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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... fome of theirs . The following appears to me de- ferving of a place . To the Author of the INDEX . SIR , AS you feem poffeffed of a very fenfible woman for a wife , and ap- pear yourself to be one of those com municative kind of people ...
... fome of theirs . The following appears to me de- ferving of a place . To the Author of the INDEX . SIR , AS you feem poffeffed of a very fenfible woman for a wife , and ap- pear yourself to be one of those com municative kind of people ...
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... fome new stockings - upon which my whole cargo were ordered out for infpection ; and fuch darning and botching work fet on foot , that I am almoft afhamed to take a long walk leaft my exercise unrip the new ftitches . faft table ...
... fome new stockings - upon which my whole cargo were ordered out for infpection ; and fuch darning and botching work fet on foot , that I am almoft afhamed to take a long walk leaft my exercise unrip the new ftitches . faft table ...
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... fome notice from pofterity - and I have al- ways faid , that if fate prolonged my life , I would write his . Shaftesbury's Chara & . books that would , were they collected together , fell for two pounds . His knowledge in accounts was ...
... fome notice from pofterity - and I have al- ways faid , that if fate prolonged my life , I would write his . Shaftesbury's Chara & . books that would , were they collected together , fell for two pounds . His knowledge in accounts was ...
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... fome little ftruggle , bound and gag- Harvey and his man never miffed a ged him : they then ran up towards day , if the weather was tolerable- the houfe , tied the two maids to- and his breed of dogs being remark - gether , and going up ...
... fome little ftruggle , bound and gag- Harvey and his man never miffed a ged him : they then ran up towards day , if the weather was tolerable- the houfe , tied the two maids to- and his breed of dogs being remark - gether , and going up ...
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... fome proof of his notoriety at that time , as a man of deep play Bertie , and fome others , are noticed in a scene in the Adventures of a Guinea , for the frequency of their midnight orgies . Few men , even from his own acknowledgement ...
... fome proof of his notoriety at that time , as a man of deep play Bertie , and fome others , are noticed in a scene in the Adventures of a Guinea , for the frequency of their midnight orgies . Few men , even from his own acknowledgement ...
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