Virtue Rewarded: In a Series of Letters, from a Beautiful Young Lady to Her Parents. A NarrativeLivermore and Rudd, 1856 |
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Pàgina 474 - But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed then Eve. And Adam was not deceived ; but the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression ; notwithstanding she shall be saved in child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness with sobriety.
Pàgina 196 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Pàgina 155 - O credulous, fluttering, throbbing mischief! that art so ready to believe what thou wishest ! And I charge thee to keep better guard than thou hast lately done, and lead me not to follow too implicitly thy flattering and desirable impulses. Thus foolishly dialogued I with my heart ; and yet, all the time, this heart is Pamela.
Pàgina 2 - You are a good girl, Pamela, to be kind to your aged father and mother. I am not angry with you for writing such innocent matters as these: though you ought to be wary what tales you send out of a family.
Pàgina 1 - DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER, — I have great trouble, and some comfort, to acquaint you with. The trouble is, that my good lady died of the illness I mentioned to you, and left us all much grieved for the loss of her ; for she was a dear good lady, and kind to all us her servants.
Pàgina 71 - Now I will give you a picture of this wretch : She is a broad, squat, pursy, fat thing, quite ugly, if any thing human can be so called ; about forty years old. She has a huge hand, and an arm as thick as my waist, I believe. Her nose is flat and crooked, and her brows grow down over her eyes ; a dead spiteful, grey, goggling eye, to be sure she has.
Pàgina 101 - O sir ! my soul is of equal importance with the soul of a princess; though my quality is inferior to that of the meanest slave. ' Save then my innocence, good Heaven ! and preserve my mind spotless ; and happy shall I be to lay down my...