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... whose levity is most likely to provoke cenfure , it is emi- nently true , that the loss of character by imprudence frequently induces the lofs of virtue : the ladies therefore , should be proportionably circumfpect ; as to those , in ...
... whose levity is most likely to provoke cenfure , it is emi- nently true , that the loss of character by imprudence frequently induces the lofs of virtue : the ladies therefore , should be proportionably circumfpect ; as to those , in ...
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... whose misfortune , as it was irretrievable , he refolved not to alleviate , but increase ; -a refolution , by which fathers , who have foolish and disobedient fons , usually display their own kindness and wisdom . As soon as he had read ...
... whose misfortune , as it was irretrievable , he refolved not to alleviate , but increase ; -a refolution , by which fathers , who have foolish and disobedient fons , usually display their own kindness and wisdom . As soon as he had read ...
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... whose life she was sustaining with her own . After Mercator had been abfent about ten days , his uncle , having perfuaded him to accompany fome friends to a country - feat at the distance of near fixty miles , went to his lodgings in ...
... whose life she was sustaining with her own . After Mercator had been abfent about ten days , his uncle , having perfuaded him to accompany fome friends to a country - feat at the distance of near fixty miles , went to his lodgings in ...
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... therefore , " but for your fake , wish them other than they are . " The dear infant , whose birth has undone me , now " lies dead at my fide , a victim to my indiscretion " and 1 દ and your refentment . I am fcarce able to [ 32 ]
... therefore , " but for your fake , wish them other than they are . " The dear infant , whose birth has undone me , now " lies dead at my fide , a victim to my indiscretion " and 1 દ and your refentment . I am fcarce able to [ 32 ]
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... whose feelings fhould be uncommonly ten- der , had an additional title to the commission of cruelties ; and as if a violent outrage upon every fentiment of humanity fhould be the peculiar pri- vilege of birth and fortune . - My readers ...
... whose feelings fhould be uncommonly ten- der , had an additional title to the commission of cruelties ; and as if a violent outrage upon every fentiment of humanity fhould be the peculiar pri- vilege of birth and fortune . - My readers ...
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addreffed affection affiftance againſt Alcander almoſt ANECDOTE anſwer aſked beauty becauſe buſineſs Caliph cauſe Cephifus circumftances Clarinda Clodio confent confequence confiderable converfation courſe defire diſcovered eſteem eyes faid fame father fatisfaction fays fecret feemed fenfible fervant feveral fhall fhort firft firſt fituation fix franks Flavilla fome fometimes foon fortune friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fufpicions fure gentleman greateſt happineſs happy herſelf himſelf honour houſe huſband increaſe itſelf juft juſt lady laft laſt Laura leaſt lefs Lord of Abergavenny loſe meaſure Mencius Mercator mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffion perfon pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed prefent promiſed puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reaſon reflection requeſt ſaid ſee ſeem ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſuch thee themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion uſe vifit Vincent virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſhes