The Old Maid: By Mary Singleton, SpinsterA. Millar, 1764 - 304 pages |
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... paper called The Old Maid , firft pub- lished in 1755 and 1756 , might be collected in a volume , and published for the use of the Public , the Editor has endeavoured to make it correct . THE papers marked L. C. were wrote by a late ...
... paper called The Old Maid , firft pub- lished in 1755 and 1756 , might be collected in a volume , and published for the use of the Public , the Editor has endeavoured to make it correct . THE papers marked L. C. were wrote by a late ...
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... papers , it may feem an odd attempt in a woman , to think of adding to the number ; but as most of them , like fummer infects , just make their appearance , and are gone ; I fee no reason why I may not buz amongst them a little ; though ...
... papers , it may feem an odd attempt in a woman , to think of adding to the number ; but as most of them , like fummer infects , just make their appearance , and are gone ; I fee no reason why I may not buz amongst them a little ; though ...
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... to be plain , I fometimes think too much . The cha- racter of my niece I will defer till another time , for two reafons ; one is , that it would make B 4 this this paper too long ; the other , that I No 1. THE OLD MAID . 7.
... to be plain , I fometimes think too much . The cha- racter of my niece I will defer till another time , for two reafons ; one is , that it would make B 4 this this paper too long ; the other , that I No 1. THE OLD MAID . 7.
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By Mary Singleton, Spinster Frances Brooke. this paper too long ; the other , that I chufe to raife the curiofity of my readers , and not fatisfy it , on purpose to make them take the next : an art practifed with great fuccefs by thofe ...
By Mary Singleton, Spinster Frances Brooke. this paper too long ; the other , that I chufe to raife the curiofity of my readers , and not fatisfy it , on purpose to make them take the next : an art practifed with great fuccefs by thofe ...
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... paper with the character of my niece Julia ; but as the face is often , indeed I believe generally , the index to the mind , and it is the fashion to describe the perfons of all modern heroines , I fhall begin there . JULIA then is of ...
... paper with the character of my niece Julia ; but as the face is often , indeed I believe generally , the index to the mind , and it is the fashion to describe the perfons of all modern heroines , I fhall begin there . JULIA then is of ...
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