The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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... Wife is ridiculous . As for your wild Rallery on Matrimony , ' tis all Hypocrify ; you and all the handfom young • Women of your Acqualance , fhew yourselves to no • other Purpose than to a Conqueft over fome Man ⚫ of Worth , in order ...
... Wife is ridiculous . As for your wild Rallery on Matrimony , ' tis all Hypocrify ; you and all the handfom young • Women of your Acqualance , fhew yourselves to no • other Purpose than to a Conqueft over fome Man ⚫ of Worth , in order ...
Page 109
... Wife at the Beginning of our Eftablishment fhewed herself very affifting to me in my Bufinefs as much as could lie ... Wife's becoming both trou- ⚫ blefom and ufelefs , unless her reading herself in your Paper may make her reflect . She ...
... Wife at the Beginning of our Eftablishment fhewed herself very affifting to me in my Bufinefs as much as could lie ... Wife's becoming both trou- ⚫ blefom and ufelefs , unless her reading herself in your Paper may make her reflect . She ...
Page 284
... Wife of his Friend , and a Man of Merit . The gay old Escalus has Wit , good Health , and is perfectly well - bred ; but from the Fafhion and Manners of the Court when he દ was in his Bloom , has fuch a natural Tend ncy to amorous ...
... Wife of his Friend , and a Man of Merit . The gay old Escalus has Wit , good Health , and is perfectly well - bred ; but from the Fafhion and Manners of the Court when he દ was in his Bloom , has fuch a natural Tend ncy to amorous ...
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