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Examples
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Portugueze, from political motives, have been sparing in their accounts of it.
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Except when at their devotions, it is not easy to get a sight of the women, and when obtained, the comparisons drawn by a traveller, lately arrived from England, are little flattering to Portugueze beauty.
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And I am persuaded that in the pursuit of knowledge women would never be insulted by sensible men, and rarely by men of any description, if they did not by mock modesty remind them that they were women; actuated by the same spirit as the Portugueze ladies, who would think their charms insulted if, when left alone with a man, he did not, at least, attempt to be grossly familiar with their persons.
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These set forth that aboard were several people of fashion, particularly two Ladies, that we had lost every thing by the storm, and that the Ladies could not doubt of being properly supplied from the known politeness and gallantry of the Portugueze.
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A light-headed young Portugueze officer, being on the parade when we went into the calash, took a fancy to attend us, tho 'a perfect stranger, and observing Mr Neilson's distress, he politely begged to have the honour of whipping up his beast.
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Add to this that they use the most brilliant cut crystal in Lusters, so that take it altogether, a Portugueze visiting room is not inferior to the first drawing room in Europe.
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This was a bad remedy for a head-ache, nor was it mended by the noise of the bells, which hung round the baggage mule, and which I insisted on having in view, having no very high idea of the honesty of a Portugueze Muleteer.
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But were not that the case, I should feel a pang every time I unlocked my little cash-chest, which contains a large sum for a poor refugee, and of which I never dare lose sight, having no very high idea of Portugueze honesty.
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My friend told me on our return, that I had missed a great deal by not understanding the Portugueze, which it was her misfortune to do.
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I wished to see the Portugueze manner of dressing, and had no other way than this, as they are ordered to keep strictly to the mode.
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