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Beauties of Dr. Robertson: Containing the Most Prominent and Interesting ... - Page 29
by William Robertson - 1810 - 366 pages
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SEVERAL HANDS - 1759 - 636 pages
...arts of government. Not infenfiblc of flattery, or vnconfcious of that pleafure, witli which almoft every woman beholds the influence of her own beauty. Formed with the qualities which we love, not with the talents that we admire ; (he was an agreeable woman, rather than an illufhiuiu...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 20

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1759 - 636 pages
...arts of government. Not infenfible of flattiry, or unconfcious of that pleafure, with which almoft every woman beholds the influence of her own beauty. Formed with the qualities which we love, not with the talents that we admire ; fhe was an agreeable woman, rather than an illuftrious...
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The history of Scotland, during the reigns of queen Mary and of ..., Volume 2

William Robertson - 1771 - 458 pages
...arts of government. Not infenfible of flattery, or unconfcious of that pleafure, with which almoft every woman beholds the influence of her own beauty. Formed with the qualities which we love, not with the talents that we admire; fhe was an agreeable woman, rather than an illuftrious...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...arts of government. Not infenlible to flattery, or unconfcious of that pleafure with which almoft^very woman beholds the influence of her own 'beauty ^ Formed with the qualities that we love, not with the talents that we admire, fhe was an agreeable woman rather than an Uluflrious...
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 21

English literature - 1759 - 760 pages
...neceflary arts c:f government. Not inlenGble of flattery, or unconfcious of that pleafure with which almoft every woman beholds the influence of her own beauty. Formed with the qualities which we love, not with the talents that we admire ; fne was an agreeable woman, rather than an illuftrious...
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The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of ..., Volume 2

William Robertson - Scotland - 1794 - 620 pages
...neceflary arts of government. Not infenfible of flattery, or unconfcious of that pleafure with which almoft every woman beholds the influence of her own beauty. Formed with the qualities which we love, not with the talents that we admire j fhe was an agreeable woman, rather than an illuftrious...
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A View of Universal History, from the Creation to the Present Time ..., Volume 2

John Adams - World history - 1795 - 676 pages
...of government ; — not infenfible of flattery, or unconfcious of that ple;:fure', with which almoft every woman beholds the influence of her own beauty ; — formed with the qualities which we love, not with the talents that we admire, fhe was an agreeable woman, rather than an illuftrious...
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Beispielsammlung zur Theorie und Literatur der Schönen Wissenschaften: Bd ...

Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - Literature - 1795 - 680 pages
...arts of governments. Not infenfible to flattery, or unconfcious of that plea. lure, with which almoft every woman beholds the influence of her own beauty. Formed with the qualities, that we love, not with the talents that we admire; flie was an agreeable woman, rather than an illuftrious...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose ..., Volume 2

1797 - 522 pages
...arts of government. Not infenfiblc to flattery, or unconfcioos of that plesfure, with which almoft every woman beholds the influence of her own beauty. Formed with the qualities that we love, not with the talents that we admire ; me was an agreeable woman rather than an illuflrious...
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The History of Scotland, During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of ..., Volume 2

William Robertson - Scotland - 1811 - 538 pages
...heart was warm •and unsuspicious. Impatient of contradiction ; because she had been accustomed from her infancy to be treated as a queen. No stranger,...was reckoned among the necessary arts of government. Npt insensible of flattery, or unconscious of that pleasure with which almost every woman beholds the...
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