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... in this case is often a suspicious circumstance : and there is no- thing so common as to have a lady say , I hope she has heard nothing of what I said of her , that she · grows so great with me ! But indeed my 20 NO . 109 . TATLER .
... in this case is often a suspicious circumstance : and there is no- thing so common as to have a lady say , I hope she has heard nothing of what I said of her , that she · grows so great with me ! But indeed my 20 NO . 109 . TATLER .
Page 103
... hope you will like- wise observe , I can ill afford to be poor . My own opinion is , I am well qualified for an estate , and have a good title to luck in a lottery ; but I resign myself wholly to your mercy , not without hopes that you ...
... hope you will like- wise observe , I can ill afford to be poor . My own opinion is , I am well qualified for an estate , and have a good title to luck in a lottery ; but I resign myself wholly to your mercy , not without hopes that you ...
Page 107
... hope , sufficient to justify the ensuing project , which I shall there- fore give some account of without any further preface . 1. It is humbly proposed , that a proper recep- tacle , or habitation , be forthwith erected for all such ...
... hope , sufficient to justify the ensuing project , which I shall there- fore give some account of without any further preface . 1. It is humbly proposed , that a proper recep- tacle , or habitation , be forthwith erected for all such ...
Page 111
... hope from the familiarity of the other . What leads you into a clear sense of their character is , that you may ob- serve each of them has the distinction of sex in all her thoughts , words , and actions . You can never mention any ...
... hope from the familiarity of the other . What leads you into a clear sense of their character is , that you may ob- serve each of them has the distinction of sex in all her thoughts , words , and actions . You can never mention any ...
Page 147
... hope I do not offend in it . To forbear replying to an unjust reproach , and overlook it with a gene- rous , or , if possible , with an entire neglect of it , is one of the most heroic acts of a great mind : and I must confess , when I ...
... hope I do not offend in it . To forbear replying to an unjust reproach , and overlook it with a gene- rous , or , if possible , with an entire neglect of it , is one of the most heroic acts of a great mind : and I must confess , when I ...
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