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Page 136
... favour him . " That a young lady should be in love , and the love of the young gentleman undeclared , is an hete- rodoxy which prudence , and even policy , must not allow . But thus applied to , she is all resignation to her parents ...
... favour him . " That a young lady should be in love , and the love of the young gentleman undeclared , is an hete- rodoxy which prudence , and even policy , must not allow . But thus applied to , she is all resignation to her parents ...
Page 172
... favour : the affection ad- mitted into the heart was rather esteem than tender- ness ; and kindness was only purchased by benefits . But when , by force or policy , by wisdom or by for- tune , property and superiority were introduced ...
... favour : the affection ad- mitted into the heart was rather esteem than tender- ness ; and kindness was only purchased by benefits . But when , by force or policy , by wisdom or by for- tune , property and superiority were introduced ...
Page 206
... favour of God can reflect upon his conduct without disturbance , or can at will ba- nish the reflection ; if he who considers himself as suspended over the abyss of eternal perdition only by the thread of life , which must soon part by ...
... favour of God can reflect upon his conduct without disturbance , or can at will ba- nish the reflection ; if he who considers himself as suspended over the abyss of eternal perdition only by the thread of life , which must soon part by ...
Contents
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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