Cœlebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on Domestic Habits and Manners, Religion and Morals, Volume 1J. West [et. al.], 1810 - 292 páginas |
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... Ranby , to pass a few days at his villa at Hampstead . Mr. and Mrs. Ranby were es- teemed pious persons , but having risen to great affluence by a sudden turn of fortune in a com- mercial engagement , they had a little self - suf ...
... Ranby , to pass a few days at his villa at Hampstead . Mr. and Mrs. Ranby were es- teemed pious persons , but having risen to great affluence by a sudden turn of fortune in a com- mercial engagement , they had a little self - suf ...
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... Ranby's table was " more than hospitably . good . " There was not the least suspicion of Latin here . The eulogist of female ignorance might have dined in comfortable security against the intrusion and vanity of erudition . She had ...
... Ranby's table was " more than hospitably . good . " There was not the least suspicion of Latin here . The eulogist of female ignorance might have dined in comfortable security against the intrusion and vanity of erudition . She had ...
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... Ranby was not unacquainted with the subject , and expressed herself with energy on many serious points . I could have been glad , however , to have seen her views a little more practical , and her spirit a little less censorious . I saw ...
... Ranby was not unacquainted with the subject , and expressed herself with energy on many serious points . I could have been glad , however , to have seen her views a little more practical , and her spirit a little less censorious . I saw ...
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... Ranby said , " she should be more angry with them for their irregularity , were it not that Mr. Ranby obstinately persisted in reading a printed form , which she was persuaded could not do any body much good . " The poor man , who was ...
... Ranby said , " she should be more angry with them for their irregularity , were it not that Mr. Ranby obstinately persisted in reading a printed form , which she was persuaded could not do any body much good . " The poor man , who was ...
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... Ranby's religious plan . She fancied , I believe , that it savored of works , and of works she was evidently afraid.— She talked as if activity were useless , and exertion unnecessary , and as if , like inanimate matter , we had nothing ...
... Ranby's religious plan . She fancied , I believe , that it savored of works , and of works she was evidently afraid.— She talked as if activity were useless , and exertion unnecessary , and as if , like inanimate matter , we had nothing ...
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