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Page 67
... dress . Nay , if I may believe my friend Will Honeycomb , there is a certain old coquette of his acquaintance , who intends to appear very suddenly in a rainbow hood , like the Iris in Dryden's Virgil , not questioning but that among ...
... dress . Nay , if I may believe my friend Will Honeycomb , there is a certain old coquette of his acquaintance , who intends to appear very suddenly in a rainbow hood , like the Iris in Dryden's Virgil , not questioning but that among ...
Page 123
... dress excels ours . The mantua has no leads in the sleeves , and I hope we are not lighter than the French ladies , so as to want that kind of ballast ; the petticoat has no whalebone , but sits with an air altogether gallant and degagé ...
... dress excels ours . The mantua has no leads in the sleeves , and I hope we are not lighter than the French ladies , so as to want that kind of ballast ; the petticoat has no whalebone , but sits with an air altogether gallant and degagé ...
Page 305
... dress , she cannot take too much care of her person . These are baits not to be trifled with , charms that have done a world of execution , and made their way into hearts which have been thought impregnable . The force of a man with ...
... dress , she cannot take too much care of her person . These are baits not to be trifled with , charms that have done a world of execution , and made their way into hearts which have been thought impregnable . The force of a man with ...
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