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... true Beauty and Simplicity of 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 ...
... true Beauty and Simplicity of 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 ...
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... true , as well as ufeful Knowledge , confifts in the understanding our Duty well , and preferving the Limits Nature has prescribed to us . Whatever carries you beyond thefe is often dangerous , and always unneceffary . Of what ...
... true , as well as ufeful Knowledge , confifts in the understanding our Duty well , and preferving the Limits Nature has prescribed to us . Whatever carries you beyond thefe is often dangerous , and always unneceffary . Of what ...
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... true to one another ; and the fame Perfons , who to herself aggravate the Juftice of her Complaints , will perhaps be the first , in another Company , who fhall endeavour to make her appear ridiculous . This 2 This may convince you ...
... true to one another ; and the fame Perfons , who to herself aggravate the Juftice of her Complaints , will perhaps be the first , in another Company , who fhall endeavour to make her appear ridiculous . This 2 This may convince you ...
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... true , that formerly a La- dy , who was tender of her Reputation , would have hardly received a Vifit from one whofe Cha- racter was under the leaft Shade ; and that it is quite otherwife now . But tho ' the fame Custom , that firft ...
... true , that formerly a La- dy , who was tender of her Reputation , would have hardly received a Vifit from one whofe Cha- racter was under the leaft Shade ; and that it is quite otherwife now . But tho ' the fame Custom , that firft ...
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... true Glory that refults from the Con- junction of Power and Goodness , and the Con- fcioufnefs of acting in a Manner fuitable to the Dignity of their Station . Magnificence and Splendour , however they may dazzle the Eyes of the Vulgar ...
... true Glory that refults from the Con- junction of Power and Goodness , and the Con- fcioufnefs of acting in a Manner fuitable to the Dignity of their Station . Magnificence and Splendour , however they may dazzle the Eyes of the Vulgar ...
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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.