The Lady's Preceptor: Or, a Series of Instructive and Pleasing Exercises in Reading; for the Particular Use of Females; Consisting of a Selection of Moral Essays, Narratives, Letters, ... By Mr. Cresswick, ...G.G.J. and J. Robinson, and Hookham and Carpenter, 1792 - 425 páginas |
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... never fo clear , it may be clouded by their imperti- nence . It is like our houses being in the power of a drunken or a careless neighbour : only fo much worse , as that there will be no infurance here to make you amends , as there is ...
... never fo clear , it may be clouded by their imperti- nence . It is like our houses being in the power of a drunken or a careless neighbour : only fo much worse , as that there will be no infurance here to make you amends , as there is ...
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... never to be blamed ; but when they are used to an excefs , though very innocent at first , they of- ten grow to be criminal , and never fail to be imper- tinent . Some ladies are befpoken for merry meetings , as Beffus was for duels ...
... never to be blamed ; but when they are used to an excefs , though very innocent at first , they of- ten grow to be criminal , and never fail to be imper- tinent . Some ladies are befpoken for merry meetings , as Beffus was for duels ...
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... never part ; let them be your guardian angels , and be fure never to ftray out of the distance of their joint pro- tection . May you fo raise your character , that you may help to make the next age a better thing , and leave pof- terity ...
... never part ; let them be your guardian angels , and be fure never to ftray out of the distance of their joint pro- tection . May you fo raise your character , that you may help to make the next age a better thing , and leave pof- terity ...
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... never happier than in the purfuit of the destruction of some beauteous , innocent , and too eafy believing fair one , What a melancholy confideration is it , that there are so many in the prefent day continually flying in the face of ...
... never happier than in the purfuit of the destruction of some beauteous , innocent , and too eafy believing fair one , What a melancholy confideration is it , that there are so many in the prefent day continually flying in the face of ...
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... never can re- pay the whole ) of that immense debt you owe for all the pains and fears formerly fuffered , and for all the un- alterable anxieties daily experienced , on your account . Per- Perhaps you are the only daughter , perhaps ...
... never can re- pay the whole ) of that immense debt you owe for all the pains and fears formerly fuffered , and for all the un- alterable anxieties daily experienced , on your account . Per- Perhaps you are the only daughter , perhaps ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 387 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign ; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance : commits his body To painful labour, both by sea and land...
Página 228 - Since nought so stockish, hard and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature. The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night And his affections dark as Erebus : Let no such man be trusted.
Página 222 - Are most select and generous, chief in that. Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all : to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Página 285 - They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd and fiery arms: Some natural tears they...
Página 95 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Página 237 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Página 306 - He that holds fast the golden mean And lives contentedly between The little and the great Feels not the wants that pinch the poor Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state.
Página 412 - As— she may not be fond to resign. 1 have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeons breed, But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue.
Página 303 - In vain I look around O'er all the well-known ground, My Lucy's wonted footsteps to descry ; Where oft we us'd to walk, Where oft in tender talk We saw the summer Sun go down the sky...
Página 414 - We'll form their minds with studious care, To all that's manly, good, and fair, And train them for the skies.