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Page 101
... present , I am sure , no way below your Asteria for conjugal affection : but I see the behaviour of some women so little suited to the circumstances wherein my wife and I shall soon be , that it is with a reluctance I never knew before ...
... present , I am sure , no way below your Asteria for conjugal affection : but I see the behaviour of some women so little suited to the circumstances wherein my wife and I shall soon be , that it is with a reluctance I never knew before ...
Page 248
... present hour by delaying from day to day to execute what we ought to do immediately ; so most of us take occasion to sit still and throw away the time in our possession , by retrospect on what is past , ima- gining we have already ...
... present hour by delaying from day to day to execute what we ought to do immediately ; so most of us take occasion to sit still and throw away the time in our possession , by retrospect on what is past , ima- gining we have already ...
Page 254
... present besides little Fanny , who stands watching my looks as I write , and is crying for her sister ; she says she is sure you are not well , having discovered that my present trouble is about you . But do not think I would thus ...
... present besides little Fanny , who stands watching my looks as I write , and is crying for her sister ; she says she is sure you are not well , having discovered that my present trouble is about you . But do not think I would thus ...
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