Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality. By Mr. Addison |
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... most likely to provoke cenfure , it is emi- nently true , that the lofs of character by imprudence frequently induces the lofs of virtue : the ladies therefore , fhould be proportionably circumfpect ; as to those , in whom folly is most ...
... most likely to provoke cenfure , it is emi- nently true , that the lofs of character by imprudence frequently induces the lofs of virtue : the ladies therefore , fhould be proportionably circumfpect ; as to those , in whom folly is most ...
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... most impatient of declamation , and most susceptible of pity , I will addrefs them in a story ; and I hope the events will not only illuftrate but impress the pre- cept which they contain . FLAVILLA , juft as she had entered her ...
... most impatient of declamation , and most susceptible of pity , I will addrefs them in a story ; and I hope the events will not only illuftrate but impress the pre- cept which they contain . FLAVILLA , juft as she had entered her ...
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... most abject fubmiffion and extravagant praise , intreated her pardon , aggravated his crime , but made no mention of atonement by marriage . This particular , which Flavilla did not fail to re- mark , ought to have determined her to ...
... most abject fubmiffion and extravagant praise , intreated her pardon , aggravated his crime , but made no mention of atonement by marriage . This particular , which Flavilla did not fail to re- mark , ought to have determined her to ...
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... the door was crouded all day with meffages and vifitants to Flavilla . One day , therefore , the good woman took an opportunity to remonftrate , though in the most diftant diftant and respectful terms , and with the utmost diffidence [ 18 ]
... the door was crouded all day with meffages and vifitants to Flavilla . One day , therefore , the good woman took an opportunity to remonftrate , though in the most diftant diftant and respectful terms , and with the utmost diffidence [ 18 ]
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... most tender impatience . She had put her little boy to bed , and decorated a fmall room in which they had been used to fup by them- felves , and which fhe had fhut up in his abfence ; fhe counted the moments as they paffed , and ...
... most tender impatience . She had put her little boy to bed , and decorated a fmall room in which they had been used to fup by them- felves , and which fhe had fhut up in his abfence ; fhe counted the moments as they paffed , and ...
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