Cœlebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on Domestic Habits and Manners, Religion and Morals, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809 |
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... confess with shame , " said Sir John , " that the spirit , fire , and knowledge of mankind , of the wri- ters to whom you allude , have made me too gene- rally indulgent to their gross pictures of life , and to the loose morals of their ...
... confess with shame , " said Sir John , " that the spirit , fire , and knowledge of mankind , of the wri- ters to whom you allude , have made me too gene- rally indulgent to their gross pictures of life , and to the loose morals of their ...
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... confess , " said Lady Belfield , as we entered the house , " that it never occurred to me that it was any part of charity to train my children to the habit of sa- crificing their time or their pleasure for the benefit of others , though ...
... confess , " said Lady Belfield , as we entered the house , " that it never occurred to me that it was any part of charity to train my children to the habit of sa- crificing their time or their pleasure for the benefit of others , though ...
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... confess that no man had ever more and stronger prejudices to combat than myself . I mean not my own exculpation , when I add , that the imprudence , the want of judgment , and above all the incongruous mixtures and inconsistencies in ...
... confess that no man had ever more and stronger prejudices to combat than myself . I mean not my own exculpation , when I add , that the imprudence , the want of judgment , and above all the incongruous mixtures and inconsistencies in ...
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... , or the decorums of her sex , she may be shining , she may be showy , she may be amusing , but she cannot , properly speaking , be agreeable . Miss Sparkes , I very reluctantly confess , does sometimes make 58 CŒLEBS .
... , or the decorums of her sex , she may be shining , she may be showy , she may be amusing , but she cannot , properly speaking , be agreeable . Miss Sparkes , I very reluctantly confess , does sometimes make 58 CŒLEBS .
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... confess , does sometimes make these sacrifices , in a degree to make her friends look about them , though not in a degree to alarm her own principles . She would not tell a direct false- hood for the world : she does not indeed invent ...
... confess , does sometimes make these sacrifices , in a degree to make her friends look about them , though not in a degree to alarm her own principles . She would not tell a direct false- hood for the world : she does not indeed invent ...
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Cœlebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on ..., Volume 2 Hannah More Visualização integral - 1809 |
Cœlebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on ..., Volume 2 Hannah More Visualização integral - 1810 |
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admiration affection allow amused barouche Beggar's opera believe Bible blessing called Carlton Celia CHAP character charity Christ Christian church confess conversation cordial creature curricle daugh daughter dear delight divine divine grace Doctor Barlow doctrines duty eternal evil expence expressed eyes faith fancy father faults favour fear feel Flam fondness friends garden girl give grace Grove habits hand happiness heart hope human humility John Henry Hobart judgment Lady Aston Lady Belfield live look Lord Lucilla ment mind Miss Sparkes Miss Stanley moral mother nature ness never nosegays observed opinion Phoebe piety pleasure poor principle profession racter Ranby religion religious replied scripture seemed sense shew sincerity Sir John Belfield smiling speak spirit Stanley's sure talents taste tell Temple of Friendship thing thought tion told trust truth Tyrrel vanity virtues walk whole wish woman worldly young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 199 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Página 187 - 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.
Página 163 - BLESSED is he that considereth the poor and needy : the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble.
Página 99 - in their course of action describe a smaller circle than men ; but the perfection of a circle consists not in its dimensions, but in its correctness. There may be...
Página 173 - 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.
Página 117 - To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him...
Página 250 - Primitive truth and order vindicated from modern misrepresentation: with a defence of Episcopacy, particularly that of Scotland, against an attack made on it, by the late Dr. Campbell of Aberdeen in his lectures on ecclesiastical history: and a concluding address.
Página 249 - Christian Institutes; or, the Sincere Word of God. Being a plain and impartial Account of the whole Faith and Duty of a Christian. Collected out of the Writings of the Old and New Testament...
Página 144 - And let such women as are disposed to be vain of their comparatively petty attainments, look up with admiration to those two contemporary shining examples, the venerable Elizabeth Carter, and the blooming Elizabeth Smith. I knew them both, and to know was to revere them. In them let our young ladies contemplate profound and various learning chastised by true Christian humility. In them let them venerate acquirements which would have been distinguished in a university, meekly softened, and beautifully...
Página 152 - Happily,' resumed Mr. Stanley, ' a religious man knows the worst he is likely to suffer. In the present established state of things, he is not called, as in the first ages of Christianity, to be made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men ; but he must submit to be assailed by three different descriptions of persons.