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Pagina v
... Miss Hargrave Craig . 64. Of Good Company ; in a Letter from Modestus Mackenzie . 65. The Hardship of educating a young Lady in an expensive Manner , and then leaving her with a very slender Provision for her Support - History of ...
... Miss Hargrave Craig . 64. Of Good Company ; in a Letter from Modestus Mackenzie . 65. The Hardship of educating a young Lady in an expensive Manner , and then leaving her with a very slender Provision for her Support - History of ...
Pagina vii
... Miss C. F. Mackenzie . '94 . Effects of the Representation of certain Characters in the Mirror : Craig - Letter from a Gentleman in London on the Improvements of Edinburgh Strahan . 95. Description of a dangerous Species of Coquette ...
... Miss C. F. Mackenzie . '94 . Effects of the Representation of certain Characters in the Mirror : Craig - Letter from a Gentleman in London on the Improvements of Edinburgh Strahan . 95. Description of a dangerous Species of Coquette ...
Pagina 29
... missed in the family , and that this might have led to a discovery . “ Not at all , ” replied she . “ Feu M. mon Père se piquoit toujours de tenir bonne table , c'étoit sa maroétte même ( my father , who is now gone , always made a ...
... missed in the family , and that this might have led to a discovery . “ Not at all , ” replied she . “ Feu M. mon Père se piquoit toujours de tenir bonne table , c'étoit sa maroétte même ( my father , who is now gone , always made a ...
Pagina 59
... Miss Edwins were justly esteemed handsome ; their manners were easy , not elegant ; their conversation was , for the most part , confined to the occurrences of the day , and never went farther than observations on the last ball or the ...
... Miss Edwins were justly esteemed handsome ; their manners were easy , not elegant ; their conversation was , for the most part , confined to the occurrences of the day , and never went farther than observations on the last ball or the ...
Pagina 63
... , during my late visit to Mr. Umphraville , as that gentleman , his sister , and I , were sit> 6 6 6 . ting at breakfast , my old G 2 N ° 68 . MIRROR . 63 Of private and domestic Virtues-Character Miss Hargrave Craig.
... , during my late visit to Mr. Umphraville , as that gentleman , his sister , and I , were sit> 6 6 6 . ting at breakfast , my old G 2 N ° 68 . MIRROR . 63 Of private and domestic Virtues-Character Miss Hargrave Craig.
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