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... Behaviour be affa- ble , and without Conftraint . Treat none with your Severity , but fuch as may deferve it by failing in the Refpe & t they owe you ; and , great as your Beauty is , regard it as greatly inferior in Va- lue and ...
... Behaviour be affa- ble , and without Conftraint . Treat none with your Severity , but fuch as may deferve it by failing in the Refpe & t they owe you ; and , great as your Beauty is , regard it as greatly inferior in Va- lue and ...
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... Behaviour than is commonly imagin'd : For every one is naturally fond of their own Sentiments : They often rife for fuddenly , it is not eafy to fupprefs them : And , as the Restraint cofts us fome Pain , others will do us the Juftice ...
... Behaviour than is commonly imagin'd : For every one is naturally fond of their own Sentiments : They often rife for fuddenly , it is not eafy to fupprefs them : And , as the Restraint cofts us fome Pain , others will do us the Juftice ...
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... Behaviour will readily prevent your falling into any Hazard this Way . For as few are fo unreafonable as to be angry , but when they think themselves offended , fo there are scarce any fo brutal , as to injure an inoffenfive Temper ...
... Behaviour will readily prevent your falling into any Hazard this Way . For as few are fo unreafonable as to be angry , but when they think themselves offended , fo there are scarce any fo brutal , as to injure an inoffenfive Temper ...
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... While Youth lafts , MA- DAM , let your Behaviour be of a Piece . Enjoy . freely thofe Diverfions and Pleafures that are fuit- able to your Age and Quality . Go to Aflemblies , or Balls , the Theatre , or the Opera ; [ 27 ]
... While Youth lafts , MA- DAM , let your Behaviour be of a Piece . Enjoy . freely thofe Diverfions and Pleafures that are fuit- able to your Age and Quality . Go to Aflemblies , or Balls , the Theatre , or the Opera ; [ 27 ]
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... Behaviour , that carries its own Excufe . with it . To conclude , remember those beautiful Words of Titus , ( 1 ) who , because he had paffed a Day , without an Occafion of obliging any one , ( 1 ) See Suetonius , in the Article of his ...
... Behaviour , that carries its own Excufe . with it . To conclude , remember those beautiful Words of Titus , ( 1 ) who , because he had paffed a Day , without an Occafion of obliging any one , ( 1 ) See Suetonius , in the Article of his ...
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Page 11 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; "Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.