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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... characters move in the quiet and regular course of do- mestic life . I found them placed in no diffi- cult situations . It was a scene rather favour- able to reflection than description . Social intercourse , and not striking events ...
... characters move in the quiet and regular course of do- mestic life . I found them placed in no diffi- cult situations . It was a scene rather favour- able to reflection than description . Social intercourse , and not striking events ...
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... characters have been too industriously brought for- ward , and their faults somewhat too severely treated , let it be remembered , that while it is one of the principal objects of the work , to animadvert on those very faults , it has ...
... characters have been too industriously brought for- ward , and their faults somewhat too severely treated , let it be remembered , that while it is one of the principal objects of the work , to animadvert on those very faults , it has ...
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... characters , and even on the errors of some who would be astonished not to find themselves reckoned altogether reli- gious . I have not so much animadverted on the unavoidable faults and frailties insepa- rable from humanity , even in ...
... characters , and even on the errors of some who would be astonished not to find themselves reckoned altogether reli- gious . I have not so much animadverted on the unavoidable faults and frailties insepa- rable from humanity , even in ...
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... character of Eve in her state of innocence , as drawn by our immor- tal poet , to hear objections started by those , from whom of all critics I should have least expected it - the ladies . I confess that as the Sophia of Rousseau had ...
... character of Eve in her state of innocence , as drawn by our immor- tal poet , to hear objections started by those , from whom of all critics I should have least expected it - the ladies . I confess that as the Sophia of Rousseau had ...
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... character of a wife , To study household good , And good works in her husband to promote . Now according to my notion of " house- hold good , " which does not include one idea of drudgery or servility , but which in- volves a large and ...
... character of a wife , To study household good , And good works in her husband to promote . Now according to my notion of " house- hold good , " which does not include one idea of drudgery or servility , but which in- volves a large and ...
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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 |
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Página 8 - Unpraised ; for nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote.
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 95 - 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 14 - Yet went she not, as not with such discourse Delighted, or not capable her ear Of what was high...
Página 12 - Heaven." 330 So saying, with dispatchful looks in haste She turns, on hospitable thoughts intent What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change...
Página 307 - This is eternal life, to know God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent. I desire to know nothing, save Jesus Christ. The natural man cannot know the things of the Spirit of God, The world by wisdom knew not God ; ' and a hundred other such passages, Tyrrel.
Página 20 - 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 97 - 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 97 - Look then abroad through nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, 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...
Página 47 - The intricate wards, and every bolt and bar Of massy iron or solid rock with ease Unfastens : on a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring Sound The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus.