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Page 136
... regard , and then inclined her to 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 ...
... regard , and then inclined her to 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 ...
Page 303
... regard , and seldom perceive the diminu- tion of their character while there is time to recover it . Nothing then remains but murmurs and re- morse ; for if the spendthrift's poverty be embittered by the reflection that he once was rich ...
... regard , and seldom perceive the diminu- tion of their character while there is time to recover it . Nothing then remains but murmurs and re- morse ; for if the spendthrift's poverty be embittered by the reflection that he once was rich ...
Page 344
... regard which they whose abilities are employ- ed in the works of imagination claim from the rest of mankind arises in a great measure from their in- fluence on futurity . Rank may be conferred by princes , and wealth bequeathed by ...
... regard which they whose abilities are employ- ed in the works of imagination claim from the rest of mankind arises in a great measure from their in- fluence on futurity . Rank may be conferred by princes , and wealth bequeathed 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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