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... Thing he acts or Speaks ; While winning Mildness and attractive Smiles Dwell on her Looks , and , with becoming Grace , Soften the Rigour of aufterer Virtue ! Mr. Addifon's CATO . EDINBURGH , Printed by W. CHEYNE , for the AUTHOR . 1734 ...
... Thing he acts or Speaks ; While winning Mildness and attractive Smiles Dwell on her Looks , and , with becoming Grace , Soften the Rigour of aufterer Virtue ! Mr. Addifon's CATO . EDINBURGH , Printed by W. CHEYNE , for the AUTHOR . 1734 ...
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... Thing to apprehend from thofe , who employ all the Arts of Complaifance and Submiffion to obtain their End . FORMERLY there was a Kind of Idol , or Deity , call'd Reputation , from whom your Sex received A 110 2 no inconfiderable ...
... Thing to apprehend from thofe , who employ all the Arts of Complaifance and Submiffion to obtain their End . FORMERLY there was a Kind of Idol , or Deity , call'd Reputation , from whom your Sex received A 110 2 no inconfiderable ...
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... Things in that World which you live in , it is a Point of Prudence to accommodate your felf to the Fafhion . After all , it is not the Choice or Colour of a Ribband , the Adjustment of a Curl , or the Pofition of a Patch , which produce ...
... Things in that World which you live in , it is a Point of Prudence to accommodate your felf to the Fafhion . After all , it is not the Choice or Colour of a Ribband , the Adjustment of a Curl , or the Pofition of a Patch , which produce ...
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... Things , carrying fuch Converfations to any Length . Let your Anfwers be short and ge- neral , attended with an obliging Manner ; and endeavour , as foon as poffible , to divert the Dif- courfe to fome other Subject . It is only the Ta ...
... Things , carrying fuch Converfations to any Length . Let your Anfwers be short and ge- neral , attended with an obliging Manner ; and endeavour , as foon as poffible , to divert the Dif- courfe to fome other Subject . It is only the Ta ...
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... Things are faid , which are improper for you to take No- tice of , by a seeming Ignorance , to fhew that your ... Thing be more weak or ridiculous than fuch a Conduct ? Can you believe , Madam , the juft Praifes , gi- ven to the ...
... Things are faid , which are improper for you to take No- tice of , by a seeming Ignorance , to fhew that your ... Thing be more weak or ridiculous than fuch a Conduct ? Can you believe , Madam , the juft Praifes , gi- ven to the ...
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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.