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Página 90
While the ladies work , let one person read distinctly and deliberately , making
proper pauses for remarks and observations ; these will furnish conversation for a
while ; when it begins to tlag , let the reader go on , till fresh matter supplies fresh
...
While the ladies work , let one person read distinctly and deliberately , making
proper pauses for remarks and observations ; these will furnish conversation for a
while ; when it begins to tlag , let the reader go on , till fresh matter supplies fresh
...
Página 94
That persons of eminent talents and attainments in literature have been often
complained of asdogmatical , boisterous ... To reject wisdom , because the
person of him who communicates it is uncouth , and his manners are inelegant -
what is it ...
That persons of eminent talents and attainments in literature have been often
complained of asdogmatical , boisterous ... To reject wisdom , because the
person of him who communicates it is uncouth , and his manners are inelegant -
what is it ...
Página 98
The dress of a man is almost invariably an indication of his habit of mind : I do not
mean to assert , that by a red coat you can positively swear to his valour , or by a
black one to his integrity ; but from his general manner of adorning his person ...
The dress of a man is almost invariably an indication of his habit of mind : I do not
mean to assert , that by a red coat you can positively swear to his valour , or by a
black one to his integrity ; but from his general manner of adorning his person ...
Página 79
... to fling in an observation or two like the chorus of a Greek play , when the
persons of the dialogue are taking breath . ... a short review of our absent
neighbour ' s conduct , a general conversation took place , each addressing the
person who ...
... to fling in an observation or two like the chorus of a Greek play , when the
persons of the dialogue are taking breath . ... a short review of our absent
neighbour ' s conduct , a general conversation took place , each addressing the
person who ...
Página 150
person , and a set of fiue features , are valuable things , but they are not always to
be trusted ; they may conceal tenspers and dispositions very different from those
one should have expected to find : and bitterer than wormwood must then be ...
person , and a set of fiue features , are valuable things , but they are not always to
be trusted ; they may conceal tenspers and dispositions very different from those
one should have expected to find : and bitterer than wormwood must then be ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
able appear attention beauty become called cause character church common concern consider continued conversation desire discovered dress effect example excellences fashion fear frequently furnish give half hand happiness hear heart honour hope human indulge interest kind knowledge lady learned leave less letter lives look lord manners matter means mind moral morning mothers nature never objects obliged observed occasion once opinion passed perhaps person pleased pleasure Podrida politeness present produce proper prove readers reason received reflections religion remarks ridiculous seems sense short sometimes sufficient superior suppose thing thought tion travellers truth turn vice virtue whole wish writers young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 143 - When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Página 133 - When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail...
Página 26 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Página 134 - While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Página 148 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Página 135 - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children : That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments...
Página 139 - And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
Página 147 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Página 26 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Página 148 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry ; her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband is known in the gates when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | The British Prose Writers, Volume 18,Partes 1-2 The British Prose Writers |
| Editora | J. Sharpe, 1821 |
| Original de | a Biblioteca Pública de Nova Iorque |
| Digitalizado | 14 Nov 2006 |
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