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... never moved by it . This gives you a certain dignity peculiar to your present situation , and makes the equity , even of a lord high chancellor , appear but a degree towards the magnanimity of a peer of Great - Britain . Forgive me , my ...
... never moved by it . This gives you a certain dignity peculiar to your present situation , and makes the equity , even of a lord high chancellor , appear but a degree towards the magnanimity of a peer of Great - Britain . Forgive me , my ...
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... bring upon fathers and husbands ; and therefore by no means to be thought of till some years after a peace . I further urged , that it would be a prejudice to the ladies themselves , who could never expect to have any 16 THE TATLER .
... bring upon fathers and husbands ; and therefore by no means to be thought of till some years after a peace . I further urged , that it would be a prejudice to the ladies themselves , who could never expect to have any 16 THE TATLER .
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ladies themselves , who could never expect to have any money in the pocket , if they laid out so much on the petticoat . To this I added , the great temptation it might give to virgins , of acting in security ... never expect to have any ...
ladies themselves , who could never expect to have any money in the pocket , if they laid out so much on the petticoat . To this I added , the great temptation it might give to virgins , of acting in security ... never expect to have any ...
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... and power that I was never born to . There is nothing in parti- cular in which I so much rejoice as the deliverance of good and generous spirits out of dangers , difficul- 18 THE TATLER . No. CXVII. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7. ...
... and power that I was never born to . There is nothing in parti- cular in which I so much rejoice as the deliverance of good and generous spirits out of dangers , difficul- 18 THE TATLER . No. CXVII. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7. ...
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tigate her sorrow , he offers her whatever she could wish for . Never certainly was the wit of woman more puzzled finding out a stratagem to retrieve her ho- nour . Had she desired to be changed into a stock or stone , a beast , fish ...
tigate her sorrow , he offers her whatever she could wish for . Never certainly was the wit of woman more puzzled finding out a stratagem to retrieve her ho- nour . Had she desired to be changed into a stock or stone , a beast , fish ...
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