The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement, Part 1Robinson and Roberts, 1793 - English literature |
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... Beauty to the Temple of the Graces . To our CORRESPONDENTS . X. Y's Effay , in fome paffages , has rather too great a tendency to vul . garity of expreffion . SH's favour is received . We fear we have miflaid the Legendary Tale , but ...
... Beauty to the Temple of the Graces . To our CORRESPONDENTS . X. Y's Effay , in fome paffages , has rather too great a tendency to vul . garity of expreffion . SH's favour is received . We fear we have miflaid the Legendary Tale , but ...
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... beauty , and haftily ter- minate the triumph of her deluded queft . She began with a few mali- cious and farcaftic remarks on the vanity of beautiful young women , and the hopes which they frequently entertain of an imaginary lover ...
... beauty , and haftily ter- minate the triumph of her deluded queft . She began with a few mali- cious and farcaftic remarks on the vanity of beautiful young women , and the hopes which they frequently entertain of an imaginary lover ...
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... beauty would difap- pear . To make this more evident , by experiment , take a long pole , tie a cloth to the end of it , and wipe the drops of water all away : it will then be found , that all thefe fpangled luf- tres are extinguished ...
... beauty would difap- pear . To make this more evident , by experiment , take a long pole , tie a cloth to the end of it , and wipe the drops of water all away : it will then be found , that all thefe fpangled luf- tres are extinguished ...
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... beauty owes nothing to the embel- lifhments of art : much lefs has it any influence on their conduct . Their character is naturally mild and flexible , their humour gay they laugh in the most agreeable and winning manner . They have a ...
... beauty owes nothing to the embel- lifhments of art : much lefs has it any influence on their conduct . Their character is naturally mild and flexible , their humour gay they laugh in the most agreeable and winning manner . They have a ...
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... beauty , admiring her drefs , and exalting beyond what human nature merits , for what can at beft be only called fashionable accomplish- ments , he would find himself lefs difappointed , and fhe would rattle the marriage chains with ...
... beauty , admiring her drefs , and exalting beyond what human nature merits , for what can at beft be only called fashionable accomplish- ments , he would find himself lefs difappointed , and fhe would rattle the marriage chains with ...
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