The British Essayists: GuardianJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... our present subject of the spring , by this landscape , since it is at this time of the year only that prospects excel in beauty . But if the eye is de- lighted , the ear hath likewise its proper entertain- ment N ° 125 . 11 GUARDIAN .
... our present subject of the spring , by this landscape , since it is at this time of the year only that prospects excel in beauty . But if the eye is de- lighted , the ear hath likewise its proper entertain- ment N ° 125 . 11 GUARDIAN .
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... beauty . This work would instruct a woman to be a good wife , all the while it is a woo- ing her to be a bride . Imagination and reason should go hand in hand in a generous amour ; for when it is otherwise , real discontent and aversion ...
... beauty . This work would instruct a woman to be a good wife , all the while it is a woo- ing her to be a bride . Imagination and reason should go hand in hand in a generous amour ; for when it is otherwise , real discontent and aversion ...
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... beauty and proportion of it , is owing to the architect who de- signed the plan in his closet . And in like man- ner , whatever there is either in art or nature , of use or regularity , will be found to proceed from the superior ...
... beauty and proportion of it , is owing to the architect who de- signed the plan in his closet . And in like man- ner , whatever there is either in art or nature , of use or regularity , will be found to proceed from the superior ...
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... beauty , What , ' said he , do you think I am made of , that I should bear the sight of such snowy breasts ? Oh , she is intolerably handsome ! ' Upon this we parted , and I resolved to take a little more air in the garden , yet avoid ...
... beauty , What , ' said he , do you think I am made of , that I should bear the sight of such snowy breasts ? Oh , she is intolerably handsome ! ' Upon this we parted , and I resolved to take a little more air in the garden , yet avoid ...
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... beauty , her merit , or her money . In short , there was not a female within ten miles of them that was in possession of a gold watch , a pearl necklace , a piece of Mechlin lace , but they ex- amined her title to it . My aunt Martha ...
... beauty , her merit , or her money . In short , there was not a female within ten miles of them that was in possession of a gold watch , a pearl necklace , a piece of Mechlin lace , but they ex- amined her title to it . My aunt Martha ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 232 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Página 232 - WHO can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Página 80 - What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change...
Página 232 - Strength and honour are her clothing ; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed ; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Página 45 - Are brought ; and feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce, From beds of raging fire to starve in ice Their soft ethereal warmth, and there to pine Immovable, infix'd, and frozen round, Periods of time ; thence hurried back to, fire.
Página 197 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with.
Página 232 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it : with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Página 233 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Página 43 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Página 49 - Structure more plainly. Sickness is a sort of early old Age; it teaches us a Diffidence in our Earthly State, and inspires us with the Thoughts of a future, better than a thousand Volumes of Philosophers and Divines. It gives so warning a Concussion to those Props of our Vanity, our Strength and Youth, that we think of fortifying our selves within, when there is so little dependance on our Outworks.