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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... reason ing , with great fervour , " Othought- Jefs mortals ! O my fair countrywo men ! O youths and virgins ! be- ware of the intoxicating , and too often fhort - lived pleafures of a journey to GRATNA - HALL . Like a detected criminal ...
... reason ing , with great fervour , " Othought- Jefs mortals ! O my fair countrywo men ! O youths and virgins ! be- ware of the intoxicating , and too often fhort - lived pleafures of a journey to GRATNA - HALL . Like a detected criminal ...
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... reason with Mrs. Restless , or argue her out of her worst suspici- ons . aid , the revolved in her mind all the circumftances that had paffed , re- collected and repeated every particu lar , not forgeting the letter , the refult of her ...
... reason with Mrs. Restless , or argue her out of her worst suspici- ons . aid , the revolved in her mind all the circumftances that had paffed , re- collected and repeated every particu lar , not forgeting the letter , the refult of her ...
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... reason why virtues are not rewarded is , perhaps ; that " the vicious are " few in number , and punifliments " cheap : whereas the virtuous are 66 many , and premiums fo coftly , " that no government could afford to " beflow a reward on ...
... reason why virtues are not rewarded is , perhaps ; that " the vicious are " few in number , and punifliments " cheap : whereas the virtuous are 66 many , and premiums fo coftly , " that no government could afford to " beflow a reward on ...
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... reason to be flatter- ed with the preference , as his jour- ney into Suffolk cost him only two pence halfpenny , while that into Berk . fhire amounted to four pence ! When Mr. Elwes thought he had got into the house of commons for ...
... reason to be flatter- ed with the preference , as his jour- ney into Suffolk cost him only two pence halfpenny , while that into Berk . fhire amounted to four pence ! When Mr. Elwes thought he had got into the house of commons for ...
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... reasons for fo doing . " In the Revelations of St. John the divine , " fays he , " you will find this paffage ; And there was filence in heaven for the fpace of half an hour ! And I appeal to all of you , to tell me whether that could ...
... reasons for fo doing . " In the Revelations of St. John the divine , " fays he , " you will find this paffage ; And there was filence in heaven for the fpace of half an hour ! And I appeal to all of you , to tell me whether that could ...
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