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... resembles the DIVINE . IT is the ufual Manner , on Occafi ons of this Nature , to form magnificent Characters , and lavish all the Arts of Panegyrick , Tour LADY SHIP's Cha racter racter needs nothing of this Kind ; but you will iii ]
... resembles the DIVINE . IT is the ufual Manner , on Occafi ons of this Nature , to form magnificent Characters , and lavish all the Arts of Panegyrick , Tour LADY SHIP's Cha racter racter needs nothing of this Kind ; but you will iii ]
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... Nature , to approve the Inconftancy of Fashions that reigns in France . His Sentiments on Drefs and Beauty are worth the Perufal , in the 10th Chapter of his Advice to a Daughter . [ 4 ] which go under the Denomination of Coquettes [ : 3.
... Nature , to approve the Inconftancy of Fashions that reigns in France . His Sentiments on Drefs and Beauty are worth the Perufal , in the 10th Chapter of his Advice to a Daughter . [ 4 ] which go under the Denomination of Coquettes [ : 3.
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... Nature of your Soul , and the Obligations you lie under by rightly improving that , to a- dorn the high Rank you are plac'd in . This will be no eafy Task , MADAM , if you do not early accuftom yourself to understand , and cultivate ...
... Nature of your Soul , and the Obligations you lie under by rightly improving that , to a- dorn the high Rank you are plac'd in . This will be no eafy Task , MADAM , if you do not early accuftom yourself to understand , and cultivate ...
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... Nature ; and that , with these ( provided she does not want Senfe ) a Lady will be always agreeable . I have no Defign , in faying this , to confine the female Genius . I know there are many of your Sex capable of forming the highest ...
... Nature ; and that , with these ( provided she does not want Senfe ) a Lady will be always agreeable . I have no Defign , in faying this , to confine the female Genius . I know there are many of your Sex capable of forming the highest ...
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... Nature has prescribed to us . Whatever carries you beyond thefe is often dangerous , and always unneceffary . Of what Confequence , for Example , is it for you to know the Difference betwixt the Ptolemaick and Co- pernican Syftems ? Or ...
... Nature has prescribed to us . Whatever carries you beyond thefe is often dangerous , and always unneceffary . Of what Confequence , for Example , is it for you to know the Difference betwixt the Ptolemaick and Co- pernican Syftems ? Or ...
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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.