The Roué, Volumen 1J. and J. Harper, 1828 |
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... marriage ; and young women , with no other idea than that of forming an establishment . This is , perhaps , more applicable to the latter than to the former ; since the very first lesson a woman receives , is to disguise her real ...
... marriage ; and young women , with no other idea than that of forming an establishment . This is , perhaps , more applicable to the latter than to the former ; since the very first lesson a woman receives , is to disguise her real ...
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... marriage should be the result only of affection , she yielded up her young heart to its first impulses in favour of a person a few years older than herself , whose talents for conversation and powers of entertainment had made him a ...
... marriage should be the result only of affection , she yielded up her young heart to its first impulses in favour of a person a few years older than herself , whose talents for conversation and powers of entertainment had made him a ...
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... married daughters sometimes graced the paternal board , while the scions of many of her contemporary rival matrons yet moved on in single blessedness . She had still , however , a daughter to dispose of ; and the Honourable Mr ...
... married daughters sometimes graced the paternal board , while the scions of many of her contemporary rival matrons yet moved on in single blessedness . She had still , however , a daughter to dispose of ; and the Honourable Mr ...
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... married to the man whom her own heart would have preferred , had it been left free and unbiassed in its choice . It has often struck us that the heads of a family are not justi- fied in the admission of any person into the intimate ...
... married to the man whom her own heart would have preferred , had it been left free and unbiassed in its choice . It has often struck us that the heads of a family are not justi- fied in the admission of any person into the intimate ...
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... to suffer the privations arising from its absence . Filled with these ideas , they gave themselves up to the in- dulgence of their mutual love , nor woke from their pleasing dream until the third sister was married ; and Lady THE ROUÉ . 21.
... to suffer the privations arising from its absence . Filled with these ideas , they gave themselves up to the in- dulgence of their mutual love , nor woke from their pleasing dream until the third sister was married ; and Lady THE ROUÉ . 21.
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Página 199 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence ; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart ; Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart, And few there are whom these cannot estrange ; Men have all these resources, we but one, To love again, and be again undone.
Página 238 - And put it to the foil : but you, O you, So perfect, and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best.
Página 55 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Página 88 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Página 74 - You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will cling 'round it still.
Página 160 - Only, this one : — lord Angelo is precise ; Stands at a guard ' with envy ; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone : hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be.
Página 88 - Her serious sayings darken'd to sublimity ; In short, in all things she was fairly what I call A prodigy — her morning dress was dimity, Her evening silk, or, in the summer, muslin, And other stuffs, with which I won't stay puzzling. XIII. She knew the Latin— that is,
Página 10 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 245 - I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter as the wind, To blow on whom I please...
Página 227 - ... on this head have almost been given up, and the subject generally thought to be a matter of too high and too delicate a nature to admit of any true or intelligible discussion.