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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... an earnest wish that I would consent to its publication , assuring me that he was of opinion it might not be al- together useless , not only to young men engaged in the same pursuit with myself , but to the general 2411 PREFACE. ...
... an earnest wish that I would consent to its publication , assuring me that he was of opinion it might not be al- together useless , not only to young men engaged in the same pursuit with myself , but to the general 2411 PREFACE. ...
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... young imagination captivated by the character of Fenelon's Telemachus , so I early be- came enamoured of that of Milton's Eve . I never formed an idea of conjugal happiness , but my mind involuntarily adverted to the graces of that ...
... young imagination captivated by the character of Fenelon's Telemachus , so I early be- came enamoured of that of Milton's Eve . I never formed an idea of conjugal happiness , but my mind involuntarily adverted to the graces of that ...
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... high time that I should proceed from my criticism to myself . The connection , and of course the transition , will be found more natural than may appear , till developed by my slight narrative . CHAP . II . I AM a young man , 14 CELEBS .
... high time that I should proceed from my criticism to myself . The connection , and of course the transition , will be found more natural than may appear , till developed by my slight narrative . CHAP . II . I AM a young man , 14 CELEBS .
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... young man , not quite four and twenty , of an ancient and respectable family , and considerable es- tate in one of the northern counties . Soon after I had completed my studies in the university of Edinburgh , my father fell into a ...
... young man , not quite four and twenty , of an ancient and respectable family , and considerable es- tate in one of the northern counties . Soon after I had completed my studies in the university of Edinburgh , my father fell into a ...
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... young ladies would make the better wives , be cause they had never been corrupted by the expen- sive pleasures of London , and had not been spoilt by the gay scenes of dissipation which it afforded . This argument would have weighed ...
... young ladies would make the better wives , be cause they had never been corrupted by the expen- sive pleasures of London , and had not been spoilt by the gay scenes of dissipation which it afforded . This argument would have weighed ...
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Cœlebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on ..., Volumen1 Hannah More Vista completa - 1809 |
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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...