Coelebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on Domestic Habits and Manners, Religion and MoralsThomas & William Bradford, 1810 |
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... attention even to cxternal elegance , in his whole delineation , ascribing grace to her steps , and dignity to her gesture . He uniformly keeps up the same combination of intellectual worth and pollished manners ; For softness she , and ...
... attention even to cxternal elegance , in his whole delineation , ascribing grace to her steps , and dignity to her gesture . He uniformly keeps up the same combination of intellectual worth and pollished manners ; For softness she , and ...
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... attention to an ingenious gentleman who was about to give an interesting account of Egypt , where he had spent a year , and from whence he was lately returned . He was just got to the catacombs , When on a sudden open fly , With ...
... attention to an ingenious gentleman who was about to give an interesting account of Egypt , where he had spent a year , and from whence he was lately returned . He was just got to the catacombs , When on a sudden open fly , With ...
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... attention They were extremely glad , and extremely sorry , on subjects not calcu- lated to excite affections of any kind . They were animated about trifles , and indifferent on things of importance They were . I must confess , frank and ...
... attention They were extremely glad , and extremely sorry , on subjects not calcu- lated to excite affections of any kind . They were animated about trifles , and indifferent on things of importance They were . I must confess , frank and ...
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... attention ; and while the guilty associates in their crimes were shunned with abhorrence by these very ladies , the specious undoers . were not only received with complaisance , but there was a sort of competition who should be most ...
... attention ; and while the guilty associates in their crimes were shunned with abhorrence by these very ladies , the specious undoers . were not only received with complaisance , but there was a sort of competition who should be most ...
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... attention , he is sure to be treated with particular kindness by Mrs. Stanley , and the diffident never fail to be encouraged , and the mo- dest to be brought forward , by the kindness and refinement of her attentions When we were ...
... attention , he is sure to be treated with particular kindness by Mrs. Stanley , and the diffident never fail to be encouraged , and the mo- dest to be brought forward , by the kindness and refinement of her attentions When we were ...
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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...