Letters Written: By the Late Right Honourable Lady Luxborough, to William Shenstone, EsqCaleb Jenkin, 1776 - 355 pages |
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Page 51
... ftill due , and the Green Book is ftill my object . Whatever you write or defign , is fo ; therefore it is saying no more than you have heard me fay before ; and which I am hopeful you will believe , knowing that I deferve by my ...
... ftill due , and the Green Book is ftill my object . Whatever you write or defign , is fo ; therefore it is saying no more than you have heard me fay before ; and which I am hopeful you will believe , knowing that I deferve by my ...
Page 52
... ftill ferves to ripen fruits , which are to be your confolation in win- ter ; and though the days are fhort , every hour of them may be enjoyed in meads and groves , where indeed the trees lose their verdure ; but it is no more than ...
... ftill ferves to ripen fruits , which are to be your confolation in win- ter ; and though the days are fhort , every hour of them may be enjoyed in meads and groves , where indeed the trees lose their verdure ; but it is no more than ...
Page 63
... ftill here , though he expects every day or hour to receive a fummons to go to London ; and Mr. Rey- nalds has sent his fervant purposely to - day with a letter to defire us not to fail to go on Wednesday , and that he will come again ...
... ftill here , though he expects every day or hour to receive a fummons to go to London ; and Mr. Rey- nalds has sent his fervant purposely to - day with a letter to defire us not to fail to go on Wednesday , and that he will come again ...
Page 81
... ftill . The Beauty herself might fhun it equally ; for that fort of glass would not flatter , and defects would appear , as there is no perfection in us mortals.If Mr. Fielding and Mr. Hogarth could abate the vanity of the world by fhew ...
... ftill . The Beauty herself might fhun it equally ; for that fort of glass would not flatter , and defects would appear , as there is no perfection in us mortals.If Mr. Fielding and Mr. Hogarth could abate the vanity of the world by fhew ...
Page 82
... ftill be new ; Nature would furnish it with never - dying charms ; but I know you cannot help affifting it , fo that I fhall dif- cover fome unconfeffed beauty which you will feem careful to hide , when I next pay my annual vifit and ...
... ftill be new ; Nature would furnish it with never - dying charms ; but I know you cannot help affifting it , fo that I fhall dif- cover fome unconfeffed beauty which you will feem careful to hide , when I next pay my annual vifit and ...
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