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... against Inconftancy , they neceffarily are more expos'd . " TIS on this Occafion you can never be too much on your Guard . The Beginning of an A- mour , between two Perfons of Quality and Me- rit , has fomething in it fo apparently juft ...
... against Inconftancy , they neceffarily are more expos'd . " TIS on this Occafion you can never be too much on your Guard . The Beginning of an A- mour , between two Perfons of Quality and Me- rit , has fomething in it fo apparently juft ...
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... against the Perfon commended , to enumerate all her Foi- bles , and , if that be not fufficient , to infinuate Faults of your own Invention , heightned with all the Aggravations witty ill Nature can beftow , till , before the Company ...
... against the Perfon commended , to enumerate all her Foi- bles , and , if that be not fufficient , to infinuate Faults of your own Invention , heightned with all the Aggravations witty ill Nature can beftow , till , before the Company ...
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... against ; I mean , that , MADAM , which frequently happens in the conju- gal State . It is difhonourable on either Side , but efpecially on yours , to give Occafion for it ; and it is very uneafy to bear it . A virtuous Woman will never ...
... against ; I mean , that , MADAM , which frequently happens in the conju- gal State . It is difhonourable on either Side , but efpecially on yours , to give Occafion for it ; and it is very uneafy to bear it . A virtuous Woman will never ...
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... against felf - Love , and fhun that Folly too incident to fo many of your Sex , who , from the extraordinary Opinion they have conceiv'd of their own Charms , imagine they must produce the fame Ef- fect on all who behold them . Between ...
... against felf - Love , and fhun that Folly too incident to fo many of your Sex , who , from the extraordinary Opinion they have conceiv'd of their own Charms , imagine they must produce the fame Ef- fect on all who behold them . Between ...
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... against the leaft Miftake , by setting . every Object before us in its juft Light . From hence , MADAM , learn its ineftimable Value , and how much it is your Intereft to cultivate and ftrengthen it by Reflection and Thought . Those who ...
... against the leaft Miftake , by setting . every Object before us in its juft Light . From hence , MADAM , learn its ineftimable Value , and how much it is your Intereft to cultivate and ftrengthen it by Reflection and Thought . Those who ...
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Advantage Affiftance againſt appear Beauty becauſe Behaviour believe Cafe Caufe Cenfures Character Compaffion confequently confiderable Converfation Decency deferve defigned defire diculous Diftinction difturb diſcover Drefs eafy Efteem eſtabliſhed Excufe expofed expos'd fafe faid fame fecret feem feldom felf felf-Love felves ferve fhall fhould fince fincere fion firft fome fomething foon Fortune Friend fubject fuch a Conduct fuch ill fuffer fufficient fupport Gallantry Goodneſs happy Heart herſelf Honour Husband Hypocrify impoffible Inconftancy inftead Intereft juft Juftice Kind Lady laft leaft leaſt lefs lofe MADAM Mademoiselle de Nantes Meaſures Merit Miftake Mind Miſchiefs moft moſt muft muſt Nature never nour Number obferve obliged Occafion otherwife ourſelves Paffion pathizing Perfon Pleaſure poffefs poffible preferve Prudence Purpoſe Quality racter Reafon Refentment Refpect Reputation ſcarce Senfe Sufpicion thefe themſelves ther theſe Thing thofe thoſe tion Underſtanding uneafy Virtue Vivacity whofe Wiſdom World yourſelf
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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.