Obsolete ideas, 6 letters addressed to Maria, by a friend1807 |
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Page 136
... a time of life to which the impertinent epithet old maid is attached ? If you look round the circle of your acquaintance you į you will obferve fome of the most amiable , fenfible Single Ladies, vulgarly called Old Maids, -
... a time of life to which the impertinent epithet old maid is attached ? If you look round the circle of your acquaintance you į you will obferve fome of the most amiable , fenfible Single Ladies, vulgarly called Old Maids, -
Page 137
... in the fingle ftate . But good and wife mar- ried women , and fenfible amiable girls , know how to estimate real worth in any ftate of life . If an elderly fingle woman M 3 is a is very neat in her person , and very SINGLE LADIES . 137.
... in the fingle ftate . But good and wife mar- ried women , and fenfible amiable girls , know how to estimate real worth in any ftate of life . If an elderly fingle woman M 3 is a is very neat in her person , and very SINGLE LADIES . 137.
Page 143
... fenfible , well- informed men , such as their parents would wish them to marry , and they confequently remain fingle ... fenfible amiable aunt . But fenfible fingle women will have op- portunities quite enough to return all the the ...
... fenfible , well- informed men , such as their parents would wish them to marry , and they confequently remain fingle ... fenfible amiable aunt . But fenfible fingle women will have op- portunities quite enough to return all the the ...
Page 144
... fenfible , amiable aunt with pleasure and profit , without talking of old maidish ways , when she recommends to you perfonal neatness , and a due attention to female decorum . But do not fuppofe , Maria , that I have the most distant ...
... fenfible , amiable aunt with pleasure and profit , without talking of old maidish ways , when she recommends to you perfonal neatness , and a due attention to female decorum . But do not fuppofe , Maria , that I have the most distant ...
Page 151
... fenfible , worthy men , they must adorn themselves with modeft attire , and , if the idea was not almost too obsolete , I would add with fhamefacednefs . With respect to dress , I fee no reason why young people should not display taste ...
... fenfible , worthy men , they must adorn themselves with modeft attire , and , if the idea was not almost too obsolete , I would add with fhamefacednefs . With respect to dress , I fee no reason why young people should not display taste ...
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againſt aged poor amiable anfwer appear bad education becauſe benevolent beſt beſtow better bleffing cafe caufe cauſe chafte woman character Chriftian circumftance comfort command confequence confider contempt converfation courfe daſh dear Maria defcription defire diffipation diftrefs drefs duty evil faid fame feelings feen felf fenfe fenfible fervants fhall fhort filial fingle firſt fituation fociety fome fomething fometimes foothing forrows foul fpeak ftand ftate fubject fuch fuffering fuperiors fuppofe fupport gentlemen give heart hoary head honour houfe houſe huſband idea inftances infult James fays labour ladies libertine Mary mind moft moſt mother muft muſt never obfervations old maid paffed parents pariſh perhaps pious poffeffed poffible portunities prefent pride racter raiſed reaſon refpect rience ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſtage ſtate ſtep tender themſelves thing thofe thoſe tion underſtand uſe virtue whofe wife wiſdom wiſh women workhouſe worthy young perfons yourſelf
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