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... measure a clog upon matrimony , I have no great objection to . There are laws which ordain that no woman shall marry against her father and mother's consent , unless arrived at an age of ma- turity ; by which is understood those years ...
... measure a clog upon matrimony , I have no great objection to . There are laws which ordain that no woman shall marry against her father and mother's consent , unless arrived at an age of ma- turity ; by which is understood those years ...
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... measure answered the end , for celibacy is both frequent and fashionable . Old bachelors appear abroad without a mask , and old maids , my dear Fum Hoam , have been absolutely known to ogle . To confess in friendship ; if I were an Eng ...
... measure answered the end , for celibacy is both frequent and fashionable . Old bachelors appear abroad without a mask , and old maids , my dear Fum Hoam , have been absolutely known to ogle . To confess in friendship ; if I were an Eng ...
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... measured and cut , which I know not how , they executed but slowly ; during the interval , the mercer entertained me with the modern manner of some of the nobility receiving company in their morning gowns ; Perhaps Sir , adds he , you ...
... measured and cut , which I know not how , they executed but slowly ; during the interval , the mercer entertained me with the modern manner of some of the nobility receiving company in their morning gowns ; Perhaps Sir , adds he , you ...
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... measure they never appear young , so it may be equally asserted , that they actually think themselves never old ; a gen- the Miss shall prepare for new conquests at sixty , shall hobble a rigadoon when she can scarcely hobble out ...
... measure they never appear young , so it may be equally asserted , that they actually think themselves never old ; a gen- the Miss shall prepare for new conquests at sixty , shall hobble a rigadoon when she can scarcely hobble out ...
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... measured by the length of her tail . Women of moderate fortunes are contented with tails mode rately long ; but ladies of true taste and distinction set no bounds to their ambition in this particular . I am told the Lady Mayoress , on ...
... measured by the length of her tail . Women of moderate fortunes are contented with tails mode rately long ; but ladies of true taste and distinction set no bounds to their ambition in this particular . I am told the Lady Mayoress , on ...
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