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... lady of my acquaintance , who maintained , that her husband's having been guilty of numberless infidelities , released her from conjugal obligations , because they were reciprocal . JOHNSON . " This is miserable stuff , Sir . To the con ...
... lady of my acquaintance , who maintained , that her husband's having been guilty of numberless infidelities , released her from conjugal obligations , because they were reciprocal . JOHNSON . " This is miserable stuff , Sir . To the con ...
Page 318
... lady would , indeed , be very afflictive , and I hope she is in no danger . Take care to keep her mind as easy as is possible . " I have left Langton in London . He has been down with the militia , and is again quiet at home , talking ...
... lady would , indeed , be very afflictive , and I hope she is in no danger . Take care to keep her mind as easy as is possible . " I have left Langton in London . He has been down with the militia , and is again quiet at home , talking ...
Page 387
... ladies love to see themselves in a glass ; so a man likes to see himself in his journal . " BOSWELL . " A very pretty ... Lady Cutts ; " where having mentioned her Diary , he says , " In this glass she every day dressed her mind . " This ...
... ladies love to see themselves in a glass ; so a man likes to see himself in his journal . " BOSWELL . " A very pretty ... Lady Cutts ; " where having mentioned her Diary , he says , " In this glass she every day dressed her mind . " This ...
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