The History of Portia: Written by a Lady. ...R. Withy; J. Pottinger; J. Wilkie; and J. Cooke, 1759 |
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... female beauty but an air divine , Through which the mind's all gentle graces fhine ? Thefe , like the fun , irradiate all between ; The body charms because the foul is feen : Hence men are often captives of a face , They know not why ...
... female beauty but an air divine , Through which the mind's all gentle graces fhine ? Thefe , like the fun , irradiate all between ; The body charms because the foul is feen : Hence men are often captives of a face , They know not why ...
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... female geniufes may fond- ly indulge their imaginations in the flat- tering hope of becoming immortal by their elaborate compofitions , I am fatif- fied that literary fame , at least , will have nothing to do with us : nor will even the ...
... female geniufes may fond- ly indulge their imaginations in the flat- tering hope of becoming immortal by their elaborate compofitions , I am fatif- fied that literary fame , at least , will have nothing to do with us : nor will even the ...
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... female chaftity , that is the chief ornament , the charm , the true characteristick of the fex ; and I believe it is pretty generally experienced , that the tranfient pleasure , or the glory , if B 2 fuch fuch it can be juftly called ...
... female chaftity , that is the chief ornament , the charm , the true characteristick of the fex ; and I believe it is pretty generally experienced , that the tranfient pleasure , or the glory , if B 2 fuch fuch it can be juftly called ...
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... female merit , has already affured us that Our faireft virtues fly from public fight , Domestic worth , that fhuns too ftrong a light . I look upon it as an unpardonable weakness , in the character of a good woman , to defire to be much ...
... female merit , has already affured us that Our faireft virtues fly from public fight , Domestic worth , that fhuns too ftrong a light . I look upon it as an unpardonable weakness , in the character of a good woman , to defire to be much ...
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... amongst us , that fo long as I have been capable of making any judgment upon the conduct of the female part of the world , I have had the the most infuperable objections to those polite and convenient feminaries ( 22 )
... amongst us , that fo long as I have been capable of making any judgment upon the conduct of the female part of the world , I have had the the most infuperable objections to those polite and convenient feminaries ( 22 )
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