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... Beauty Walli XVI . Domeftic Rule , the Province of the Wife 161 . XVII . From a Lady to her Acquaintance on growing old 153 XVIII . To a Lady who had lost her Beauty by the Small - Pox PART IV . 165 ELEGANT LETTERS on various Subjects ...
... Beauty Walli XVI . Domeftic Rule , the Province of the Wife 161 . XVII . From a Lady to her Acquaintance on growing old 153 XVIII . To a Lady who had lost her Beauty by the Small - Pox PART IV . 165 ELEGANT LETTERS on various Subjects ...
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... Beauty : Faireft , or most fair , are of the Superlative ; becaufe when I make a Comparison between Ann , Sarah and Mary , I per- ceive that Ann is fair , but that Sarah is fairer or more fair , and that Mary is faireft or most fair of ...
... Beauty : Faireft , or most fair , are of the Superlative ; becaufe when I make a Comparison between Ann , Sarah and Mary , I per- ceive that Ann is fair , but that Sarah is fairer or more fair , and that Mary is faireft or most fair of ...
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... - wards the writing of a polite and agreeable Letter , and that is , an Air of good Breeding , and Humanity , which ought conftantly to appear in every Expreffion , and and that will give a Beauty to the Whole . 32 The INTRODUCTION .
... - wards the writing of a polite and agreeable Letter , and that is , an Air of good Breeding , and Humanity , which ought conftantly to appear in every Expreffion , and and that will give a Beauty to the Whole . 32 The INTRODUCTION .
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English secretary. and that will give a Beauty to the Whole . By this I would not be fuppofed to mean , overstrained or affected Compliments , or any Thing that Way tending , but an eafy , genteel and obliging Manner of Addrefs , in a ...
English secretary. and that will give a Beauty to the Whole . By this I would not be fuppofed to mean , overstrained or affected Compliments , or any Thing that Way tending , but an eafy , genteel and obliging Manner of Addrefs , in a ...
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... Beauty and Excellence of Speech , fo an eafy " concife Way of Writing is the beft Stile for Trader- He that affects a rumbling bombaft Stile , and fills his Letters with Compliments and Flow- " rifhes , makes a very ridiculous Figure in ...
... Beauty and Excellence of Speech , fo an eafy " concife Way of Writing is the beft Stile for Trader- He that affects a rumbling bombaft Stile , and fills his Letters with Compliments and Flow- " rifhes , makes a very ridiculous Figure in ...
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Acquaintance Addrefs affectionate affure againſt agreeable alfo almoft Anfwer Beauty becauſe beft Bleffing Bufinefs Caufe Charms Company Compliments Confonants Converfation Daughter dear dear Charlotte deferves defire Duty eafy Efteem expreffed fafe faid fame Father Favour feem feen felf fenfible ferve fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere fingle firft fome fomething foon fpeak Friend ftill fuch fure give greateſt happy Heart himſelf hope Houfe Hufband humble Servant juft Lady laft leaft lefs Letter Lofs loft Lord Love Madam Mafter Marriage Mifs Paget Mind Minuet moft moſt muft muſt myfelf neceffary never Number obferved obliged Occafion paffed Paffion Pappa Perfon pleafed pleaſe Pleaſure poffible prefent Reafon Refpect reft Right Honourable Senfe Sifter Signifies Syllable thefe themſelves theſe Thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion uſed Vifit Virtue Vokes Vowel whofe Wife wiſh Words ending worfe World write young yourſelf
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Page 168 - It was but this very morning that he had obtained her parents' consent, and it was but till the next week that they were to wait to be happy. Perhaps...
Page 174 - Sickness is a sort of early old age : it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state, and inspires us with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of Philosophers and Divines. It gives...
Page 173 - YOU formerly observed to me that nothing made a more ridiculous figure in a man's life than the disparity we often find in him sick and well ; thus one of an unfortunate constitution is perpetually exhibiting' a miserable example of the weakness of his mind, and of his body, in their turns. I have had frequent opportunities of late to consider myself in these different views, and, I hope, have...
Page 128 - ... to pardon, if you consent not to, the imprecations of the deserted, which just heaven no doubt will hear. " May my Lady Dorothy (if we may yet call her so) suffer...
Page 129 - ... much declined by fair ladies, old age : may she live to be very old, and yet seem young, be told so by her glass, and have no aches to inform her of the truth : and when she shall appear to be mortal, may her Lord not mourn for her, but go hand in hand with her to that place where we are told there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage, that being there divorced we may all have an equal interest in her again.
Page 171 - Nothing is worth your looking back; and, therefore, look forward, and make (as you can) the world look after you. But take care that...
Page 147 - Of grateful evening mild ; then filent night With this her folemn bird, and this fair moon, And thefe the gems of Heav'n, her ftarry train : But neither breath of morn, when me afcends With charm of earlieft...
Page 142 - ... ever unassisted ; that the wanderer may at length return after all his errors, and that he who implores strength and courage from above shall find danger and difficulty give way before him.
Page 142 - ... remembrance of our original intention, and quit the only adequate object of rational desire. We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and anxiety obstruct our way.
Page 230 - The prince shows me a distinction beyond any merit or pretence on my part ; and I have received a present from him of some marble heads of poets for my library, and some urns for my garden.