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Pagina 87
But I have my own private notions as to modesty , of which I would only value the appearance ; for unless a woman has amorous heat she is a dull companion , and to have amorous heat in elegant perfection ' ( what a phrase ! ) ...
But I have my own private notions as to modesty , of which I would only value the appearance ; for unless a woman has amorous heat she is a dull companion , and to have amorous heat in elegant perfection ' ( what a phrase ! ) ...
Pagina 94
Madam , why do you blame the woman for the only sensible thing she could do— talking of her family and her affairs ? For how should a woman who is as empty as a drum , talk upon any other subject ? If you speak to her of the sun ...
Madam , why do you blame the woman for the only sensible thing she could do— talking of her family and her affairs ? For how should a woman who is as empty as a drum , talk upon any other subject ? If you speak to her of the sun ...
Pagina 280
Finally, one may recall the judgment of that brilliant young woman Belle de Zuylen (Zelide) on one of Boswell's letters — 'the puerile vanity of a fatuous fool, coupled with the arrogant rigidity of an old Cato'.1 To Boswell, ...
Finally, one may recall the judgment of that brilliant young woman Belle de Zuylen (Zelide) on one of Boswell's letters — 'the puerile vanity of a fatuous fool, coupled with the arrogant rigidity of an old Cato'.1 To Boswell, ...
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