Coelebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on Domestic Habits and Manners, Religion and MoralsThomas & William Bradford, 1810 |
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... turn of conversation . He often said to me , " I know your domestic pro- pensities ; and I know , therefore , that the whole colour of your fu- ture life will be , in a particular manner , determined by the turn of mind of the woman you ...
... turn of conversation . He often said to me , " I know your domestic pro- pensities ; and I know , therefore , that the whole colour of your fu- ture life will be , in a particular manner , determined by the turn of mind of the woman you ...
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... Turning suddenly to the eldest lady , I asked her at once if she did not think Virgil the finest poet in the world . She blushed , and thus confirmed me in the opinion that her modesty was equal to her erudition . I repeated my question ...
... Turning suddenly to the eldest lady , I asked her at once if she did not think Virgil the finest poet in the world . She blushed , and thus confirmed me in the opinion that her modesty was equal to her erudition . I repeated my question ...
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... turn ; and here the conversation , through the difficulty of our being intelli- gible to each other , dropped ; and I am persuaded that I sunk much lower in their esteem for not being acquainted with their favourite authors , than they ...
... turn ; and here the conversation , through the difficulty of our being intelli- gible to each other , dropped ; and I am persuaded that I sunk much lower in their esteem for not being acquainted with their favourite authors , than they ...
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... turn of fortune in a commercial engagement , they had a little self - sufficiency , and not a little disposition to as- cribe an undue importance to wealth . This I should have thought more pardonable under their circumstances , had I ...
... turn of fortune in a commercial engagement , they had a little self - sufficiency , and not a little disposition to as- cribe an undue importance to wealth . This I should have thought more pardonable under their circumstances , had I ...
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... and the secret prevalence of corruption within and authority should be called in where admonition fails " : The conversation after dinner took a religious turn . Mrs. Ran- by was not unacquainted with the subject , and expressed CŒLEBS .
... and the secret prevalence of corruption within and authority should be called in where admonition fails " : The conversation after dinner took a religious turn . Mrs. Ran- by was not unacquainted with the subject , and expressed CŒLEBS .
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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...