Essays, Addressed to Young Married Women: By Mrs. GriffithT. Cadell; and J. Robson, 1782 - 124 Seiten |
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By Mrs. Griffith Elizabeth Griffith. THE FOLLOWING ESSAYS ARE ( BY PERMISSION ) MOST HUMBLY INSCRIBED TO HER MAJESTY , BY HER MOST DUTIFUL , LOYAL , AND OBEDIENT SUBJECT , The AUTHOR . 1 [ i ] INTRODUCTION . A LMOST every moral.
By Mrs. Griffith Elizabeth Griffith. THE FOLLOWING ESSAYS ARE ( BY PERMISSION ) MOST HUMBLY INSCRIBED TO HER MAJESTY , BY HER MOST DUTIFUL , LOYAL , AND OBEDIENT SUBJECT , The AUTHOR . 1 [ i ] INTRODUCTION . A LMOST every moral.
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... subject by abler pens than mine , par- ticularly by thofe two excel- lent and elegant Writers Mrs. CHAPONE and Mifs MORE , I shall not dwell upon it ; but mean humbly to offer my fen- timents to those of my sex who , having having ...
... subject by abler pens than mine , par- ticularly by thofe two excel- lent and elegant Writers Mrs. CHAPONE and Mifs MORE , I shall not dwell upon it ; but mean humbly to offer my fen- timents to those of my sex who , having having ...
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... subject to causeless and fudden dejection , to which habi tual good - humour is by no means liable . · DISTINCT as thefe two qualities are , they have yet one property common to both , and at the fame time different from what can be im ...
... subject to causeless and fudden dejection , to which habi tual good - humour is by no means liable . · DISTINCT as thefe two qualities are , they have yet one property common to both , and at the fame time different from what can be im ...
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... subject to that miferable com- plaint called Ennui , nor lament the want of company or employ- ment for a few hours in any part of a short day , for fuch the longest will will seem to those who can fo well employ it YOUNG MARRIED WOMEN .
... subject to that miferable com- plaint called Ennui , nor lament the want of company or employ- ment for a few hours in any part of a short day , for fuch the longest will will seem to those who can fo well employ it YOUNG MARRIED WOMEN .
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... would be fuperfluous upon this subject ; which I fhall therefore conclude with the interesting picture which the laft Author quoted above has given , of thofe happy few who 3 have have made a right ufe of that trea- fure that 118 ESSAYS TO.
... would be fuperfluous upon this subject ; which I fhall therefore conclude with the interesting picture which the laft Author quoted above has given , of thofe happy few who 3 have have made a right ufe of that trea- fure that 118 ESSAYS TO.
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addrefs almoſt amiable amufements amuſement arifes bleffed charms confider conjugal Conjugal Affection courſe defire delightful diffipation difpofition diſcover domeſtic drefs duties Effays effence elegant eſteem exiftence fair Readers faireſt fame fection feek feel feem female fenfe fenfibility fentiment ferve fhall fhould fifter filial affection firft fituation fmile fociety folely fome fometimes foothe fouls fource Friend Friendſhip ftate ftill ftrength ftrengthened fubfift fubject fuch fufficient fuperior furely good-humour happineſs happy heart Hermia honour human huſband impoffible inftances innocent intereſting juft kindneſs leaft leaſt lefs marriage marriage-ftate married woman mind moft moſt muft neceffarily muſt natural neceffary object occafion OECONOMY ourfelves paffion parents peace perfons perhaps pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs poffible praiſe prefent preferve prefume to hope purfue purpoſe rank reafon refult render reſpect ſhall ſpirit ſtate Temper thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion tranſport treme turally uſeful vidual virtue virtuous whofe wife Wiſdom young married
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Seite 104 - Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep awhile one parent from the sky...
Seite 116 - Time, the fupreme! time is eternity; Pregnant with all eternity can give; Pregnant with all that makes archangels fmile. Who murders time, he crufhes in the birthj A power etherial, only not ador'd.
Seite 85 - We, Hermia, like two artificial Gods, Created with our needles both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion...
Seite 34 - Thofe feats, whence long excluded thou muft mourn ; That gate, for ever barr'd to thy return : Wilt thou not then bewail ill-fated love, And hate a banifh'd man, condemn'd in woods to rove ? EMMA.
Seite 119 - Whofe Yefterdays look backwards with a fmile; Nor, like the Parthian, wound him as they fly; That common, but opprobrious lot! Paft hours, If not by guilt, yet wound us by their flight, If Folly bounds our profpeft by the grave, All feeling...
Seite 15 - By thee adult'rous luft was driven from men Among the beftial herds to range ; by thee, Founded in reafon, loyal, juft, and pure, Relations dear, and all the characters Of Father, Son, and Brother, firft were known.
Seite 74 - Can gold gain friendship? impudence of hope! As well mere man an angel might beget. Love, and love only, is the loan for love. Lorenzo ! pride repress, nor hope to find A friend, but what has found a friend in thee : All like the purchase, few the price will pay ; And this makes friends such miracles below.
Seite 24 - A love of power and authority is natural to men; and wherever this inclination is most indulged, will be the situation of their choice.
Seite 65 - The great variety of needle-works," says Mrs. Griffith, " which the ingenious women of other countries, as well as of our own, have invented, will furnish us with constant and amusing employment; and though our labours may not equal a Mineron's, or an Aylesbury's, yet, if they unbend the mind, by fixing its attention on the progress of any elegant, or imitative art, they answer the purpose of domestic amusement; and, when the higher duties of...