Sketches of American CharacterFreeman Hunt, 1831 - 287 pàgines |
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Pàgina 182 - Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows : Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally ; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind and nobleness their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Pàgina 182 - Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind and nobleness their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Pàgina 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Pàgina 70 - GOD, who, having rescued our souls from destruction, and shown us the path of life, hath promised also, that all things shall work together for good to them who love Him.
Pàgina 27 - God's will ! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires : But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.
Pàgina 106 - For that fair female troop thou saws't, that seem'd Of goddesses, so blithe, so smooth, so gay, Yet empty of all good wherein consists Woman's domestic honour and chief praise ; Bred only and completed to the taste Of lustful appetence, to sing, to dance, To dress, and troll the tongue, and roll the eye.
Pàgina 191 - O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, An
Pàgina 102 - Eternal gave it, and that end is virtue. When inconsistent with a greater good, Reason commands to cast the less away: Thus life, with loss of wealth is well preserv'd, And virtue cheaply sav'd with loss of life.
Pàgina 89 - Deny it to a king?' which may remind us of a saying of a greater and wiser king than either : ' The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much ; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Pàgina 107 - The fault is in their education, not in the female mind. Only afford them opportunities of improvement and motives for exertion ; let them be assured, that "to sing, to dance, "To dress, and troll the tongue, and roll their eyes," is not all that is required to make young ladies agreeable or likely to be sought by the gentlemen — that they may converse sensibly without the charge of pedantry, and be intelligent without the appellation of a blue ; in short, that they ,' are expected to be rational,...