Works, Том 2S. H. Parker, 1824 |
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... becomes the only measure of their ac- quirements.Now calculate the time , which is wasted by the fair sex , and tell me how much the start of us they ought to have in the beginning of the race , if they are to reach the goal before us ...
... becomes the only measure of their ac- quirements.Now calculate the time , which is wasted by the fair sex , and tell me how much the start of us they ought to have in the beginning of the race , if they are to reach the goal before us ...
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... become as a wife or daughter , unless she is also possessed of good sense and good temper . Of your honest Sir Charles Harrington's two pattern wives , I think I should prefer the country housewife , with whom I could be sure of having ...
... become as a wife or daughter , unless she is also possessed of good sense and good temper . Of your honest Sir Charles Harrington's two pattern wives , I think I should prefer the country housewife , with whom I could be sure of having ...
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... becoming unhappy , because she would not , amongst her own sex , find friends suited to her taste , nor amongst our's admirers adequate to her expectations ; you represent her as in the situation of the poor flying fish , exposed to ...
... becoming unhappy , because she would not , amongst her own sex , find friends suited to her taste , nor amongst our's admirers adequate to her expectations ; you represent her as in the situation of the poor flying fish , exposed to ...
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... Sir ; their taste will become more simple when they have been taught by experience that this narade is offensive : even the bitter expression of your dis- gust may be advantageous to those whose manners are yet 20 EDGEWORTH'S WORKS .
... Sir ; their taste will become more simple when they have been taught by experience that this narade is offensive : even the bitter expression of your dis- gust may be advantageous to those whose manners are yet 20 EDGEWORTH'S WORKS .
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... become ambitious to superintend the education of their children , and hence they have been induced to instruct ... become fashionable ; in time it may become useful , if it be not so already . Che- mistry will follow Botany . Chemistry ...
... become ambitious to superintend the education of their children , and hence they have been induced to instruct ... become fashionable ; in time it may become useful , if it be not so already . Che- mistry will follow Botany . Chemistry ...
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