The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... marry by that fortune which they do not want , and the poor have no inducement , but that beauty , which they do not ... marriage is most free , the in- habitants are found every age to improve in stature and in beauty ; on the contrary ...
... marry by that fortune which they do not want , and the poor have no inducement , but that beauty , which they do not ... marriage is most free , the in- habitants are found every age to improve in stature and in beauty ; on the contrary ...
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... marry among each other , they will soon produce a posterity with mandarine faces ; and we shall see the heir of some honourable family scarcely equal to the abortion of a country farmer . These are a few of the obstacles to marriage ...
... marry among each other , they will soon produce a posterity with mandarine faces ; and we shall see the heir of some honourable family scarcely equal to the abortion of a country farmer . These are a few of the obstacles to marriage ...
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... marriage , concluded with " the consent of parents , and adjusted by every cere- mony prescribed by law . But as in the body of the " work there are many passages that offend good " morals , overthrow laudable custom , violate the laws ...
... marriage , concluded with " the consent of parents , and adjusted by every cere- mony prescribed by law . But as in the body of the " work there are many passages that offend good " morals , overthrow laudable custom , violate the laws ...
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... marriage is at present so much out of fashion , that a lady is very well off , who can get any husband at all . Celibacy now prevails in every rank of life , the streets are crouded with old ba- chelors , and the houses with ladies who ...
... marriage is at present so much out of fashion , that a lady is very well off , who can get any husband at all . Celibacy now prevails in every rank of life , the streets are crouded with old ba- chelors , and the houses with ladies who ...
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... marriage , her three days of free- dom . During this interval a thousand extravagancies are practised by either sex . The lady is placed upon the nuptial bed , and numberless monkey tricks are played round to divert her . One gentleman ...
... marriage , her three days of free- dom . During this interval a thousand extravagancies are practised by either sex . The lady is placed upon the nuptial bed , and numberless monkey tricks are played round to divert her . One gentleman ...
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