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... Beauty is an over - weening self - sufficient thing , careless of providing itself any more substantial orna- ments ; nay , so little does it consult its own inter- ests , that it too often defeats itself , by betraying that innocence ...
... Beauty is an over - weening self - sufficient thing , careless of providing itself any more substantial orna- ments ; nay , so little does it consult its own inter- ests , that it too often defeats itself , by betraying that innocence ...
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... beauty nobody denies , and therefore has the esteem of all her acquaintance as a woman of an agreeable person and conversation ; but ( whatever her husband may think of it ) that is not sufficient for Honoria : she waves that title to ...
... beauty nobody denies , and therefore has the esteem of all her acquaintance as a woman of an agreeable person and conversation ; but ( whatever her husband may think of it ) that is not sufficient for Honoria : she waves that title to ...
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... beauty , or what chastity , can bear So great a price , if stately and severe She still insults ? DRYDEN . 6 MR . SPECTATOR , " I WRITE this to communicate to you a misfor- tune which frequently happens , and therefore deserves a ...
... beauty , or what chastity , can bear So great a price , if stately and severe She still insults ? DRYDEN . 6 MR . SPECTATOR , " I WRITE this to communicate to you a misfor- tune which frequently happens , and therefore deserves a ...
Contents
VOL V | 25 |
LETTER from a Coquette to a new mar | 254 |
Letters from an old Bachelorfrom Lovers | 260 |
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