Elegant Extracts, Or Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations ...S. Walker, 1826 |
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Page 13
... tell me she has all the beauties in nature united in her per- son ; as ivory in her forehead , dia- monds in her & c . eyes , " But where's the sense , direct or moral , That teeth are pearl , or lips are coral ? " LETTER XII . From Mrs ...
... tell me she has all the beauties in nature united in her per- son ; as ivory in her forehead , dia- monds in her & c . eyes , " But where's the sense , direct or moral , That teeth are pearl , or lips are coral ? " LETTER XII . From Mrs ...
Page 18
... tell you plainly , in one word , commands , in sending the lace you that I expect returns of all the Lon- ordered me . Upon my word , I can don news . You see I have already yet find none , that is not dearer than learnt to make a good ...
... tell you plainly , in one word , commands , in sending the lace you that I expect returns of all the Lon- ordered me . Upon my word , I can don news . You see I have already yet find none , that is not dearer than learnt to make a good ...
Page 300
... tell living and the dead . your ladyship , that the author I allud- We have just received the works ed to at the beginning of this long of an author , from whom I find I am tirade is the late king of Prussia . to receive much less ...
... tell living and the dead . your ladyship , that the author I allud- We have just received the works ed to at the beginning of this long of an author , from whom I find I am tirade is the late king of Prussia . to receive much less ...
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