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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... Delighted , or not capable her ear Of what was high - such pleasure she reserved , Adam relating , the sole auditress On perusing , however , the tete - a - tete which her absence occasioned , methinks I hear some sprightly lady , fresh ...
... Delighted , or not capable her ear Of what was high - such pleasure she reserved , Adam relating , the sole auditress On perusing , however , the tete - a - tete which her absence occasioned , methinks I hear some sprightly lady , fresh ...
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... delights worthy of a rational , feel- ing , intellectual , immortal man ; sole bliss of Paradise Which has surviv'd the fall . : This inclination had been much increased by my father's turn of conversation . He often said to me , " I ...
... delights worthy of a rational , feel- ing , intellectual , immortal man ; sole bliss of Paradise Which has surviv'd the fall . : This inclination had been much increased by my father's turn of conversation . He often said to me , " I ...
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... delightful hope that she will be a companion for eternity . " After this soliloquy , I was frightened to reflect that so much was requisite ; and yet when I began to consider in which ar- ticle I could make any abatement , I was willing ...
... delightful hope that she will be a companion for eternity . " After this soliloquy , I was frightened to reflect that so much was requisite ; and yet when I began to consider in which ar- ticle I could make any abatement , I was willing ...
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... delight . I flattered myself that every dinner would add to my stock of images ; that every debate would clear up some difficulty , every discussion elucidate some truth ; that every allusion would be purely classical , every 1 every ...
... delight . I flattered myself that every dinner would add to my stock of images ; that every debate would clear up some difficulty , every discussion elucidate some truth ; that every allusion would be purely classical , every 1 every ...
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... and the day from which I had promised myself so much be- nefit and delight passed away with a very slender acquisition of either . CHAP CHAP . V. I WENT almost immediately after , at CŒLEBS . 45 desultory chat with my next neighbour; ...
... and the day from which I had promised myself so much be- nefit and delight passed away with a very slender acquisition of either . CHAP CHAP . V. I WENT almost immediately after , at CŒLEBS . 45 desultory chat with my next neighbour; ...
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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.