Works, Том 2S. H. Parker, 1824 |
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... expressing disgust at the awkward shame of the one , whilst the intemperate vanity of the other justly provokes ridicule and indignation . I have always ob- served in the understandings of women who have been too much cultivated , some ...
... expressing disgust at the awkward shame of the one , whilst the intemperate vanity of the other justly provokes ridicule and indignation . I have always ob- served in the understandings of women who have been too much cultivated , some ...
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... expressions of anguish in their writings , and in their private letters , feel acutely all the stings of envy . Women , who have more sus- ceptibility of temper , and less strength of mind , and who , from the delicate nature of their ...
... expressions of anguish in their writings , and in their private letters , feel acutely all the stings of envy . Women , who have more sus- ceptibility of temper , and less strength of mind , and who , from the delicate nature of their ...
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... dear 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 .
... dear 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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... expression of intelligent benevolence renders even homely features and cheeks of sorry graint agreeable ; and it has been observed , that the most lasting at- tachments have not always been excited by the most beauti- ful of the sex ...
... expression of intelligent benevolence renders even homely features and cheeks of sorry graint agreeable ; and it has been observed , that the most lasting at- tachments have not always been excited by the most beauti- ful of the sex ...
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... expression . 29 There was , as you say , a something wanting , which his science had not taught him . He should then have set himself to examine what that something was , and how it was to be ob- tained . His want of success arose from ...
... expression . 29 There was , as you say , a something wanting , which his science had not taught him . He should then have set himself to examine what that something was , and how it was to be ob- tained . His want of success arose from ...
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