Coelebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on Domestic Habits and Manners, Religion and MoralsThomas & William Bradford, 1810 |
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... heard my father remark , that he had , more than once , known a right - minded girl , who seemed to have been first taught of heaven , and afterwards supported in her Christian course under almost every human disadvantage ; who boldly ...
... heard my father remark , that he had , more than once , known a right - minded girl , who seemed to have been first taught of heaven , and afterwards supported in her Christian course under almost every human disadvantage ; who boldly ...
الصفحة 18
... heard this gentleman's deceased wife extolled as the mirror of managers , and the arrangements of his table highly commended , I was surprised to see it so ill appointed ,. and every thing wearing marks of palpable inelegance . Though ...
... heard this gentleman's deceased wife extolled as the mirror of managers , and the arrangements of his table highly commended , I was surprised to see it so ill appointed ,. and every thing wearing marks of palpable inelegance . Though ...
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... heard of Virgil . I arose from the table with a full conviction that it is very possible for a woman to be totally ignorant of the ordinary but indispensable duties of common life , without knowing one word of Latin ; and that her being ...
... heard of Virgil . I arose from the table with a full conviction that it is very possible for a woman to be totally ignorant of the ordinary but indispensable duties of common life , without knowing one word of Latin ; and that her being ...
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... heard the name of one clever man announced after another , " here , at least , I cannot fail to find . The feast of reason and the flow of soul : Here at least all the energies of my mind will be brought into ex- ercise . From this ...
... heard the name of one clever man announced after another , " here , at least , I cannot fail to find . The feast of reason and the flow of soul : Here at least all the energies of my mind will be brought into ex- ercise . From this ...
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... heard him venture to make use of his understanding before ; and I continued to find it much better than I had at first given him credit for . The lady observed , with some asperity , that where there were gifts and graces , it ...
... heard him venture to make use of his understanding before ; and I continued to find it much better than I had at first given him credit for . The lady observed , with some asperity , that where there were gifts and graces , it ...
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 60 - Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...