The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 25R. Griffiths, 1761 - Books |
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Page 207
... ladies , of telling a woman he was handfome , only for the pleafure of perfuading her to think so . " Neither the natural gaiety of the French , nor their love of fingularity , is the caufe of this freedom of converfation and behaviour ...
... ladies , of telling a woman he was handfome , only for the pleafure of perfuading her to think so . " Neither the natural gaiety of the French , nor their love of fingularity , is the caufe of this freedom of converfation and behaviour ...
Page 212
... ladies ; all things are done by them or for them ; Olympus and Parnaffus , glory and fortune , are equal- ly fubject to their laws . Neither books nor authors have any other value or esteem than that which the ladies are pleased to ...
... ladies ; all things are done by them or for them ; Olympus and Parnaffus , glory and fortune , are equal- ly fubject to their laws . Neither books nor authors have any other value or esteem than that which the ladies are pleased to ...
Page 226
... ladies to addict them- felves to card - playing : by which , fays our Author , " they acquire a tafte for the most mean and fordid propenfities . Instead of spending their time in employments fuited to their fex ; inftead of improving ...
... ladies to addict them- felves to card - playing : by which , fays our Author , " they acquire a tafte for the most mean and fordid propenfities . Instead of spending their time in employments fuited to their fex ; inftead of improving ...
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