The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... 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 forget the certain empire of their beauty , and aspire to the doubtful ...
... 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 forget the certain empire of their beauty , and aspire to the doubtful ...
Page 33
... beauty ? ' I believe not , ' said I , smiling ; ' there is a fragility in that , which neither Price nor Maseres ever thought of applying figures to .'- ' Tis a sort of mortality , ' continued the colonel , which , at such a time as ...
... beauty ? ' I believe not , ' said I , smiling ; ' there is a fragility in that , which neither Price nor Maseres ever thought of applying figures to .'- ' Tis a sort of mortality , ' continued the colonel , which , at such a time as ...
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· more than a beauty ; when we regard the sex as that gentle but irresistible power that should mould the world to a finer form ; that should teach benignity to wisdom , to virtue grace , humanity to valour ; when we look on them in ...
· more than a beauty ; when we regard the sex as that gentle but irresistible power that should mould the world to a finer form ; that should teach benignity to wisdom , to virtue grace , humanity to valour ; when we look on them in ...
Page 52
... beauty of the place , and the ornaments I proposed to add to it . I purchased also a considerable library of books , and proposed to reap much pleasure from the perusal of them , and from the renewal of the studies of my early days ...
... beauty of the place , and the ornaments I proposed to add to it . I purchased also a considerable library of books , and proposed to reap much pleasure from the perusal of them , and from the renewal of the studies of my early days ...
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... those who had not seen it , consisted in this , that at the Opera and Playhouse , a Whig beauty wore her patches on one side of her forehead , while a Tory toast patched upon the other . Had the fair 62 10 . THE LOUNGER .
... those who had not seen it , consisted in this , that at the Opera and Playhouse , a Whig beauty wore her patches on one side of her forehead , while a Tory toast patched upon the other . Had the fair 62 10 . THE LOUNGER .
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