The Select Works of Mrs. Ellis: Comprising the Women of England, Wives of England, Daughters of England, Poetry of Life, &c., Designed to Promote the Cultivation of the Domestic VirtuesJ. & H. G. Langley, 1843 |
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... enjoyment . Time was when the women of England were accustomed , almost from their child- hood , to the constant employment of their hands . It might be sometimes in elaborate works of fancy , now ridiculed for their want of taste , and ...
... enjoyment . Time was when the women of England were accustomed , almost from their child- hood , to the constant employment of their hands . It might be sometimes in elaborate works of fancy , now ridiculed for their want of taste , and ...
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... enjoyment , and related only to some beloved object , whose suffering was their sorrow , whose good their gain . Woman , with all her accumulation of mi- nute disquietudes , her weakness , and her sensibility , is but a meager item in ...
... enjoyment , and related only to some beloved object , whose suffering was their sorrow , whose good their gain . Woman , with all her accumulation of mi- nute disquietudes , her weakness , and her sensibility , is but a meager item in ...
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... enjoyment which arises from our admiration of fitness and beauty combined ; and thus the richest silk , and the finest lace , when inappropriately worn , are beautifully manufactured articles , but nothing more . While , therefore , on ...
... enjoyment which arises from our admiration of fitness and beauty combined ; and thus the richest silk , and the finest lace , when inappropriately worn , are beautifully manufactured articles , but nothing more . While , therefore , on ...
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... enjoyment of luxu- rious indulgence . How absurd in such cases , is that assumption of delicacy and of aristo- cratic dignity which we too often see , and which is sure to give rise to every variety of uncharitable remark upon what they ...
... enjoyment of luxu- rious indulgence . How absurd in such cases , is that assumption of delicacy and of aristo- cratic dignity which we too often see , and which is sure to give rise to every variety of uncharitable remark upon what they ...
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... enjoyment , by encouraging the diffident , cultivating the acquaintance of the amiable , and stimulating latent talent , we cannot feel depressed by such a failure , nor mortified at our want of success . The great question with regard ...
... enjoyment , by encouraging the diffident , cultivating the acquaintance of the amiable , and stimulating latent talent , we cannot feel depressed by such a failure , nor mortified at our want of success . The great question with regard ...
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Page 83 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 130 - Entreat me not to leave thee or to return from following after thee, for. whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people and thy God my God. Where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 159 - Some heavenly music, (which even now I do,) To work mine end upon their senses, that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book.
Page 133 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Page 135 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people According to the number of the children of Israel. For the LORD'S portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Page 165 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Page 165 - His presence ; ever to observe His providence ; and on Him sole depend, Merciful over all His works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things...
Page 135 - Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed : thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
Page 42 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 44 - You are my true and honourable wife, As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart.