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... young gentleman , for he had been to at least half - a - dozen of the most fashionable public and private seminaries — had spent a few months at Eton , and rather more at college - talked of Latin ( the sign of the genitive case is not ...
... young gentleman , for he had been to at least half - a - dozen of the most fashionable public and private seminaries — had spent a few months at Eton , and rather more at college - talked of Latin ( the sign of the genitive case is not ...
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... young woman , so accomplished , so attrac- tive , so elegant - she had been so very well educated , i , e . no money had been spared , but the most expensive French academies , “ Italian establishments , " " musical semina- ries ...
... young woman , so accomplished , so attrac- tive , so elegant - she had been so very well educated , i , e . no money had been spared , but the most expensive French academies , “ Italian establishments , " " musical semina- ries ...
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... young lady in the world could have more eloquently spoken those fanguages - her dancing was divine , needing only ... young girls , intended to be educated by their accomplished sister - an admirable arrangement , since not any thing can ...
... young lady in the world could have more eloquently spoken those fanguages - her dancing was divine , needing only ... young girls , intended to be educated by their accomplished sister - an admirable arrangement , since not any thing can ...
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... , music , dancing , drawing , & c . & c . were not , as now , necessary parts of education to all ranks and all degrees , she really could do little more than talk about them . As As all single ladies are of course young , and WOMAN . 15.
... , music , dancing , drawing , & c . & c . were not , as now , necessary parts of education to all ranks and all degrees , she really could do little more than talk about them . As As all single ladies are of course young , and WOMAN . 15.
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... young lady wisely conceived was highly injudicious . Indeed this ar- rogation of the matronly designation very naturally led the maiden of Random Hall to believe there must be some mistake in dates , dates , and that she must be younger ...
... young lady wisely conceived was highly injudicious . Indeed this ar- rogation of the matronly designation very naturally led the maiden of Random Hall to believe there must be some mistake in dates , dates , and that she must be younger ...
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Woman, or Minor maxims. A sketch. [By M. E. Budden.], Volumen2 Maria Elizabeth BUDDEN Vista completa - 1818 |
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Página 232 - Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best.
Página 139 - I would go fifty miles on foot, for I have not a horse worth riding on, to kiss the hand of that man whose generous heart will give up the reins of his imagination into his author's hands — be pleased he knows not why, and cares not wherefore.
Página 230 - But silently a gentle tear let fall From either eye, and wiped them with her hair: Two other precious drops that ready stood, Each in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell Kissed as the gracious signs of sweet remorse, And pious awe that- feared to have offended.
Página 173 - Though few now taste thee unimpair'd and pure, Or tasting, long enjoy thee, too infirm, Or too incautious, to preserve thy sweets Unmixt with drops of bitter, which neglect Or temper sheds into thy crystal cup ; Thou art the nurse of virtue, in thine arms She smiles, appearing, as in truth she is, Heaven-born, and destined to the skies again.
Página 228 - With lowliness majestic from her seat, And grace that won who saw to wish her stay, Rose, and went forth among her fruits and flowers, To visit how they prospered, bud and bloom, Her nursery ; they at her coming sprung, And, touched by her fair tendance, gladlier grew.
Página 231 - Before the angel, and of him to ask Chose rather : he, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses ; from his lip Not words alone pleased her.
Página 227 - Yet innocence and virgin modesty, Her virtue, and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won...
Página 226 - So saying, with dispatchful looks in haste She turns, on hospitable thoughts intent What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order, so contriv'd as not to mix Tastes, not well join'd, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change...