Essays, Addressed to Young Married Women: By Mrs. GriffithT. Cadell; and J. Robson, 1782 - 124 Seiten |
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... equal a MINERVA's , oran AYLESBURY's , yet if they unbend the mind by fixing its attention on the progrefs of any ele- gantor imitative art , they anfwer the purpofe of domeftic amusement ; and when the higher duties of our fitu- ation ...
... equal a MINERVA's , oran AYLESBURY's , yet if they unbend the mind by fixing its attention on the progrefs of any ele- gantor imitative art , they anfwer the purpofe of domeftic amusement ; and when the higher duties of our fitu- ation ...
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... equals ; and the humiliating condefcenfion with which fuperiors fometimes deign to affect Friendship for their inferiors , ftrikes at the very foun- dation of the fentiment ; from which there can only arise a tot- tering fuperftructure ...
... equals ; and the humiliating condefcenfion with which fuperiors fometimes deign to affect Friendship for their inferiors , ftrikes at the very foun- dation of the fentiment ; from which there can only arise a tot- tering fuperftructure ...
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... equal relation to both . It is a line drawn by the hand of Reafon upon the human mind to restrain the thoughtless excess of extrava- gance , too often mifcalled gene- rofity , and at the fame time to fet bounds to the meaneft of all ...
... equal relation to both . It is a line drawn by the hand of Reafon upon the human mind to restrain the thoughtless excess of extrava- gance , too often mifcalled gene- rofity , and at the fame time to fet bounds to the meaneft of all ...
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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...