Cœlebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on Domestic Habits and Manners, Religion and Morals, Volumen1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809 |
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... hope that a better motive than either friendship or vani- ty was an operating ingredient in my consent . Be that as it may - I sent him my copy " with all its imperfections on its head . " It was accompanied by a letter of which the ...
... hope that a better motive than either friendship or vani- ty was an operating ingredient in my consent . Be that as it may - I sent him my copy " with all its imperfections on its head . " It was accompanied by a letter of which the ...
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... hope that these pages may not be entirely use- less ; if I have failed in my endeavours to shew how religion may be brought to mix with the concerns of ordinary life , without impairing its activity , lessening its cheerfulness , or ...
... hope that these pages may not be entirely use- less ; if I have failed in my endeavours to shew how religion may be brought to mix with the concerns of ordinary life , without impairing its activity , lessening its cheerfulness , or ...
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... hope that no part of these volumes will be found injurious to the important interests , which it was rather in my wish , than in my ability to advance that where I failed in effecting good , little evil has been done : that if my book ...
... hope that no part of these volumes will be found injurious to the important interests , which it was rather in my wish , than in my ability to advance that where I failed in effecting good , little evil has been done : that if my book ...
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... hope that these pages may not be entirely useless ; if I have failed in my endeavours to shew how religion may be brought to mix with the concerns of ordinary life , without impairing its activity , lessening its cheerfulness , or ...
... hope that these pages may not be entirely useless ; if I have failed in my endeavours to shew how religion may be brought to mix with the concerns of ordinary life , without impairing its activity , lessening its cheerfulness , or ...
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... hope to bring over to my side cri- tics , who , being of the party , are too apt to prejudge the cause , I would point out to them , that the supposed harshness of the observation is quite done away by the recollection that this ...
... hope to bring over to my side cri- tics , who , being of the party , are too apt to prejudge the cause , I would point out to them , that the supposed harshness of the observation is quite done away by the recollection that this ...
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Cœlebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on ..., Volumen1 Hannah More Vista completa - 1809 |
Cœlebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on ..., Volumen1 Hannah More Vista completa - 1810 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 120 - Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.
Página 62 - Mind, mind alone, (bear witness, Earth and Heaven !) The living fountains in itself contains Of beauteous and sublime : here, hand in hand, Sit paramount the Graces ; here enthroned, Celestial Venus, with divinest airs, Invites the soul to never-fading joy.
Página 9 - Unpraised ; for nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote.
Página 16 - I call education, not that which smothers a woman with accomplishments, but that which tends to consolidate a firm and regular system of character ; that which tends to form a friend, a companion, and a wife. I call education, not that which is made up of the shreds and patches of useless arts, but that which inculcates principles, polishes taste, regulates temper, cultivates reason, subdues the passions, directs the feelings, habituates the reflection, trains to self-denial, and, more especially,...
Página i - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Página 64 - Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Caesar's fate, Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending, like eternal Jove When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his country hail ? For lo ! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, And Rome again is free...
Página 12 - Whatever earth, all-bearing mother, yields In India, East or West, or middle shore In Pontus, or the Punic coast, or where Alcinous reign'd, fruit of all kinds, in coat Rough, or smooth rind, or bearded husk, or shell, She gathers, tribute large, and on the board Heaps with unsparing hand...
Página 63 - Is aught so fair In all the dewy landscapes of the spring, In the bright eye of Hesper, or the morn, In Nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair As virtuous friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others...
Página 194 - Every student should be emulously watchful that he do not diminish the stock of professional credit by his idleness ; he should be stimulated to individual exertion, by bearing in mind that the English clergy have always been allowed by foreigners to be the most learned body in the world.
Página 13 - Yet went she not, as not with such discourse Delighted, or not capable her ear Of what was high...