Memoirs of Mrs. Lætitia BoothbyWilliam Clark Russell H.S. King, 1872 - 322 стор. |
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... nature , set her up in hoop and sacque , and yet leave exposed more to shock a real decency than were she left with no clothing on but her beauty . To show my contempt for this kind of history , I shall write as freely as if I was a ...
... nature , set her up in hoop and sacque , and yet leave exposed more to shock a real decency than were she left with no clothing on but her beauty . To show my contempt for this kind of history , I shall write as freely as if I was a ...
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... nature ; though how nature could compensate mankind for the loss of so great a moralist by introducing Mr. Boothby among them , is not readily conjectured . Nor are my sensibilities as a daughter willing to accept the view once ...
... nature ; though how nature could compensate mankind for the loss of so great a moralist by introducing Mr. Boothby among them , is not readily conjectured . Nor are my sensibilities as a daughter willing to accept the view once ...
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... nature hath made me . Yet justice demands I should bear witness to Mr. Boothby's character , and affirm that but for the unnatural treatment of his father , who refused to extend him his hand when he was sinking , not knowing but that ...
... nature hath made me . Yet justice demands I should bear witness to Mr. Boothby's character , and affirm that but for the unnatural treatment of his father , who refused to extend him his hand when he was sinking , not knowing but that ...
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... Nature sometimes asserts her supe- riority over all other artists . Her face was em- bellished by a sweet profile , her nose being small , with the faint and dainty curve upwards which speaks to a love of mischief and mirth . Her hair ...
... Nature sometimes asserts her supe- riority over all other artists . Her face was em- bellished by a sweet profile , her nose being small , with the faint and dainty curve upwards which speaks to a love of mischief and mirth . Her hair ...
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... Nature had gifted me with a face which could look as dumbly as any countenance of marble ; I had a steady mouth , and a pro- digious controul over my eyes , having often for my diversion studied parts before the pier - glass ; wherein I ...
... Nature had gifted me with a face which could look as dumbly as any countenance of marble ; I had a steady mouth , and a pro- digious controul over my eyes , having often for my diversion studied parts before the pier - glass ; wherein I ...
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