The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... beauty of her person chastised by the innocence of her thoughts . Chastity , good - nature , and affability , are the graces that play on her coun- tenance ; she knows she is handsome , but she knows she is good . Conscious beauty ...
... beauty of her person chastised by the innocence of her thoughts . Chastity , good - nature , and affability , are the graces that play on her coun- tenance ; she knows she is handsome , but she knows she is good . Conscious beauty ...
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... beauty . Perhaps this raillery is pursued too far , yet it is turned upon a very obvious remark , that woman's strongest passion is for her own beauty , and that she values it as her favourite distinction . From hence it is that all ...
... beauty . Perhaps this raillery is pursued too far , yet it is turned upon a very obvious remark , that woman's strongest passion is for her own beauty , and that she values it as her favourite distinction . From hence it is that all ...
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... beauty heightened by virtue , and command- ing our esteem and love , while it draws our obser- vation ! How faint and spiritless are the charms of a coquette , when compared with the real loveliness of Sophronia's innocence , piety ...
... beauty heightened by virtue , and command- ing our esteem and love , while it draws our obser- vation ! How faint and spiritless are the charms of a coquette , when compared with the real loveliness of Sophronia's innocence , piety ...
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