Lives of Celebrated Women, المجلد 6Bradbury, Soden & Company, 1844 - 352 من الصفحات |
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... French revolution than the entire army and navy of Great Britain . Will any one pretend that these persons would have better fulfilled their destiny , if confined to the quiet precincts of the fireside ? If woman is only to be a ...
... French revolution than the entire army and navy of Great Britain . Will any one pretend that these persons would have better fulfilled their destiny , if confined to the quiet precincts of the fireside ? If woman is only to be a ...
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... French , music , and dancing . To the Christmas holidays she looked forward as a season of delight ; she had pre- pared a drama of six acts for the domestic entertain- ment , and the back parlor was to be fitted up for a theatre , her ...
... French , music , and dancing . To the Christmas holidays she looked forward as a season of delight ; she had pre- pared a drama of six acts for the domestic entertain- ment , and the back parlor was to be fitted up for a theatre , her ...
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... French- woman has the most ease in her manners that can possibly conceive of . " you In June , 1784 , Mr. Adams took up his residence in London . His situation and that of his wife was far from being a pleasant one . The hostile ...
... French- woman has the most ease in her manners that can possibly conceive of . " you In June , 1784 , Mr. Adams took up his residence in London . His situation and that of his wife was far from being a pleasant one . The hostile ...
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... French court . His " Eloge de Colbert , " which gained the prize in the French Academy in 1773 , and his essay on the corn laws , first drew towards him the attention of the public , which finally settled upon him as the only person ...
... French court . His " Eloge de Colbert , " which gained the prize in the French Academy in 1773 , and his essay on the corn laws , first drew towards him the attention of the public , which finally settled upon him as the only person ...
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... French custom , they were read ; but which in print appear flat enough . At the age of fifteen , she made her appearance before the great public as the author of an anonymous political pamphlet in defence of an act of her father's ...
... French custom , they were read ; but which in print appear flat enough . At the age of fifteen , she made her appearance before the great public as the author of an anonymous political pamphlet in defence of an act of her father's ...
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الصفحة 59 - I wish most sincerely there was not a slave in the province; it always appeared a most iniquitous scheme to me to fight ourselves for what we are daily robbing and plundering from those who have as good a right to freedom as we have.
الصفحة 74 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
الصفحة 61 - Dignity with ease and complacency, the gentleman and soldier, look agreeably blended In him. Modesty marks every line and feature of his face. Those lines of Dryden instantly occurred to me: — " Mark his majestic fabric ; he 'sa temple Sacred by birth, and built by hands divine; His soul 's the deity that lodges there; Nor is the pile unworthy of the god.
الصفحة 75 - My feelings are not those of pride or ostentation upon the occasion. "They are solemnized by a sense of the obligations, the important trusts, and numerous duties connected with it. That you may be enabled to discharge them with honor to yourself, with justice and impartiality to your country, and with satisfaction to this great people, shall be the daily prayer of your "AA...
الصفحة 42 - Compound of weakness and of strength, Mighty, yet ignorant of thy power ! Loftier than earth, or air, or sea, Yet meaner than the lowliest flower! Soaring towards heaven, yet clinging still To earth, by many a purer tie ! Longing to breathe a tender air, Yet fearing, trembling thus to die ! She was soon all cheerfulness and enjoyment.
الصفحة 145 - To those who know thee not, no words can paint ; And those who know thee, know all words are faint!
الصفحة 136 - Miss Reynolds told the doctor of all our rapturous exclamations on the road. He shook his scientific head at Hannah, and said, " She was a silly thing." When our visit was ended he called for his hat, (as it rained) to attend us down a very long entry to our coach, and not Rasselas could have acquitted himself more en cavalier. We are engaged with him at Sir Joshua's, Wednesday evening.
الصفحة 55 - You cannot be, I know, nor do I wish to see you, an inactive spectator but, if the sword be drawn, I bid adieu to all domestic felicity, and look forward to that country, where there are neither wars nor rumors of war, in a firm belief, that, through the mercy of its King, we shall both rejoice there together.
الصفحة 84 - Mifflin, and Dickenson, and Stewart, and Moylan, and Hartley, and a host of veterans, were cordially welcomed as old friends, and where many an interesting reminiscence was called up, of the head-quarters and the ' times of the revolution.' " On Sundays, unless the weather was uncommonly severe, the president and Mrs. Washington attended divine service at Christ Church ; and in the evenings, the president read to Mrs. Washington, in her chamber, a sermon, or some portion of the sacred writings.
الصفحة 63 - I went to bed about twelve, and rose again a little after one. I could no more sleep than if I had been in the engagement; the rattling of the windows, the jar of the house, the continual roar of twenty-four pounders, and the bursting of shells, give us such ideas, and realize a scene to us of which we could form scarcely any conception. About six, this morning, there was quiet. I rejoiced in a few hours