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Page 24
... virtue , than by the finest rules and precepts of morality . In the same manner a representation of those calamities and misfortunes which a weak man suffers from wrong measures , and ill - concerted schemes of life , is apt to make a ...
... virtue , than by the finest rules and precepts of morality . In the same manner a representation of those calamities and misfortunes which a weak man suffers from wrong measures , and ill - concerted schemes of life , is apt to make a ...
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... virtue heighten'd by his beauteous form . " TRAPP . DESCRIPTION OF EMILIA , AN AMIABLE WOMAN . I READ what I give for the entertainment of this day with a great deal of pleasure , and publish it just as it came to my hands . I shall be ...
... virtue heighten'd by his beauteous form . " TRAPP . DESCRIPTION OF EMILIA , AN AMIABLE WOMAN . I READ what I give for the entertainment of this day with a great deal of pleasure , and publish it just as it came to my hands . I shall be ...
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... virtue makes a beautiful woman appear more beautiful , so beauty makes a virtuous woman really more virtuous . Whilst I am considering these two perfections gloriously united in one person , I cannot help representing to my mind the ...
... virtue makes a beautiful woman appear more beautiful , so beauty makes a virtuous woman really more virtuous . Whilst I am considering these two perfections gloriously united in one person , I cannot help representing to my mind the ...
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her virtue . That sweetness and good - humour , which is so visible in her face , naturally diffuses itself into every word and action : a man must be a savage , who , at the sight of EMILIA , is not more inclined to do her good , than ...
her virtue . That sweetness and good - humour , which is so visible in her face , naturally diffuses itself into every word and action : a man must be a savage , who , at the sight of EMILIA , is not more inclined to do her good , than ...
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... virtues . So rare a pattern of female excellence ought not to be concealed , but should be set out to the view and imitation of the world ; for how amiable does virtue appear thus , as it were , made visible to us , in so fair an ...
... virtues . So rare a pattern of female excellence ought not to be concealed , but should be set out to the view and imitation of the world ; for how amiable does virtue appear thus , as it were , made visible to us , in so fair an ...
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