Letters to a Young Lady: In which the Duties and Character of Women are Considered, Chiefly with a Reference to Prevailing Opinions, Volumen1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 466 páginas |
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Página vii
... attempted to stem this torrent , the observation which the author formerly made respecting young men was equally true of women . The extremes of society were chiefly at- tended to ; and if we judged by the style generally used by the ...
... attempted to stem this torrent , the observation which the author formerly made respecting young men was equally true of women . The extremes of society were chiefly at- tended to ; and if we judged by the style generally used by the ...
Página xii
... attempted to ex- plain in detail ; and by supplying what an impartial review taught her to think deficient in her former work . As these admonitions are chiefly de- signed for readers whose time is occu- pied in pursuits and duties ...
... attempted to ex- plain in detail ; and by supplying what an impartial review taught her to think deficient in her former work . As these admonitions are chiefly de- signed for readers whose time is occu- pied in pursuits and duties ...
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... attempts which taught me that it was easier to please the candid and ju- dicious , than to propitiate the multi- tude , when unsanctioned by the pa tronage of a mighty name , and unre- commended by a blamable sacrifice to false ...
... attempts which taught me that it was easier to please the candid and ju- dicious , than to propitiate the multi- tude , when unsanctioned by the pa tronage of a mighty name , and unre- commended by a blamable sacrifice to false ...
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... ( to us ) important topic ; yet as the evil visibly gains ground , and even threatens to subvert all distinctions in society , all attempts to place in a clear clear point of view the absurdity of endeavouring to impose 14.
... ( to us ) important topic ; yet as the evil visibly gains ground , and even threatens to subvert all distinctions in society , all attempts to place in a clear clear point of view the absurdity of endeavouring to impose 14.
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... attempt , you will enable me to embark in it with the same sincerity , and nearly equal solici tude . Whatever the pretended cos mopolites may boast of the effects of universal philanthropy and general be- nevolence , we must embody ...
... attempt , you will enable me to embark in it with the same sincerity , and nearly equal solici tude . Whatever the pretended cos mopolites may boast of the effects of universal philanthropy and general be- nevolence , we must embody ...
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Letters to a Young Lady: In which the Duties and Character of ..., Volumen1 Jane West Vista completa - 1806 |
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Página 206 - The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground ; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Página 154 - An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven!
Página 89 - Next for poor suffering guilt ; and, last of all, For parents, friends, a king and country's fall. Mark her fair votaries, prodigal of grief, . With cureless pangs, and woes that mock relief, Droop in soft sorrow o'er a faded flower ; O'er a dead jack-ass...
Página 322 - Whatsoever ye would that others should do to you, do ye even so to them.
Página i - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Página 445 - The true, lively, and justifying faith, and the spirit of GOD justifying, is not extinguished, doth not utterly fail, doth not vanish away in the elect, either finally or totally.
Página 458 - It may be answered, that in these realms she is the constituted guardian of the national religion, and is therefore legally empowered to execute the divine command of " contending earnestly for " the faith once delivered to the
Página 251 - Grace was in all her steps, Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Página 176 - , is manifestly inconsistent with "itself; and, in my opinion, the three posses" sives are all wrong : ' The kitchen too now "'begins to give dreadful note of preparation; " ' not from armorers accomplishing the knights, " 'but from the shopmaid's chopping force-meat, "'the apprentice's cleaning knives, and the " 'journeyman's receiving a practical lesson in "'the art of waiting at table.
Página 446 - No man is able to come to Christ, unless it be given him, and unless the Father draw him: and all men are not drawn by the Father, that they may come to his Son. 9. It is not in the will or power of every man to be saved.