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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... tion . Nor are the evils consequent on a life of dissipation the only dangers that young ladies may now dread . In retirement , they are haunted by ano- ther species of enemies , no less alarm- ing to their understandings , to their ...
... tion . Nor are the evils consequent on a life of dissipation the only dangers that young ladies may now dread . In retirement , they are haunted by ano- ther species of enemies , no less alarm- ing to their understandings , to their ...
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... tion . If she 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 ...
... tion . If she 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 ...
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... tion on the demands of good neighbour- hood , must expect to live disliked or despised : they are indeed punished for their rebellion to general laws , by grow- ing morose , narrow - minded ,. or whim- sical , and by contracting such ...
... tion on the demands of good neighbour- hood , must expect to live disliked or despised : they are indeed punished for their rebellion to general laws , by grow- ing morose , narrow - minded ,. or whim- sical , and by contracting such ...
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... will arise to exercise our care and love , and to convince us that we do not live for ourselves alone . A third genera tion , too , generally steps forth , in whom whom the active calls of earlier life again revive . 53.
... will arise to exercise our care and love , and to convince us that we do not live for ourselves alone . A third genera tion , too , generally steps forth , in whom whom the active calls of earlier life again revive . 53.
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... tion , was prohibited from adopting the incentives allowed to the courtezan , who avowed her aim by sacrificing mo- desty to allurement . It is true , the figures of these unhappy women , light- ly shaded with loose drapery , supplied ...
... tion , was prohibited from adopting the incentives allowed to the courtezan , who avowed her aim by sacrificing mo- desty to allurement . It is true , the figures of these unhappy women , light- ly shaded with loose drapery , supplied ...
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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.