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Page 29
... beauty , it fell into the portion of weeds and out- worn faces . The same is the portion of every man and every woman ; the heritage of worms and serpents , rottenness and cold dishonour , and our beauty so changed , that our acquain ...
... beauty , it fell into the portion of weeds and out- worn faces . The same is the portion of every man and every woman ; the heritage of worms and serpents , rottenness and cold dishonour , and our beauty so changed , that our acquain ...
Page 69
... beauty , and a moderate fortune . Her elder sister happened to marry a man of quality , and this seemed as a statute of virginity against poor Jane . Because there was one lucky hit in the family , she was re- solved not to disgrace it ...
... beauty , and a moderate fortune . Her elder sister happened to marry a man of quality , and this seemed as a statute of virginity against poor Jane . Because there was one lucky hit in the family , she was re- solved not to disgrace it ...
Page 453
... beauty by the fact that it is never seen freely in great numbers out - of - doors . You get it in some quantity when all the heads of a great indoor meeting are turned at once upon a speaker ; but it is only in the open air , needless ...
... beauty by the fact that it is never seen freely in great numbers out - of - doors . You get it in some quantity when all the heads of a great indoor meeting are turned at once upon a speaker ; but it is only in the open air , needless ...
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acquainted admiration appeared beauty Ben Jonson better body called character colour Country creature dark death delight discommending Discourse dream Dry Rot E. V. Lucas eyes face fancy father feel Fellow fortune FREEPORT Friedrich Schlegel Friend Sir ROGER Gentleman give half hand happy head hear heard heart heaven Honour human Humour imagination James Miller Jeems kind lady laugh light living look Lord Macbeth Maid manner Master Metaphysics mind morning nature never night object observed occasion once passed passion person play pleased pleasure poor Pyrrhonism Pyrrhus remember ROGER DE COVERLEY ROGER hearing round Samuel Johnson seemed seen sense Servants side Sir Richard Baker soul speak spirit talk tell thee things thou thought tion told town truth turned Uranius whole woman wonder word young