The British Essayists, Volume 7Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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Page 58
... fair sex , produces excellent effects in women of sense , who desire to be admired for that only which deserves admiration : and I think we may observe , without a compliment to them , that many of them do not only live in a more ...
... fair sex , produces excellent effects in women of sense , who desire to be admired for that only which deserves admiration : and I think we may observe , without a compliment to them , that many of them do not only live in a more ...
Page 70
... fair enemy is ; but her discourse gave me very many reflections , when I had left her com- pany . Among others , I could not but consider with some attention , the false impressions the generality ( the fair sex more especially ) have ...
... fair enemy is ; but her discourse gave me very many reflections , when I had left her com- pany . Among others , I could not but consider with some attention , the false impressions the generality ( the fair sex more especially ) have ...
Page 100
... fair sex of * Davideis , Book III . page 409. Vol . II . 1710. 8vo , those peculiar charms with which nature has endowed them . 100 No 81 . SPECTATOR . Complaints of Sickness-Charac- ters of Harry Tersett and Vari- las STEELE.
... fair sex of * Davideis , Book III . page 409. Vol . II . 1710. 8vo , those peculiar charms with which nature has endowed them . 100 No 81 . SPECTATOR . Complaints of Sickness-Charac- ters of Harry Tersett and Vari- las STEELE.
Page 137
... sex , which renders a retreat from the first approaches of a lover both fashionable and graceful . All that I intend ... fair ; L. That what seem'd fair in all the world , N 2 No 89 . SPECTATOR . 137.
... sex , which renders a retreat from the first approaches of a lover both fashionable and graceful . All that I intend ... fair ; L. That what seem'd fair in all the world , N 2 No 89 . SPECTATOR . 137.
Page 149
... sex ; for I have deferred furnishing my closet with authors , till I receive your advice in this particu- lar , being your daily disciple and humble servant , LEONORA , ' IN answer to my fair disciple , whom I am 02 N ° 92 . 149 SPECTATOR .
... sex ; for I have deferred furnishing my closet with authors , till I receive your advice in this particu- lar , being your daily disciple and humble servant , LEONORA , ' IN answer to my fair disciple , whom I am 02 N ° 92 . 149 SPECTATOR .
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