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... Talk , to fingle out the Imperfections in other Perform- ances of this Kind ; therefore we shall only ob ferve , that fome of them , however , are here . fupplied . In the firft Place , the Perfons for whose Use this Collection is ...
... Talk , to fingle out the Imperfections in other Perform- ances of this Kind ; therefore we shall only ob ferve , that fome of them , however , are here . fupplied . In the firft Place , the Perfons for whose Use this Collection is ...
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... talking to another , in Anfwer to the fore- going Xil . From a Gentleman to a Lady , whom he accufes of Inconftancy 104 XIII . From a Lady to her Lover , who fufpected her of receiving the Addresses of another . In Anfwer to the above ...
... talking to another , in Anfwer to the fore- going Xil . From a Gentleman to a Lady , whom he accufes of Inconftancy 104 XIII . From a Lady to her Lover , who fufpected her of receiving the Addresses of another . In Anfwer to the above ...
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... talking with or together . Contra . Denotes Oppofition and Contrarity , and fig- nifies again , as to contradit , i . e . to gainfay , or speak again , or contrary to a Perfon , & c . De . Signifies a Kind of Motion from , as defile ...
... talking with or together . Contra . Denotes Oppofition and Contrarity , and fig- nifies again , as to contradit , i . e . to gainfay , or speak again , or contrary to a Perfon , & c . De . Signifies a Kind of Motion from , as defile ...
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... talk of you every Evening ; and every Body fpeaks of you as fondly or rather more fondly than ever they did . In the ... talking.- However , I was glad to hear you was well , and defire you will not forget to men- tion your Health ...
... talk of you every Evening ; and every Body fpeaks of you as fondly or rather more fondly than ever they did . In the ... talking.- However , I was glad to hear you was well , and defire you will not forget to men- tion your Health ...
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... talk as People are used to talk ; and , I think , by a Life of Pleasure , they generally mean a Life of Gaiety . Now our Gaieties , God knows , are at beft very tri- fing , always unfatisfactory , often attended with Diffi- culties in ...
... talk as People are used to talk ; and , I think , by a Life of Pleasure , they generally mean a Life of Gaiety . Now our Gaieties , God knows , are at beft very tri- fing , always unfatisfactory , often attended with Diffi- culties 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.