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Pagina 17
... shew myself ; I gratify the vanity of all who pretend to make an appearance , and have often as kind looks from well - dressed Gentlemen and Ladies , as a poet would bestow upon one of his audience . There are fo many gratifications ...
... shew myself ; I gratify the vanity of all who pretend to make an appearance , and have often as kind looks from well - dressed Gentlemen and Ladies , as a poet would bestow upon one of his audience . There are fo many gratifications ...
Pagina 24
... shew there is nothing in this , if we look into the writings of the old Italians , fuch as Cicero and Virgil , we shall find that the English writers , in their way of thinking and ex- preffing themselves , resemble those authors much ...
... shew there is nothing in this , if we look into the writings of the old Italians , fuch as Cicero and Virgil , we shall find that the English writers , in their way of thinking and ex- preffing themselves , resemble those authors much ...
Pagina 35
... shew their faces by confent . Whispers , squeezes , nods , and embraces , are the innocent freedoms of the place . In short , the whole defign of this libidinous afsembly , feems to ' terminate in affignations and intrigues ; and I hope ...
... shew their faces by confent . Whispers , squeezes , nods , and embraces , are the innocent freedoms of the place . In short , the whole defign of this libidinous afsembly , feems to ' terminate in affignations and intrigues ; and I hope ...
Pagina 47
... Shew a hundred men killed by lions , for one lion killed by a man . You men are writers , and can repre- fent us women as unbecoming as you please in your works , while we are unable to return the injury . You have twice or thrice ...
... Shew a hundred men killed by lions , for one lion killed by a man . You men are writers , and can repre- fent us women as unbecoming as you please in your works , while we are unable to return the injury . You have twice or thrice ...
Pagina 58
... shew what are at present the reigning entertainments of the politer part of Great Britain . Audiences have often been reproached by wri ters for the coarseness of their taste ; but our pre- Alone ato nd videsofent sent grievance does ...
... shew what are at present the reigning entertainments of the politer part of Great Britain . Audiences have often been reproached by wri ters for the coarseness of their taste ; but our pre- Alone ato nd videsofent sent grievance does ...
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