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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... called The Housekeeper's Book- a fort of book to put down every thing bought for the ufe of the fa- mily . And the confeffed to me that having ufed this book for fome time it has , as fh calls it , " awakened her confcience , " to many ...
... called The Housekeeper's Book- a fort of book to put down every thing bought for the ufe of the fa- mily . And the confeffed to me that having ufed this book for fome time it has , as fh calls it , " awakened her confcience , " to many ...
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... called tim ber ; one tall and straight , like the pine , and the other hard , heavy , and dark - coloured , like lignum vi- tæ , yielding a red gum . Man- groves and palms grow in great abundance . Great quantities of thell- fish ...
... called tim ber ; one tall and straight , like the pine , and the other hard , heavy , and dark - coloured , like lignum vi- tæ , yielding a red gum . Man- groves and palms grow in great abundance . Great quantities of thell- fish ...
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... called out to a friend who was paffing- " For Heaven's fake , ep up ftairs and aflift the poor ! here are three baro . nets worth a million of money , quar . relling about a farthing . " to have given - even his affections . And , as he ...
... called out to a friend who was paffing- " For Heaven's fake , ep up ftairs and aflift the poor ! here are three baro . nets worth a million of money , quar . relling about a farthing . " to have given - even his affections . And , as he ...
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... called an inconftant or fickle woman , for de ferting a paffion fhe at first approv ed ; the fecond is an unfeeling or vicious one , for encouraging hopes fhe never intended to confirm ; but , when done from the latter motive , is more ...
... called an inconftant or fickle woman , for de ferting a paffion fhe at first approv ed ; the fecond is an unfeeling or vicious one , for encouraging hopes fhe never intended to confirm ; but , when done from the latter motive , is more ...
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... called her ( with fome propriety ) had a houfe of her own , how was the to be found out ? -Still hope , that friend to the diftreffed , fuggefted to her that fhe might poffibly learn by enquiring in the treet - and that he might do fo ...
... called her ( with fome propriety ) had a houfe of her own , how was the to be found out ? -Still hope , that friend to the diftreffed , fuggefted to her that fhe might poffibly learn by enquiring in the treet - and that he might do fo ...
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