The Female Spectator, Band 2T. Gardner, 1755 |
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... mind in her conduct and be- haviour , and then have done . -- SHE maintains a perfect chearfulness , without the leaft mixture of levity : fhe is never the first in any fashion , and when entered into it goes not to the extremity ...
... mind in her conduct and be- haviour , and then have done . -- SHE maintains a perfect chearfulness , without the leaft mixture of levity : fhe is never the first in any fashion , and when entered into it goes not to the extremity ...
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... mind . - I WONDER that his own good fense did not long ago remind him of this truth , as it seems not to have done by his never making any efforts for fubduing a paffion , which , from the very begin- ning , threatened him with despair ...
... mind . - I WONDER that his own good fense did not long ago remind him of this truth , as it seems not to have done by his never making any efforts for fubduing a paffion , which , from the very begin- ning , threatened him with despair ...
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... mind . Beaumont and Fletcher doubtless thought as I did , fince it was from thence they took the hint for their excellent play called The laws of Candy . The story is this : ONCE upon a time ( I know not in what æra ) there reigned a ...
... mind . Beaumont and Fletcher doubtless thought as I did , fince it was from thence they took the hint for their excellent play called The laws of Candy . The story is this : ONCE upon a time ( I know not in what æra ) there reigned a ...
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... mind what he fhould do to fave him , became in his turn an accufer of the princess : he urged , that having for a long time fought his affections , fhe had at laft obtained a promise of marriage from him , on which the pretended her ...
... mind what he fhould do to fave him , became in his turn an accufer of the princess : he urged , that having for a long time fought his affections , fhe had at laft obtained a promise of marriage from him , on which the pretended her ...
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... mind a story , the veracity of which I will not anfwer for , though I have heard it well attefted , and is not in itself impofli- ble ; for which reason it may serve to corroborate what I have faid , proving how great a command perfons ...
... mind a story , the veracity of which I will not anfwer for , though I have heard it well attefted , and is not in itself impofli- ble ; for which reason it may serve to corroborate what I have faid , proving how great a command perfons ...
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Seite 79 - It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
Seite 209 - d by her fair tendence gladlier grew. Yet went fhe not, as not with fuch difcourfe Delighted, or not capable her ear Of what was high...
Seite 207 - O but, say they, Learning puts the Sexes too much on an Equality, it would destroy that implicit Obedience which it is necessary the Women should pay to our Commands: — If once they have the Capacity of arguing with us, where would be our Authority!
Seite 195 - Part of our Sex. Those Men are certainly guilty of a great deal of Injustice who think, that all the Learning becoming in a Woman is confined to the Management of her Family...
Seite 228 - ... a life to come: to which she answered that not all that the whole world could say should ever persuade her to that opinion; and then related to me the contract made between her and her dear departed friend, the Duchess of Mazarine. It was in vain I urged the strong probability there was that souls in another world might not be permitted to perform the engagements they had entered into in this, especially when they were of a nature repugnant to the divine will, "which...
Seite 169 - That cordial-drop heaven in our cup has thrown, To make the naufeous draught of life go down...
Seite 264 - For humors are diftinguifh'd by their hue. From hence we dream of wars and warlike things* And wafps and hornets with their double wings. Choler aduft congeals our blood with fear, Then black bulls tofs us, and black devils tear. In fanguine airy dreams aloft we bound, With rheums opprefs'd we fink in rivers drown'd* More I could fay, but thus conclude my theme, The dominating humour makes the dream.
Seite 206 - Gaming and rambling Abroad, they will, it is to be hop'd, proceed to more noble and elevated Studies. If the married Ladies of Distinction begin the Change, and bring Learning into Fashion, the younger will never cease soliciting their Parents and Guardians for the Means of following it, and every Toilet in the Kingdom be loaded with Materials for beautifying the Mind more than the Face of its Owner. The Objection, therefore, that I have heard made by some Men, that Learning would make us too assuming...
Seite 253 - ... preceded by a torch, which a footman belonging to one of the company had with him.
Seite 133 - Pleafure never comes fmetre to Man, But lent by Heav'n, upon hard Ufury ; And while Jove holds us out the Bowl of Joy, Ere it can reach our Lips, 'tis dafh'd with Gall By fome Left-handed God.