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... woman , to whom a speck on her gown is emble- matic of a stain on her moral conduct ; who never suffers an end of thread to find rest on her carpet , * The birth - day request made by infant royalty ( Buonapartean to be sure ) not many ...
... woman , to whom a speck on her gown is emble- matic of a stain on her moral conduct ; who never suffers an end of thread to find rest on her carpet , * The birth - day request made by infant royalty ( Buonapartean to be sure ) not many ...
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... woman may be made . " " No indeed , papa , the poet makes a little mis- take there , for such a woman would not look at all divine , but very like a figure of charity — a burly beggar woman in a grey cloak and half a gown ...
... woman may be made . " " No indeed , papa , the poet makes a little mis- take there , for such a woman would not look at all divine , but very like a figure of charity — a burly beggar woman in a grey cloak and half a gown ...
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... woman - I should not pass away and perish . " " But have you forgotten— " Ah , who can tell how hard it is to climb ... woman's achieving what shall permanently and honourably distinguish her , she will probably suffer great loss ...
... woman - I should not pass away and perish . " " But have you forgotten— " Ah , who can tell how hard it is to climb ... woman's achieving what shall permanently and honourably distinguish her , she will probably suffer great loss ...
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... woman has left on record , ( Mr Mortimer turned to the preface of Madame Roland's Impartial Appeal ) —the only celebrity that can increase a woman's happiness , is that which results from the esteem excited by her domestic virtues ...
... woman has left on record , ( Mr Mortimer turned to the preface of Madame Roland's Impartial Appeal ) —the only celebrity that can increase a woman's happiness , is that which results from the esteem excited by her domestic virtues ...
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... woman — the lady , as our friend observed , catch her whenever you would , was one who gave earnest heed to domestic eco- nomy without ever making it the subject of con- versation ; and diffused over her really cottage home , by the aid ...
... woman — the lady , as our friend observed , catch her whenever you would , was one who gave earnest heed to domestic eco- nomy without ever making it the subject of con- versation ; and diffused over her really cottage home , by the aid ...
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Page 158 - Yet if we could scorn Hate and pride and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The world should listen then — as I am listening now.
Page 255 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 320 - Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through thee, Are fresh and strong.
Page 66 - My soul is an enchanted boat, Which, like a sleeping swan, doth float Upon the silver waves of thy sweet singing ; And thine doth like an angel sit Beside the helm conducting it, Whilst all the winds with melody are ringing. It seems to float ever, for ever, Upon that many-winding river, Between mountains, woods, abysses, A paradise of wildernesses ! Till, like one in slumber bound Borne to the ocean, I float down, around, Into a sea profound of ever-spreading sound.
Page 184 - But if fortune once do frown, Then farewell his great renown : They that fawn'd on him before, Use his company no more. He that is thy friend indeed. He will help thee in thy need ; If thou sorrow, he will weep ; If thou wake, he cannot sleep : Thus of every grief in heart He with thee doth bear a part. These are certain signs to know Faithful friend from flattering foe.
Page 158 - All the earth and air With thy voice is loud, As, when night is bare, From one lonely cloud The moon rains out her beams, and Heaven is overflowed.
Page 199 - So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Page 93 - He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith, he mauna fa' that! For a
Page 231 - Egeria was totally different from any other woman I had ever seen, either in Italy or England. She did not dazzle, she subdued me. Other women might be more commanding, more versatile, more acute ; but I never saw one so exquisitely feminine.
Page 225 - There was a Power in this sweet place, An Eve in this Eden; a ruling grace Which to the flowers did they waken or dream, Was as God is to the starry scheme. A Lady, the wonder of her kind, Whose form was upborne by a lovely mind Which, dilating, had moulded her mien and motion Like a sea-flower unfolded beneath the ocean...