The Spectator, Volume 2J. J. Woodward, 1830 |
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Page 161
... thing that is told her , but can readily repeat the matter itself ; therefore , though she exposes all the whole town , she offends no one body in it . She is so exquisitely restless and peevish , that she quarrels with all about her ...
... thing that is told her , but can readily repeat the matter itself ; therefore , though she exposes all the whole town , she offends no one body in it . She is so exquisitely restless and peevish , that she quarrels with all about her ...
Page 202
... thing . ' This false kind of mo- desty has , perhaps , betrayed both sexes into as many vices as the most abandoned impudence ; and is the more inexcusable to reason , because it acts to gratify others rather than itself , and is ...
... thing . ' This false kind of mo- desty has , perhaps , betrayed both sexes into as many vices as the most abandoned impudence ; and is the more inexcusable to reason , because it acts to gratify others rather than itself , and is ...
Page 387
... thing in the world , which may not be com- The fathers are there ordered never to pared to several things if ... thing may be expressed by different possible ; but , in case they hear any thing metaphors . But the mischief is , that an ...
... thing in the world , which may not be com- The fathers are there ordered never to pared to several things if ... thing may be expressed by different possible ; but , in case they hear any thing metaphors . But the mischief is , that an ...
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