Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality. By Mr. Addison |
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... husband without weakening his attachment to his wife . The excess of every mode may be declined with- out remarkable fingularity ; and the ladies , who fhould should even dare to be fingular in the prefent defec- [ 6 ]
... husband without weakening his attachment to his wife . The excess of every mode may be declined with- out remarkable fingularity ; and the ladies , who fhould should even dare to be fingular in the prefent defec- [ 6 ]
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... husband was " abroad , that fhe kept a great deal of company , " and that the world was cenforious ; fhe wished " that lefs occafion for fcandal was given ; and " hoped to be excufed the liberty fhe had taken , as " fhe might be ruined ...
... husband was " abroad , that fhe kept a great deal of company , " and that the world was cenforious ; fhe wished " that lefs occafion for fcandal was given ; and " hoped to be excufed the liberty fhe had taken , as " fhe might be ruined ...
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... husband left the whole manage- ment of her lodgings , and who perfifted in her pur- pofe , foon found an opportunity to put it in execu- tion . Mercator , as his part of the contract had been punctually fulfilled , thought he had fome ...
... husband left the whole manage- ment of her lodgings , and who perfifted in her pur- pofe , foon found an opportunity to put it in execu- tion . Mercator , as his part of the contract had been punctually fulfilled , thought he had fome ...
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... husband , is , by a strange mixture of folly and malignity , deemed not only an act of justice but of friendship ; though it is too late to prevent an evil , which , whatever be its guilt , can diffuse wretchedness wretchedness only in ...
... husband , is , by a strange mixture of folly and malignity , deemed not only an act of justice but of friendship ; though it is too late to prevent an evil , which , whatever be its guilt , can diffuse wretchedness wretchedness only in ...
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... husband , and wears the throne of chastity on her brow . They are equally confcious of their faults , are equally forry for them ; and are equally defirous of correcting them : but they are fo abfolutely devoted to the ftorms of paffion ...
... husband , and wears the throne of chastity on her brow . They are equally confcious of their faults , are equally forry for them ; and are equally defirous of correcting them : but they are fo abfolutely devoted to the ftorms of paffion ...
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addrefs affection affiftance againſt Alcander almoſt ANECDOTE anſwer aſked beauty becauſe Caliph cauſe Cephifus Clarinda Clodio confent confequence confiderable courſe cuſtom defire difpofition diſcovered diſtreſs eſteem eyes faid fame father fatisfaction fecret fecure feemed fenfible fent feveral fhall fhewed fhort firſt fituation fix franks Flavilla fome fometimes foon fortune foul friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fufpicion fure gentleman greateſt happineſs happy herſelf himſelf honour houſe huſband increaſe intereft itſelf juſt lady laſt Laura leaſt lefs Lord of Abergavenny meaſure Mencius Mercator mind moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves paffion peaſant perfon pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent promiſed purpoſe raiſed reaſon reflection ſaid ſee ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſe vifits Vincent virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſhes