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Vindication of that sort of preference which women are supposed to show to men
of inferior talents . . Abercromby 24. Letter from Jeremiah Dy - soon , a
valetudinarian , giving an account of the grievances he suffers from his wife .
Fraser Tytler .
Vindication of that sort of preference which women are supposed to show to men
of inferior talents . . Abercromby 24. Letter from Jeremiah Dy - soon , a
valetudinarian , giving an account of the grievances he suffers from his wife .
Fraser Tytler .
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Elizabeth might be quoted as a counterpart to Cicero , were it not that the claim to
beauty is so natural to a woman , that we do not wonder when we find even a
queen not superior to that pretension . But there are , in our own times , ladies
who ...
Elizabeth might be quoted as a counterpart to Cicero , were it not that the claim to
beauty is so natural to a woman , that we do not wonder when we find even a
queen not superior to that pretension . But there are , in our own times , ladies
who ...
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I remember her grandmother at the same age ; she was a fine woman .. - But the
one next her , with the fanciful cap , and the panache of red and white feathers ,
with that elegant form , that striking figure , is not she a fine woman ? '• Why , no ...
I remember her grandmother at the same age ; she was a fine woman .. - But the
one next her , with the fanciful cap , and the panache of red and white feathers ,
with that elegant form , that striking figure , is not she a fine woman ? '• Why , no ...
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... woman of fashion should be such as to mark some attention to appearance ,
some deference to society . The young men I see here look as if they had just had
time to throw off their boots after a fox - chase . But yet dress is only an accessory
...
... woman of fashion should be such as to mark some attention to appearance ,
some deference to society . The young men I see here look as if they had just had
time to throw off their boots after a fox - chase . But yet dress is only an accessory
...
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my friend S. my Lady Rumpus , with a crowd of women and a mob of men in her
suite . They were people of too much consequence to have any of that deference
for society which the colonel talked of . My nerves , and those of though not ...
my friend S. my Lady Rumpus , with a crowd of women and a mob of men in her
suite . They were people of too much consequence to have any of that deference
for society which the colonel talked of . My nerves , and those of though not ...
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| Title | The British Essayists: Lounger Volume 30 of The British Essayists, James Ferguson Volume 30 of The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical, James Ferguson |
| Editor | James Ferguson |
| Contributor | James Ferguson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jan 2006 |
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