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... lady admired him ? Why , says he , my lodgings are opposite to hers , and she is continually at her window either at work , reading , taking snuff , or putting herself in some toying posture , on purpose to draw my eyes that way . The ...
... lady admired him ? Why , says he , my lodgings are opposite to hers , and she is continually at her window either at work , reading , taking snuff , or putting herself in some toying posture , on purpose to draw my eyes that way . The ...
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ment of a beautiful lady ; and how often she may look out at the same man , without being supposed to have a mind to jump out to him . Yours , AURELIA CARELESS . Twice . MR . SPECTATOR , ' I HAVE for some time made love to a lady , who ...
ment of a beautiful lady ; and how often she may look out at the same man , without being supposed to have a mind to jump out to him . Yours , AURELIA CARELESS . Twice . MR . SPECTATOR , ' I HAVE for some time made love to a lady , who ...
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... ladies , who laugh immoderately all the time . Some , who pretend to be my friends , tell me they do it in derision , and would advise me to leave it off , withal that I make myself ridiculous . I do not know what to do in this affair ...
... ladies , who laugh immoderately all the time . Some , who pretend to be my friends , tell me they do it in derision , and would advise me to leave it off , withal that I make myself ridiculous . I do not know what to do in this affair ...
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... LADY ON THE LICENTIOUSNESS OF MEN . London , Feb. 9 , 1711-12 . MR . SPECTATOR , Í AM a virgin , and in no case despicable , but yet such as I am I must remain , or else become , it is to be feared , less happy ; for I find not the ...
... LADY ON THE LICENTIOUSNESS OF MEN . London , Feb. 9 , 1711-12 . MR . SPECTATOR , Í AM a virgin , and in no case despicable , but yet such as I am I must remain , or else become , it is to be feared , less happy ; for I find not the ...
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... ladies of quality and wit , that VENUS was always kind to MARS ; and what soul that has the least spark of generosity , can deny a man of bravery any thing ; and how pitiful a trader that , whom no woman but his own wife will have ...
... ladies of quality and wit , that VENUS was always kind to MARS ; and what soul that has the least spark of generosity , can deny a man of bravery any thing ; and how pitiful a trader that , whom no woman but his own wife will have ...
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