Coelebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on Domestic Habits and Manners, Religion and MoralsThomas & William Bradford, 1810 |
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... John Faustus to the publica- tion of Cœlebs . But whether my friend or my vanity had the largest share of in- . fluence , I am willing to indulge the hope that a better motive than either friendship or vanity was an operating ingredient ...
... John Faustus to the publica- tion of Cœlebs . But whether my friend or my vanity had the largest share of in- . fluence , I am willing to indulge the hope that a better motive than either friendship or vanity was an operating ingredient ...
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... John Faustus to the publica- tion of Celebs . But whether my friend or my vanity had the largest share of in- . fluence , I am willing to indulge the hope that a better motive than either friendship or vanity was an operating ingredient ...
... John Faustus to the publica- tion of Celebs . But whether my friend or my vanity had the largest share of in- . fluence , I am willing to indulge the hope that a better motive than either friendship or vanity was an operating ingredient ...
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... John Belfield , in Cavendish - square . I looked at my watch fifty times . I thought it would never be six o'clock . I did not care to show my country- breeding , by going too early to incommode my friend , nor my town breeding , by ...
... John Belfield , in Cavendish - square . I looked at my watch fifty times . I thought it would never be six o'clock . I did not care to show my country- breeding , by going too early to incommode my friend , nor my town breeding , by ...
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... John and Lady Belfield , however , kept up a large general acquaintance ; and it is not easy to continue to associate with the world , without retaining something of its spirit . Their standard of morals was high , compared with that of ...
... John and Lady Belfield , however , kept up a large general acquaintance ; and it is not easy to continue to associate with the world , without retaining something of its spirit . Their standard of morals was high , compared with that of ...
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... John Belfield was become a pleasant kind of home to me . He and his lady seldom went out in an evening . Happy in each other and in their children , though they lived much with the rational , they associated as little as they thought ...
... John Belfield was become a pleasant kind of home to me . He and his lady seldom went out in an evening . Happy in each other and in their children , though they lived much with the rational , they associated as little as they thought ...
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acquaintance admiration affection allow amusement Aston Hall attention Barlow beauty Bible Carlton censure CHAP character charity cheerful Christian Comfit confess conversation creature curricle daugh daughters dear delight dinner divine divine grace doctrines duty elegant eternal evil excellent eyes father faults favour fear feel Flam flowers fondness gible girl give grace Grove habits happiness hear heard heart honour hope human husband indulgence kind labour Lady Aston Lady Belfield learning less ligion live look Lucilla marriage ment mind Miss Sparkes Miss Stanley moral mother nature never nosegay object observed opinion passion persons Phoebe piety pious pleasure poet poor principle profession Ranby religion religious replied scripture seemed sense Sir John Belfield smiling soon speak spirit sure talents taste temper Temple of Friendship thing thought tion truth Tyrrel vanity virtue whole wife wish woman young
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Página 62 - Oh ! if women in general knew what was their real interest ! if they could guess with what a charm even the appearance of modesty invests its possessor, they would dress decorously from mere self-love, if not from principle. The designing would assume modesty as an artifice, the coquet would adopt it as an allurement, the pure as her appropriate attraction, and the voluptuous as the most infallible art of seduction.
Página 60 - Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.
Página 102 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered ; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the Last Days.
Página 30 - 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 3 - 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.
Página 12 - 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.
Página 94 - And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself; But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now.
Página 30 - O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of...