Essays, Addressed to Young Married Women: By Mrs. GriffithT. Cadell; and J. Robson, 1782 - 124 Seiten |
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... profligacy and degeneracy of their Times . From hence we are led to be- lieve , that folly and vice have been equally prevalent in all ages , and that there is no fuch A period period to be found in the an- nals of Human.
... profligacy and degeneracy of their Times . From hence we are led to be- lieve , that folly and vice have been equally prevalent in all ages , and that there is no fuch A period period to be found in the an- nals of Human.
Seite iii
... Vice may have travelled progreffively upon the fame fcale ' fince the Creation to this day , the influence of Folly , and her infeparable companions Vanity and Diffipation , have , within the prefent century , been extended in Britain ...
... Vice may have travelled progreffively upon the fame fcale ' fince the Creation to this day , the influence of Folly , and her infeparable companions Vanity and Diffipation , have , within the prefent century , been extended in Britain ...
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... vice , have loft that delicate fenfibility which Heaven has placed in female minds as the out - guard of modefty . The rofy blush that gives the intuitive alarm to decency , even before the perceptions of the mind are awake to danger ...
... vice , have loft that delicate fenfibility which Heaven has placed in female minds as the out - guard of modefty . The rofy blush that gives the intuitive alarm to decency , even before the perceptions of the mind are awake to danger ...
Seite 117
... vice ; is there on earth a human being fo loft to every fenfe of its own dignity as to acquiefce in bare exiftence , and to look back upon the fum of that exiftence as a blank ? This laft argument appears to me fo fully fufficient to ...
... vice ; is there on earth a human being fo loft to every fenfe of its own dignity as to acquiefce in bare exiftence , and to look back upon the fum of that exiftence as a blank ? This laft argument appears to me fo fully fufficient to ...
Seite 121
... who ferve under the banner of these mild Virtues , will never fall a prey to the tyrannic power of Vice , how- ever it may be fupported by cuf- tom , or ever YOUNG MARRIED WOMEN . 125 though I have not particularly at- ...
... who ferve under the banner of these mild Virtues , will never fall a prey to the tyrannic power of Vice , how- ever it may be fupported by cuf- tom , or ever YOUNG MARRIED WOMEN . 125 though I have not particularly at- ...
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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...