The Life, Adventures, and Opinions of Col. George Hanger Written by Himself: To which is Added, Advice to the Prelates and Legislators, how to Correct the Immorality and Jacobinism of the Present Age, and at the Same Time Increase the Revenue : Advice to the Lovely Cyprians, and to the Fair Sex in General, how to Pass Their Lives in Future to Their Better Satisfaction, and to Enjoy with Discretion the Three Cardinal Virtues : on Matrimony, Compulsive Wedlock, and on Polygamy : on the Misery of Female Prostitution : the History of the Lovely Ægyptia, the Pamela of Norwood, and Paragon of the Ægyptian Race; the Author's Marriage with Her, and Her Cruel Infidelity and Elopement with a Traveling Tinker : and a History of the King's Bench Prison, Written by the Author During His Custody Under the Marshall of that Prison, Descriptive of the Miseries Endured by the Prisoners, and the Extravagent Expence Incident to Their Confinement, Volume 1J. Debrett, 1801 |
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Page 144
... husbands ; who , although they are absolutely qualified to butt with the stoutest ram oftheir flocks , think their wives as chaste as Diana , and speak of them to all their friends as the Lucretias of the age . You , ye lovely Cyprians ...
... husbands ; who , although they are absolutely qualified to butt with the stoutest ram oftheir flocks , think their wives as chaste as Diana , and speak of them to all their friends as the Lucretias of the age . You , ye lovely Cyprians ...
Page 187
... husband ; holds him out to the ridicule of the world ; and who , with her milliner , her bijoux merchant , and at the gaming - table , squan- ders , in useless trifles and profligacy , as much in two winters as would be a mo- derate ...
... husband ; holds him out to the ridicule of the world ; and who , with her milliner , her bijoux merchant , and at the gaming - table , squan- ders , in useless trifles and profligacy , as much in two winters as would be a mo- derate ...
Page 194
... husband did not publish her observations until after her death . It may indeed appear , at first , very extraordinary to you , that a man of honour or feeling should expose the foibles and vices of a woman , com- municated to him in a ...
... husband did not publish her observations until after her death . It may indeed appear , at first , very extraordinary to you , that a man of honour or feeling should expose the foibles and vices of a woman , com- municated to him in a ...
Page 214
... husband ? The generous parents , feel- ing for my distress , endeavoured , to the utmost of their power , to alleviate my sorrows for the inconstancy of their child , my wife ; the charming Ægyptia having been betrothed to me : for ...
... husband ? The generous parents , feel- ing for my distress , endeavoured , to the utmost of their power , to alleviate my sorrows for the inconstancy of their child , my wife ; the charming Ægyptia having been betrothed to me : for ...
Page 224
... husband's sacred pledges never to put thee from him , will sanction thy wedding - day . Again , I repeat , oh never surrender thy charms to the man thou cannot abide , who wooes thee only with his wealth ! It is base , it is vile in the ...
... husband's sacred pledges never to put thee from him , will sanction thy wedding - day . Again , I repeat , oh never surrender thy charms to the man thou cannot abide , who wooes thee only with his wealth ! It is base , it is vile in the ...
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