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Page 135
... eyes were her own , her ears the preacher's . Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe , or to lay out for observation . The eye of a respectful lover loves rather to receive con- fidence from the withdrawn ...
... eyes were her own , her ears the preacher's . Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe , or to lay out for observation . The eye of a respectful lover loves rather to receive con- fidence from the withdrawn ...
Page 177
... eyes seemed settled in the con- templation of some important purpose , and every foot was hastened by eagerness and expectation . I fol- lowed the crowd without knowing whither I should be drawn , and remained a while in the unpleasing ...
... eyes seemed settled in the con- templation of some important purpose , and every foot was hastened by eagerness and expectation . I fol- lowed the crowd without knowing whither I should be drawn , and remained a while in the unpleasing ...
Page 314
... eyes were without lustre ; how another struck the sight at a distance , but wanted my hair and teeth at a nearer view ; another dis- graced an elegant shape with a brown skin ; some had short fingers , and others dimples in a wrong ...
... eyes were without lustre ; how another struck the sight at a distance , but wanted my hair and teeth at a nearer view ; another dis- graced an elegant shape with a brown skin ; some had short fingers , and others dimples in a wrong ...
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Peevishness equally wretched and offensivethe Character of Tetrica | 74 |
The World never known but by a Change of Fortune the History of Melissa | 75 |
The Arts by which bad Men are reconciled to them selves | 76 |
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