The Lady's Preceptor: Or, a Series of Instructive and Pleasing Exercises in Reading; for the Particular Use of Females; Consisting of a Selection of Moral Essays, Narratives, Letters, ... By Mr. Cresswick, ...G.G.J. and J. Robinson, and Hookham and Carpenter, 1792 - 425 páginas |
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... OBSERVATIONS ON READING By Mifs WOLLSTONECRAFT and other Writers . It is an old , but a very true obfervation , that the human mind must ever be employed . A relish for eading , or any of the fine arts , fhould be cultivated very early ...
... OBSERVATIONS ON READING By Mifs WOLLSTONECRAFT and other Writers . It is an old , but a very true obfervation , that the human mind must ever be employed . A relish for eading , or any of the fine arts , fhould be cultivated very early ...
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... . Gallantry is made the only interefting fubject with the novelift ; reading , therefore , will often co- operate to make his fair admirers infignificant . B 5 I do I do not mean to recommend only fuch books as OBSERVATION S. 9.
... . Gallantry is made the only interefting fubject with the novelift ; reading , therefore , will often co- operate to make his fair admirers infignificant . B 5 I do I do not mean to recommend only fuch books as OBSERVATION S. 9.
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... be given , it must depend on the nature and ftrength of the understanding ; and thofe who obferve it can beft tell what kind of cultivation will improve it . The mind is not , cannot be created by the teacher , is 10 OBSERVATION S.
... be given , it must depend on the nature and ftrength of the understanding ; and thofe who obferve it can beft tell what kind of cultivation will improve it . The mind is not , cannot be created by the teacher , is 10 OBSERVATION S.
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... observed , she lost her affected airs , and attended to the conversation , in which she was soon able to bear a part . In fhort , the defire of pleafing took a different turn , and as she improved her mind , she dis- covered that virtue ...
... observed , she lost her affected airs , and attended to the conversation , in which she was soon able to bear a part . In fhort , the defire of pleafing took a different turn , and as she improved her mind , she dis- covered that virtue ...
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... observed not a peacock , which had strayed from a distant farm , and was approaching them with a majestic pace , and expanded plumage . The harmony of the concert was foon interrupted by the loud and harsh cries of this ftately bird ...
... observed not a peacock , which had strayed from a distant farm , and was approaching them with a majestic pace , and expanded plumage . The harmony of the concert was foon interrupted by the loud and harsh cries of this ftately bird ...
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Términos y frases comunes
againſt beauty beſt bleffing breaſt Cath caufe charms converfation dear death defire Euphronius ev'ry eyes faid fair falute fame faſhion fave fcene fecret feems fenfe fhall fhew fhort fhould fifter figh firſt flowers fmile foft fome fons foon foul fpirit fprings ftate ftill fubject fuch fure fweet give grace happineſs happy heart heaven herſelf himſelf honour hour huſband innocence itſelf juft Lady G laft laſt lefs live loft look Lord Madam Mifs mind moft morning moſt mufic muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never o'er obferve paffions pafs perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure praiſe prefent pride reafon reft rife rofe ſhall ſhe Sophron ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſweet tears tender thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand underſtanding uſe virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſdom wiſh woman wou'd young yourſelf youth
Pasajes populares
Página 387 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign ; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance : commits his body To painful labour, both by sea and land...
Página 228 - Since nought so stockish, hard and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature. The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night And his affections dark as Erebus : Let no such man be trusted.
Página 222 - Are most select and generous, chief in that. Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all : to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Página 285 - They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd and fiery arms: Some natural tears they...
Página 95 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Página 237 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Página 306 - He that holds fast the golden mean And lives contentedly between The little and the great Feels not the wants that pinch the poor Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state.
Página 412 - As— she may not be fond to resign. 1 have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeons breed, But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue.
Página 303 - In vain I look around O'er all the well-known ground, My Lucy's wonted footsteps to descry ; Where oft we us'd to walk, Where oft in tender talk We saw the summer Sun go down the sky...
Página 414 - We'll form their minds with studious care, To all that's manly, good, and fair, And train them for the skies.