Explanation: To give herself the larger field for discourse, she hates and loves in the same breath, talks to her lap dog or parrot, is uneasy in all kinds of weather, and in every part of the room. 

Answer: These lines occur in the satirical essay “Female orators” by Joseph Addison. Here the essayist is satirizing the fourth type of female orators. He also draws a picture of eighteenth-century high society.

Addison divides the female orators into different classes. The fourth type is the coquette. This type loves and hates in the same breath so as to give her more scope for conversation. She talks to her lapdog and parrot. She cannot but speak. She feels uneasy in all kinds of environments both good and bad. She also feels uncomfortable everywhere.

It was customary for the ladies of the age to have pet dogs and birds to which they talked. It was an affected behavior. Satire, irony, sarcasm, and social picture are noted here.