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1 Valentine , when about to resign his mistress , declares I never valued fortune , but as it was subservient to my pleasure ; and my only pleasure was to please this lady , ' - are alike admirable . The peremptory bluntness and ...
1 Valentine , when about to resign his mistress , declares I never valued fortune , but as it was subservient to my pleasure ; and my only pleasure was to please this lady , ' - are alike admirable . The peremptory bluntness and ...
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Lady Townly is not the really vicious character , nor quite the fine lady , which the author would have her to be . Lady Grace is so far better ; she is what she pretends to be , merely sober and insipid . - Vanbrugh's forte was not the ...
Lady Townly is not the really vicious character , nor quite the fine lady , which the author would have her to be . Lady Grace is so far better ; she is what she pretends to be , merely sober and insipid . - Vanbrugh's forte was not the ...
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We have also that gentleman's disputes with his sister , and the inimitable appeal of that lady to her niece . I was never so handsome as you , Sophy : yet I had something of you formerly . I was called the cruel Parthenissa .
We have also that gentleman's disputes with his sister , and the inimitable appeal of that lady to her niece . I was never so handsome as you , Sophy : yet I had something of you formerly . I was called the cruel Parthenissa .
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