Cœlebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on Domestic Habits and Manners, Religion and Morals, Volume 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809 - Courtship |
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... afraid I know some husbands who would have had to encounter very ungracious looks , not to say words , if they had brought home even an angel , unexpectedly to dinner . Not so our general mother . • " Her dispatchful looks , " Her ...
... afraid I know some husbands who would have had to encounter very ungracious looks , not to say words , if they had brought home even an angel , unexpectedly to dinner . Not so our general mother . • " Her dispatchful looks , " Her ...
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... afraid of your being misled by the cap- tivating exterior of any woman who is greatly defi- cient either in sense or conduct ; but remember , my son , that there are many women against whose cha- racters there lies nothing very ...
... afraid of your being misled by the cap- tivating exterior of any woman who is greatly defi- cient either in sense or conduct ; but remember , my son , that there are many women against whose cha- racters there lies nothing very ...
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... afraid the poor father saw something of my disappointment in my countenance , for when we were alone in the evening , he observed , that a heavy addi- tion to his other causes of regret for the loss of his wife , was her excellent ...
... afraid the poor father saw something of my disappointment in my countenance , for when we were alone in the evening , he observed , that a heavy addi- tion to his other causes of regret for the loss of his wife , was her excellent ...
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... afraid . She talked as if activity were useless , and exertion unnecessary , and as if , like inanimate matter , we had nothing to do but to sit still and be shone upon . I assured her that though I depended on the mercy of God ...
... afraid . She talked as if activity were useless , and exertion unnecessary , and as if , like inanimate matter , we had nothing to do but to sit still and be shone upon . I assured her that though I depended on the mercy of God ...
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... afraid of being too early for their parties , are constantly on the watch , how to disburthen themselves for the intermedi- ate hour , of the heavy commodity time ; a raw ma- terial , which , as they seldom work up at home , they are ...
... afraid of being too early for their parties , are constantly on the watch , how to disburthen themselves for the intermedi- ate hour , of the heavy commodity time ; a raw ma- terial , which , as they seldom work up at home , they are ...
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Page 120 - Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.
Page 62 - Mind, mind alone, (bear witness, Earth and Heaven !) The living fountains in itself contains Of beauteous and sublime : here, hand in hand, Sit paramount the Graces ; here enthroned, Celestial Venus, with divinest airs, Invites the soul to never-fading joy.
Page 9 - Unpraised ; for nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote.
Page 16 - 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. I call education, not that which is made up of the shreds and patches of useless arts, but that which inculcates principles, polishes taste, regulates temper, cultivates reason, subdues the passions, directs the feelings, habituates the reflection, trains to self-denial, and, more especially,...
Page i - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 64 - Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene 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...
Page 12 - Whatever earth, all-bearing mother, yields In India, East or West, or middle shore In Pontus, or the Punic coast, or where Alcinous reign'd, fruit of all kinds, in coat Rough, or smooth rind, or bearded husk, or shell, She gathers, tribute large, and on the board Heaps with unsparing hand...
Page 63 - Is aught so fair In all the dewy landscapes of the spring, In the bright eye of Hesper, or the morn, In Nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair As virtuous friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others...
Page 194 - Every student should be emulously watchful that he do not diminish the stock of professional credit by his idleness ; he should be stimulated to individual exertion, by bearing in mind that the English clergy have always been allowed by foreigners to be the most learned body in the world.
Page 13 - Yet went she not, as not with such discourse Delighted, or not capable her ear Of what was high...