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 من الصفحات |
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... paffeth away like a fhadow ; and , with the per- fuafive force of truth , it would admonish them to im- prove the prefent moment ; to neglect no opportunity that prove ADDRESS , Addrefs to the Readers on the Value of Time.
... paffeth away like a fhadow ; and , with the per- fuafive force of truth , it would admonish them to im- prove the prefent moment ; to neglect no opportunity that prove ADDRESS , Addrefs to the Readers on the Value of Time.
الصفحة 7
... truth of the paffage ftruck me fo much , as to in- duce me to lay it before my readers . • Hours have wings , and fly up to the author of time , and carry news of our usage . All our prayers cannot entreat one of them either to return ...
... truth of the paffage ftruck me fo much , as to in- duce me to lay it before my readers . • Hours have wings , and fly up to the author of time , and carry news of our usage . All our prayers cannot entreat one of them either to return ...
الصفحة 8
... truth moft flourishes , which , if cultivated by a parent's or guardian's foftering hand , produces fruit an hundred fold . In the cheerful morn of life , when innocence attends thy footsteps , when the cheerful temper , the open ...
... truth moft flourishes , which , if cultivated by a parent's or guardian's foftering hand , produces fruit an hundred fold . In the cheerful morn of life , when innocence attends thy footsteps , when the cheerful temper , the open ...
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... truth of this , hath been proved by the people of the Eaft , who , joining together a sense of their own weakness and a brutal paffion , have regarded women as dangerous companions , against whom they must be on their guard : therefore ...
... truth of this , hath been proved by the people of the Eaft , who , joining together a sense of their own weakness and a brutal paffion , have regarded women as dangerous companions , against whom they must be on their guard : therefore ...
الصفحة 21
... , and instruction which only truth can give . Those striking pictures that are displayed in the an- nals of the human race , are highly proper to direct the judgment judgment , and form the heart . Women have at ON STUDIES FOR WOMEN . 21.
... , and instruction which only truth can give . Those striking pictures that are displayed in the an- nals of the human race , are highly proper to direct the judgment judgment , and form the heart . Women have at ON STUDIES FOR WOMEN . 21.
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الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 95 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 414 - We'll form their minds with studious care, To all that's manly, good, and fair, And train them for the skies.