Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, and HistoricalTicknor and Fields, 1865 - 467 páginas |
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... never conceived such an impossible idea . MEDON . Then , in a few words , what is the subject , and what the object , of your book ? ALDA . I have endeavoured to illustrate the various modifications of which the female character is sus ...
... never conceived such an impossible idea . MEDON . Then , in a few words , what is the subject , and what the object , of your book ? ALDA . I have endeavoured to illustrate the various modifications of which the female character is sus ...
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... never be . MEDON . You would , at least , stand a better chance of being read . ALDA . I am not sure of that . The vile taste for satire and personal gossip will not be eradicated , I sup- pose , while the elements of curiosity and ...
... never be . MEDON . You would , at least , stand a better chance of being read . ALDA . I am not sure of that . The vile taste for satire and personal gossip will not be eradicated , I sup- pose , while the elements of curiosity and ...
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... never corrected a vice . Pope might be proud of the terror he inspired in those who feared no God ; in whom vanity was stronger than conscience : but that terror made no individual man better ; and while he indulged his own besetting ...
... never corrected a vice . Pope might be proud of the terror he inspired in those who feared no God ; in whom vanity was stronger than conscience : but that terror made no individual man better ; and while he indulged his own besetting ...
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... never heard , or disdains to speak ; of those which have been handed down to us by many dif- ferent authorities under different aspects we cannot judge without prejudice ; in others there occur certain chasms which it is difficult to ...
... never heard , or disdains to speak ; of those which have been handed down to us by many dif- ferent authorities under different aspects we cannot judge without prejudice ; in others there occur certain chasms which it is difficult to ...
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... never talk politics . ALDA . Indeed I do , when I can get any one to listen to me ; but I prefer listening . As for ... never gen- eralize in politics ; never argue on any broad or general principle ; never reason from a considera- tion ...
... never talk politics . ALDA . Indeed I do , when I can get any one to listen to me ; but I prefer listening . As for ... never gen- eralize in politics ; never argue on any broad or general principle ; never reason from a considera- tion ...
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Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, and Historical, Volume 1 Mrs. Jameson (Anna) Visualização integral - 1833 |
Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical, and Historical Anna Brownell Jameson,Mrs. Jameson (Anna) Visualização integral - 1858 |
Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, and Historical, Volume 1 Mrs. Jameson (Anna) Visualização integral - 1858 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
acter admirable affection ALDA Anna Bullen Antigone Antony APOLLODORUS ARSINOE Bassanio Beatrice beauty Benedick Bretagne Cæsar Camiola character charm CHARMIAN CLEOPATRA coloring Constance Cordelia Coriolanus CYMBELINE daughter death delicacy Desdemona dignity dramatic Elinor eloquence exquisite eyes fancy father fear feeling female feminine fond gentle grace grief Hamlet hath heart heaven Helena Henry Hermione heroine honor husband Iago imagination Imogen intellect Isabella Juliet Katherine king Lady Macbeth Lear Leontes lord lover madam Madame de Staël marriage MEDON mind Miranda mistress moral mother nature ness never noble Octavia once Ophelia Othello passion patra Perdita pity placed play poetical poetry Portia portrait Posthumus pride prince queen Romeo Romeo and Juliet Rosalind scene scorn sense sentiment Shak Shakspeare Shakspeare's Shylock simplicity soft soul speak spirit story sweet temper tenderness thee thing thou tion tragedy true truth Viola virtue Volumnia whole wife Wolsey woman women words
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Página 411 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, • Against the use of nature...
Página 115 - My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.
Página 61 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Página 75 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath; it is twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes...
Página 163 - I'd have you do it ever : when you sing, I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so ; and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you A wave o...
Página 417 - Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Página 359 - You are my true and honourable wife; As dear to me, as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart.
Página 75 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Página 165 - Give me those flowers there, Dorcas. Reverend sirs, For you there's rosemary and rue ; these keep Seeming and savour all the winter long : Grace and remembrance be to you both, And welcome to our shearing ! Pol.
Página 4 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.