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الصفحة 44
The ladies now retired . I had fancied that in the companies of the two former
days , the want of their society had deprived us of the ease and gayety of
discourse . But here the removal of the female members of the party seemed to
have a ...
The ladies now retired . I had fancied that in the companies of the two former
days , the want of their society had deprived us of the ease and gayety of
discourse . But here the removal of the female members of the party seemed to
have a ...
الصفحة 45
This was followed by sev' eral jocular stories , and burlesque exhibitions , most of
which were in perfect unison with that tone wbich the absence of the ladies had
allowed the company to assume . The jests were not such as I can repeat ; one ...
This was followed by sev' eral jocular stories , and burlesque exhibitions , most of
which were in perfect unison with that tone wbich the absence of the ladies had
allowed the company to assume . The jests were not such as I can repeat ; one ...
الصفحة 59
I am between the age of a young man , and what the ladies call an old bachelor ,
not many years under forty , of no inconsiderable family , with an opulent fortune .
I was educated like most other young heirs , that is , very indifferently .
I am between the age of a young man , and what the ladies call an old bachelor ,
not many years under forty , of no inconsiderable family , with an opulent fortune .
I was educated like most other young heirs , that is , very indifferently .
الصفحة 60
You , who set up for an instructor , are , I presume better acquainted with the
world than to imagine that I would first turn my views to those young ladies with
whom I was most intimately acquainted , and in whose society I had passed a ...
You , who set up for an instructor , are , I presume better acquainted with the
world than to imagine that I would first turn my views to those young ladies with
whom I was most intimately acquainted , and in whose society I had passed a ...
الصفحة 91
Few young ladies have attracted more admiration ; none ever felt it less ; with all
the charms of beauty , and the polish of education , the plainest were not less
affected , nor the most ignorant less assuming . She died when every tongue was
...
Few young ladies have attracted more admiration ; none ever felt it less ; with all
the charms of beauty , and the polish of education , the plainest were not less
affected , nor the most ignorant less assuming . She died when every tongue was
...
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