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Page 36
... favours of this kind . Of this sort may be a man who is in the fifth or sixth degree of favour with a minister . This good creature is resolved to shew the world , that great honours cannot at all change his man- ners ; he is the same ...
... favours of this kind . Of this sort may be a man who is in the fifth or sixth degree of favour with a minister . This good creature is resolved to shew the world , that great honours cannot at all change his man- ners ; he is the same ...
Page 97
... favour as were fit for her to give , or me to de- sire . The successful progress of the affair , of all others the most essential towards a man's happi- ness , gave a new life and spirit , not only to my behaviour and discourse , but ...
... favour as were fit for her to give , or me to de- sire . The successful progress of the affair , of all others the most essential towards a man's happi- ness , gave a new life and spirit , not only to my behaviour and discourse , but ...
Page 211
... favour . ' ' SIR , " I was some time since in company with a young officer , who entertained us with the con- quest he had made over a female neighbour of his ; when a gentleman who stood by , as I suppose , envying the captain's good ...
... favour . ' ' SIR , " I was some time since in company with a young officer , who entertained us with the con- quest he had made over a female neighbour of his ; when a gentleman who stood by , as I suppose , envying the captain's good ...
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VOL V | 25 |
LETTER from a Coquette to a new mar | 254 |
Letters from an old Bachelorfrom Lovers | 260 |
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