The History of Portia: Written by a Lady. ...R. Withy; J. Pottinger; J. Wilkie; and J. Cooke, 1759 |
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... she have been , not only for the frugal , the induftrious Trade- well , but indeed for any other man , let his fortune have been ever fo great ? For that habitude to profufenefs and expence in a woman was ever judged by men of fenfe to ...
... she have been , not only for the frugal , the induftrious Trade- well , but indeed for any other man , let his fortune have been ever fo great ? For that habitude to profufenefs and expence in a woman was ever judged by men of fenfe to ...
Strona 47
... she would confefs , that to spend an evening with an inge- nious author was , fometimes at least , an entertainment preferable even to a mas- querade , the abfurdity of fauntering away fo much time in the vain parade of pub- lic gardens ...
... she would confefs , that to spend an evening with an inge- nious author was , fometimes at least , an entertainment preferable even to a mas- querade , the abfurdity of fauntering away fo much time in the vain parade of pub- lic gardens ...
Strona 52
... she was perfectly equal to the task of forming my mind to the beft advantage , and he therefore propofed it as a scheme far more eligible than that of the board- ing - school , that I should receive my whole edu- education at his houfe ...
... she was perfectly equal to the task of forming my mind to the beft advantage , and he therefore propofed it as a scheme far more eligible than that of the board- ing - school , that I should receive my whole edu- education at his houfe ...
Strona 54
... she could not poffibly err ; but her ladyfhip feldom accompa- nied him in these retirements from town , indeed never but when she could not well avoid it , by the town's growing too emp- ty for a perfon of her fashion to continue in it ...
... she could not poffibly err ; but her ladyfhip feldom accompa- nied him in these retirements from town , indeed never but when she could not well avoid it , by the town's growing too emp- ty for a perfon of her fashion to continue in it ...
Strona 55
... she was an utter ftranger to thofe embellishments of the heart and mind , which might render even us women fometimes truly illuftrious in ourselves , and useful to other people ; and therefore it is not at all a matter of furprise ...
... she was an utter ftranger to thofe embellishments of the heart and mind , which might render even us women fometimes truly illuftrious in ourselves , and useful to other people ; and therefore it is not at all a matter of furprise ...
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