The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4Bohn, 1854 |
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Page 95
... female cabal of this order , who call them- selves The Widow club . ' This club consists of nine ex- perienced dames , who take their places once a week round a large oval table . I. Mrs. President is a person who has disposed of six ...
... female cabal of this order , who call them- selves The Widow club . ' This club consists of nine ex- perienced dames , who take their places once a week round a large oval table . I. Mrs. President is a person who has disposed of six ...
Page 178
... female ornament , by some called a tucker , and by others the neck - piece , being a slip of fine linen or muslin that used to run in a small kind of ruffle round the uppermost verge of the women's stays , and by that means covered a ...
... female ornament , by some called a tucker , and by others the neck - piece , being a slip of fine linen or muslin that used to run in a small kind of ruffle round the uppermost verge of the women's stays , and by that means covered a ...
Page 179
... females made larger discoveries of their complexion . They first of all tucked up their garments to the elbow , and ... female neck thus grows upon us , and the ladies seem disposed to discover themselves to us more and more , I would ...
... females made larger discoveries of their complexion . They first of all tucked up their garments to the elbow , and ... female neck thus grows upon us , and the ladies seem disposed to discover themselves to us more and more , I would ...
Page 181
... female readers ; namely , that no- thing bestows so much beauty on a woman as modesty . This is a maxim laid down by Ovid himself , the greatest master in the art of love . He observes upon it , that Venus pleases most when she appears ...
... female readers ; namely , that no- thing bestows so much beauty on a woman as modesty . This is a maxim laid down by Ovid himself , the greatest master in the art of love . He observes upon it , that Venus pleases most when she appears ...
Page 205
... female computations of this nature . We are very sensible that several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world , and to leave us in the lurch by some of their late refinements . Two or three of them ...
... female computations of this nature . We are very sensible that several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world , and to leave us in the lurch by some of their late refinements . Two or three of them ...
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