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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... possesses the requisites of wealth and fashion to enable her to revenge her present wrongs on the past generation of beauties , and in her turn to triumph over the succeeding . This reflection leads me to that pas- sion for genteel ...
... possesses the requisites of wealth and fashion to enable her to revenge her present wrongs on the past generation of beauties , and in her turn to triumph over the succeeding . This reflection leads me to that pas- sion for genteel ...
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... possessed of such a super- ficial knowledge of religion as the fashion of the present day , and the time allotted to the acquisition of po- c 3 lite lite accomplishments , seem to permit . Such a one 19 the circulating library for means ...
... possessed of such a super- ficial knowledge of religion as the fashion of the present day , and the time allotted to the acquisition of po- c 3 lite lite accomplishments , seem to permit . Such a one 19 the circulating library for means ...
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... possess the consciousness of a sound understanding , and such pertinacity of temper as disposes her to independent thinking , is there not great danger of her adopting the lead- ing dogmas of that indefatigable sect , which teaches us ...
... possess the consciousness of a sound understanding , and such pertinacity of temper as disposes her to independent thinking , is there not great danger of her adopting the lead- ing dogmas of that indefatigable sect , which teaches us ...
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... possesses many excellent and engaging qualities , the helm is seldom managed with adroitness , and the ship is rarely able to veer , to tack , and to scud before the wind , till very late in the voyage : I cannot , therefore , think it ...
... possesses many excellent and engaging qualities , the helm is seldom managed with adroitness , and the ship is rarely able to veer , to tack , and to scud before the wind , till very late in the voyage : I cannot , therefore , think it ...
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... possessing a claim to self- enjoyment . Those restraints of barba- rous policy under which Mahometan and Gentoo women labour , are still more injurious to our genuine cha- racter , than the dangerous exertions of Patagonian divers , or ...
... possessing a claim to self- enjoyment . Those restraints of barba- rous policy under which Mahometan and Gentoo women labour , are still more injurious to our genuine cha- racter , than the dangerous exertions of Patagonian divers , or ...
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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.