword theſe words thing thoſe THOUGHTLESS told took Trueworth Truſty uſed viſit whoſe wiſhed young lady
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Page 72 - Shall now my joyful temples bind; •* No monarch but would give his crown, •* His arms might do what this has done-
Page 85 - Forgivenefs to the injur'd does belong, But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong. He therefore received the interrogatories Mr. Francis was beginning to make, with an air rather indignant than complying which the
Page 62 - in doing which it appears extremely probable, that he had two views ; the one to get money, which he very much wanted, from fuch as delighted in low humour, and could not
Page 63 - performances, or the motives he had for writing them, as the town is perfectly acquainted both with his abilities and
Page 42 - about to all public places, either by the rake, the man of honour, the wit, or the fool, the married, as well as the unmarried, without
Page 62 - except at the little theatre in the Hay-market, then known by the name of F g's
Page 178 - all men were alike to her ; — but added, that it feemed ftrange to her, that a young woman who had her fortune to make might not be allowed to hear all the different
Page 36 - « Will a good family go to market ? — «« Will it buy a joint of mutton at the " butcher's ? •— Or a pretty gown at the *« mercer's ?—Then a pretty fortune,
Page 262 - that the too great eagernefs of Mr. Staple gave the other an advantage over him, which muft have been fatal to him from a lefs generous enemy; but the temperate Mr. Trueworth feemed to take an equal care to avoid hurting his rival, as to avoid being hurt by him ; — feeing, however, that
Page 268 - to Mr. Goodman's, in order to fee how Mifs Betfy would receive the intelligence he had to bring her. After paying his compliments to Mr, Goodman, and the other ladies, he came towards Mifs Betfy, and looking on her •with a more than ordinary earneftnefs in his countenance, " Ah, madam, faid he, «