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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... kind of woman whom she wished me to marry . " I am so firmly persuaded , Charles , " would she kindly say , " of the justness of your taste , and the rectitude of your principles , that I am not much afraid of your being misled by the ...
... kind of woman whom she wished me to marry . " I am so firmly persuaded , Charles , " would she kindly say , " of the justness of your taste , and the rectitude of your principles , that I am not much afraid of your being misled by the ...
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... kind , all these raise it above every other scene of intellectual improvement , or colloquial pleasure , perhaps in the whole world . But this was only the secondary motive of my in- tended migration . I connected with it the hope ...
... kind , all these raise it above every other scene of intellectual improvement , or colloquial pleasure , perhaps in the whole world . But this was only the secondary motive of my in- tended migration . I connected with it the hope ...
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... kind . They were animated about trifles , and indifferent on things of importance . They were , I must confess , frank and good - natured , but is was evident , that as they were too open to have any thing to conceal , so they were too ...
... kind . They were animated about trifles , and indifferent on things of importance . They were , I must confess , frank and good - natured , but is was evident , that as they were too open to have any thing to conceal , so they were too ...
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... kind of free - masonry , and therefore thinks it superfluous to speak on serious subjects to any but the initiated . If they do not return the sign , she gives them up as blind and dead . She thinks she can only make herself ...
... kind of free - masonry , and therefore thinks it superfluous to speak on serious subjects to any but the initiated . If they do not return the sign , she gives them up as blind and dead . She thinks she can only make herself ...
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... kind of distinct branch of themselves . Surely , when only the parents and a few select friends are met together in a family way , the daughters should contribute their portion to enliven the domestic circle . They were always ready to ...
... kind of distinct branch of themselves . Surely , when only the parents and a few select friends are met together in a family way , the daughters should contribute their portion to enliven the domestic circle . They were always ready to ...
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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...