 | 1791 - 814 halaman
...little talle for induftry, and feem much inclined ro indolence and voluptuoufuels. Thej', for the mod part, attain to a good old age ; and it is not uncommon to (ee grent jiraudmothers become tired of widowhood, and again, enier into the bands of Hymen. All the... | |
 | Frederic Henry Fisher - 1878 - 140 halaman
...little taste for industry, and seem much inclined to indolence and voluptuousness. They, for the most part, attain to a good old age ; and it is not uncommon to see great-grandmothers become tired of widowhood, and again enter into the bonds of Hymen." To be fond... | |
 | 1793 - 648 halaman
...little tafte for induftry, and feem much inclined to indolence and voluptuoufnels. They, for the molt part, attain to a good old age ; and it is not uncommon...become tired of widowhood, and again enter into the band* of Hymen. All the Greeks are fond of pleafure ; but the Cypriote give themfelves up to it with... | |
 | 1791 - 508 halaman
...have little tañe for induftry ; and feem much inclined to voluptuoufnefs. For the moft part, they attain to a good old age ; and it is not uncommon...great-grandmothers become tired of widowhood, and contradi a new marriage. The people in the ifland clothe themfelves in the lame manner as the inhabitants... | |
 | 1791 - 668 halaman
...little tafte for induftry, and feem much inclined ro indolence and voluptuoufnefs. They, for the nod part, attain to a good old age ; and it is- not uncommon to fee great- grandmothers b^com* tfred of widowhood, and again enter into tb« binds of Hymen. All the Orcekc... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1791 - 608 halaman
...difpofition, have little tafte for induftry, and feem much inclined to voluptuoufnefs. For the moil part, they attain to a good old age -, and it is not uncommon to fee great-grandmothers be* £ome tired of widowhood, and contract a new marriage. The people in the ifland clothe themfelves... | |
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European ladies have no occafion to be proud of the comparifon ; for there are few of them remarkable for their beauty. They are pretty tall, of a very amorous difpofition, have little tafte for induftry, and feem much inclined to indolence and voluptuoufnefs. 