The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... fair sex , as things stand at present , is to get husbands as fast as they can . There is certainly nothing in the whole creation , not even Babylon in ruins , more truly deplorable than a lady in the virgin bloom of sixty- three , nor ...
... fair sex , as things stand at present , is to get husbands as fast as they can . There is certainly nothing in the whole creation , not even Babylon in ruins , more truly deplorable than a lady in the virgin bloom of sixty- three , nor ...
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... fair sex , in town it is most unfavourable to the men . A lady who has pined whole years amidst cooing doves , and complaining nightingales in rural retirement , shall resume all her vivacity in one night at a city gambling - table ...
... fair sex , in town it is most unfavourable to the men . A lady who has pined whole years amidst cooing doves , and complaining nightingales in rural retirement , shall resume all her vivacity in one night at a city gambling - table ...
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... fair sex here and in Asia , with the influence of beauty in refining . our manners and improving our conversation . I soon perceived he was strongly prejudiced in favour of the Asiatic method of treating the sex , and that it was ...
... fair sex here and in Asia , with the influence of beauty in refining . our manners and improving our conversation . I soon perceived he was strongly prejudiced in favour of the Asiatic method of treating the sex , and that it was ...
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... fair sex than you imagine ; instead of one soul , Fohi the idol of China gives every woman three ; the Bramins give them fifteen ; and even Mahomet himself no where excludes the sex from Paradise . Abulfeda reports , that an old woman ...
... fair sex than you imagine ; instead of one soul , Fohi the idol of China gives every woman three ; the Bramins give them fifteen ; and even Mahomet himself no where excludes the sex from Paradise . Abulfeda reports , that an old woman ...
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... fair sex of every country , where he could hope for a proper reception , to assert their right to his pre- sence among them . In return to this proclamation , em- bassies were sent from the ladies of every part of the world to invite ...
... fair sex of every country , where he could hope for a proper reception , to assert their right to his pre- sence among them . In return to this proclamation , em- bassies were sent from the ladies of every part of the world to invite ...
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