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" I smiled, and asked her whether she would give her ring in order to enable me to do it. " With great pleasure," said she, pulling off her ring. The old woman was either too simple to observe this, or too modest to take advantage of it: however, when she... "
Secret Journal of a Self-observer: Or, Confessions and Familiar Letters of ... - Page 26
by Johann Caspar Lavater - 1795
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 15

Tobias Smollett - Books - 1796 - 612 pages
...woman was either too fimplrf K> obferve this, or too modelt to take advantage of it : however, when {he was going, my wife told her to wait a little in the...paflage. " Was you in earneft, my dear, when you offered 'you* ring?" {aid I, as foon as we were in private. " Indeed I was — I am furprifed that you can...
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature

English literature - 1796 - 616 pages
...woman was either too fimple to obferve this, or too modelt to take advantage of it : however, when file was going, my wife told her to wait a little in the paffage. " Was you in earnefl, my dear, when you offered your ring?" faid I, as foon as we were in...
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The Duties, Advantages, Pleasures, and Sorrows of the Marriage State

John Ovington - Marriage - 1813 - 168 pages
...woman, was either too simple to observe this, or too modest to take advantage of it ; however, when she was going my wife told her to wait a little in the passage. Were you in earnest, my dear, when you offered your ring? said I, as soon as we were in private....
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Cyclopędia of moral and religious anecdotes

Kazlitt Arvine - Anecdotes - 1850 - 882 pages
...woman was either too simple to observe this, or too modest to take advantage of it: however, when she was going, my wife told her to wait a little in the passage. " Were you in earnest, my dear, when you offered your ring?" said I, as soon as we were in...
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Cyclopędia of moral and religious anecdotes. Ed. by J. Flesher

Kazlitt Arvine - 1877 - 926 pages
...woman was either too simple to observe this, or too modest to take advantage of it: however, when she was going, my wife told her to wait a little in the passage. " Were you in earnest, my dear, when you offered your ring?" said I, as soon as we were in...
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Anecdotes for the Family and the Social Circle

Anecdotes - 1877 - 386 pages
...woman was either too simple to observe this, or too modest to take advantage of it ; however, when she was going, my wife told her to wait a little in the passage. " Were you in earnest, my dear, when you offered your ring?" said I, as soon as we were in...
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Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle, Volume 2

Missions - 1824 - 642 pages
...woman was cither too simple to observe this, or too modest to take advantage of it : however, when she was going, my wife told her to wait a little in the passage. ' Were you in earnest, my dear, when you oll'ered your ring !' said I, as soon as we were...
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