The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and AmusementRobinson and Roberts, 1790 |
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... beauty , once the admiration , though now the pity of all who behold the beam- ing luftre of thy charms faded by misfortune - a ftriking monument , reminding rhe unwary to keep within the bounds of prudence , against thofe who never ...
... beauty , once the admiration , though now the pity of all who behold the beam- ing luftre of thy charms faded by misfortune - a ftriking monument , reminding rhe unwary to keep within the bounds of prudence , against thofe who never ...
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... beauty ! lifted me up , and conducted me in- to the hall . Loft in a kind of re- verie , I ranged through different ap- partments , as if under the immediate influence of the prefiding goddefs . " On that fofa , " faid Ï , " have fome ...
... beauty ! lifted me up , and conducted me in- to the hall . Loft in a kind of re- verie , I ranged through different ap- partments , as if under the immediate influence of the prefiding goddefs . " On that fofa , " faid Ï , " have fome ...
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... lady of extra- ordinary beauty , and conceived a fudden paffion for her . He knew nothing either of her name or coun- try ; but her perfon and features had had truck him fo forcibly , and were fo ftrongly 36 The Jealous Duke . A Tale .
... lady of extra- ordinary beauty , and conceived a fudden paffion for her . He knew nothing either of her name or coun- try ; but her perfon and features had had truck him fo forcibly , and were fo ftrongly 36 The Jealous Duke . A Tale .
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... beauty , and dreffed with uncommon fplendour . The knight , taking her by the hand and prefenting her , faid , " Sire , receive my mistress , the fole object of my love , and one whom [ hope foon to call my wife . " Scarcely had the ...
... beauty , and dreffed with uncommon fplendour . The knight , taking her by the hand and prefenting her , faid , " Sire , receive my mistress , the fole object of my love , and one whom [ hope foon to call my wife . " Scarcely had the ...
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... beauty : but that which our - luftres every other charm is , that with the bloom of Hebe on her cheeks , the poffeffes the purity of Diana in her breaft . The ornaments of her perfon were fashioned with peculiar elegance , and put on ...
... beauty : but that which our - luftres every other charm is , that with the bloom of Hebe on her cheeks , the poffeffes the purity of Diana in her breaft . The ornaments of her perfon were fashioned with peculiar elegance , and put on ...
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