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... Court . I WOULD by no Means , MADAM , from hence , be thought to reduce you to Talents unbecoming your Station . All I mean is to convince you , that the moft true , as well as ufeful Knowledge , confifts in the understanding our Duty ...
... Court . I WOULD by no Means , MADAM , from hence , be thought to reduce you to Talents unbecoming your Station . All I mean is to convince you , that the moft true , as well as ufeful Knowledge , confifts in the understanding our Duty ...
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... Court , and as that Lady was a remarkable Devotee , the whole Court put on fuch extravagant Airs of Hypocrify , that when they came to be expos'd by Moliere , in his Tar- tuff , the King was obliged to yield to the Party , and forbid ...
... Court , and as that Lady was a remarkable Devotee , the whole Court put on fuch extravagant Airs of Hypocrify , that when they came to be expos'd by Moliere , in his Tar- tuff , the King was obliged to yield to the Party , and forbid ...
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... Court . Our modern Courtiers are fo intent on pufhing on their own Fortune , or fapplanting their Rivals , that they ... Courts . Whatever Paffions reign there , they put on , at leaft , a handfom Difguife . There is an Appearance of ...
... Court . Our modern Courtiers are fo intent on pufhing on their own Fortune , or fapplanting their Rivals , that they ... Courts . Whatever Paffions reign there , they put on , at leaft , a handfom Difguife . There is an Appearance of ...
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... Court Life , MADAM , will be : no Excufe to you . You may keep always one Quar- ter of an Hour out of the Twenty four to yourfelf , which will be fufficient . If your Sex would but ufefully and rationally employ fo inconfiderable a ...
... Court Life , MADAM , will be : no Excufe to you . You may keep always one Quar- ter of an Hour out of the Twenty four to yourfelf , which will be fufficient . If your Sex would but ufefully and rationally employ fo inconfiderable a ...
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... Court ) who , at the Expence of Truth , Honour and Probity , either betray their Friends in Misfortune , or defert them in Difgrace . There is a refpectful Liberty allowable in Defence of our Friends , which Princes , however prejudi ...
... Court ) who , at the Expence of Truth , Honour and Probity , either betray their Friends in Misfortune , or defert them in Difgrace . There is a refpectful Liberty allowable in Defence of our Friends , which Princes , however prejudi ...
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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.