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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... tion , and the happy effects of that education , have en- abled us to extend our plan beyond its original intention . The days are paffed when Men Writers were afraid left they should be too learned for the comprehenfion of fe male ...
... tion , and the happy effects of that education , have en- abled us to extend our plan beyond its original intention . The days are paffed when Men Writers were afraid left they should be too learned for the comprehenfion of fe male ...
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... tion. after that time , nothing fhall pre- vent me from fecing how my fervant does . " He was as good as his word , when the time expired , he went and untied the man ; but though some search was made by the village , the robbers were ...
... tion. after that time , nothing fhall pre- vent me from fecing how my fervant does . " He was as good as his word , when the time expired , he went and untied the man ; but though some search was made by the village , the robbers were ...
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... tion could afford me no entertain- In this manner was I running on , ment , I gradually became a prey to when the diligence from Carlifle melancholy . My husband , ditap- ftopped at the door . A pretty girl , pointed in the countenance ...
... tion could afford me no entertain- In this manner was I running on , ment , I gradually became a prey to when the diligence from Carlifle melancholy . My husband , ditap- ftopped at the door . A pretty girl , pointed in the countenance ...
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... tion . Rifing in fome confution , the endeavoured to flammer out an • po- logy to her mother while her fa- ther and brother followed her : the former chid her feverely ; the latter laughed ar her extremely . Mrs. Somers rang the bell ...
... tion . Rifing in fome confution , the endeavoured to flammer out an • po- logy to her mother while her fa- ther and brother followed her : the former chid her feverely ; the latter laughed ar her extremely . Mrs. Somers rang the bell ...
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... tion ; but jealoufy is a paffion that ed new vigour to her appetite : as this , however , was looked upon by those who were not intimate with her , as an accident , it did not pre- vent her being well fpoken of : though most of the ...
... tion ; but jealoufy is a paffion that ed new vigour to her appetite : as this , however , was looked upon by those who were not intimate with her , as an accident , it did not pre- vent her being well fpoken of : though most of the ...
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