The British Essayists: GuardianJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... Female Dress - Letter to Pope Clement on the Tucker .. 141. On Wit - Life of the Author 142. Danger of Masquerades - Letter from a Dealer in Fig Leaves ............... ......... 143. Account of the Terrible Club 144. Variety of Humour ...
... Female Dress - Letter to Pope Clement on the Tucker .. 141. On Wit - Life of the Author 142. Danger of Masquerades - Letter from a Dealer in Fig Leaves ............... ......... 143. Account of the Terrible Club 144. Variety of Humour ...
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... the several gallantries he hourly used , before the coy female would consent to make him happy . When I saw in how many airy rings be was forced to pursue her ; how sometimes she tripped before him in a pretty pitty 125 . 11 THE GUARDIAN .
... the several gallantries he hourly used , before the coy female would consent to make him happy . When I saw in how many airy rings be was forced to pursue her ; how sometimes she tripped before him in a pretty pitty 125 . 11 THE GUARDIAN .
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... female parent , so suitable to their several sexes , I could not take my eye quickly from so en- tertaining an object ; nor could I help wishing , that creatures of a superior rank would so manifest their mutual affection , and so ...
... female parent , so suitable to their several sexes , I could not take my eye quickly from so en- tertaining an object ; nor could I help wishing , that creatures of a superior rank would so manifest their mutual affection , and so ...
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... female proselytes , you must convince them , that if they would get husbands , they must not show all before marriage . I am sure , had my wife been dressed before I married her as she is at present , she would have satisfied a good ...
... female proselytes , you must convince them , that if they would get husbands , they must not show all before marriage . I am sure , had my wife been dressed before I married her as she is at present , she would have satisfied a good ...
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... females . Providence , to supply this waste of the species , has made allowance for it by a suit- able redundancy in the ... female in- fants in every weekly bill of mortality . And what can be a more demonstrative argument for the super ...
... females . Providence , to supply this waste of the species , has made allowance for it by a suit- able redundancy in the ... female in- fants in every weekly bill of mortality . And what can be a more demonstrative argument for the super ...
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Página 225 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Página 224 - Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Página 225 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Página 225 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Página 46 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Página 53 - ... of such a trivial animal as I am. The morning after my exit, the sun will rise as bright as ever, the flowers smell as sweet, the plants spring as green, the world will proceed in its old course, people will laugh as heartily, and marry as fast, as they were used to do. The memory of man (as it is elegantly expressed in the Book of Wisdom) passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but one day.
Página 62 - And there we wrestled for the two greatest and dearest prizes we could ever expect trial for, honour and life. In which struggling my hand, having but an ordinary glove on it, lost one of her servants though the meanest; which hung by a skin, and to...
Página 68 - A GOOD conscience is to the soul what health is to the body : it preserves a constant ease and serenity within us, and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can possibly befal us.
Página 52 - Sickness is a sort of early old age ; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state, and inspires us with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers and divines. It gives so warning a concussion to those props of our vanity, our strength and youth, that we think of fortifying ourselves within, when there is so little dependence upon our outworks.
Página 53 - I am even as unconcerned as was that honest Hibernian, who being in bed in the great storm some years ago, and told the house would tumble over his head, made answer, " What care I for the house ? I am only a lodger.