The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volum 1J. & R. Tonson & S. Draper, 1751 |
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Pàgina 2
... Beauty was to Heav'n ally'd , But your great Lord , the Devil , taught you Pride , He too , an Angel , ' till he durft rebel , And you are , fure , the Stars that with him fell . Weep on ! a Stock of Tears , like Vows , you have , And ...
... Beauty was to Heav'n ally'd , But your great Lord , the Devil , taught you Pride , He too , an Angel , ' till he durft rebel , And you are , fure , the Stars that with him fell . Weep on ! a Stock of Tears , like Vows , you have , And ...
Pàgina 4
... Beauty or Deformity , or any other Advantages or Difadvantages , but what flowed from the Habits and Difpofitions of my Soul . I refolve , therefore , to confine my little Studies , which are to lead to the Conduct of my Life , to the ...
... Beauty or Deformity , or any other Advantages or Difadvantages , but what flowed from the Habits and Difpofitions of my Soul . I refolve , therefore , to confine my little Studies , which are to lead to the Conduct of my Life , to the ...
Pàgina 7
... Beauty of human Society ? Does it poffefs any of the Virtues that vindi- cate the Honour of Religion and demonftrate its Di- vinity ? Is it productive of thofe bright Examples that ftrike Faith into Infidels , and inflame thofe that be ...
... Beauty of human Society ? Does it poffefs any of the Virtues that vindi- cate the Honour of Religion and demonftrate its Di- vinity ? Is it productive of thofe bright Examples that ftrike Faith into Infidels , and inflame thofe that be ...
Pàgina 19
... Beauty , that Regularity and Grace , which can only fet a Price upon them . In whatever innocent Employments they spend their Time , certain it is , that ' tis their Duty to employ it about fomething , and that Idlenefs is a Vice as ...
... Beauty , that Regularity and Grace , which can only fet a Price upon them . In whatever innocent Employments they spend their Time , certain it is , that ' tis their Duty to employ it about fomething , and that Idlenefs is a Vice as ...
Pàgina 36
... Beauty gives it as much grace in Women ; and makes it more dangerous to thofe that poffefs it . Ladies of a lively active Spirit are very apt to turn it to Intrigue , which , perhaps , may begin in Frolick only , but too of- ten ends in ...
... Beauty gives it as much grace in Women ; and makes it more dangerous to thofe that poffefs it . Ladies of a lively active Spirit are very apt to turn it to Intrigue , which , perhaps , may begin in Frolick only , but too of- ten ends in ...
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againſt alfo Alms alſo anſwer Beauty becauſe befides beſt Bleffings Body Cafe Caufe Cauſe Cenfure Charity Chrift Chriftian confider Confideration Converfation cou'd Cuſtom Defign defire Difcourfe Drefs Dreſs Duty eſpecially Evil fafe faid falfe fame Faſhion Fault feem felf felves ferve feveral fhall fhew fhou'd fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes fpeak fuch fuffer fufficiently fure give greateſt Happineſs Heaven herſelf himſelf Honour Humour Ideas Innocence inſtead Intereft itſelf Ladies laft leaſt lefs Love Luft Meaſure Mind Modefty moft moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary Neceffity nefs Neighbours never obferve occafion ourſelves Paffion Perfons pleaſe Pleaſure prefent Pride publick Puniſhment Purpoſe Reaſon refpect Religion ſee Senfe ſhall ſhe ſome Soul ſpeak ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought Truth Underſtanding uſe Vanity Vice Virtue whofe whoſe Wiſdom Woman Women worfe World wou'd yourſelf
Passatges populars
Pàgina 22 - Sodom and her daughters1," and indeed is the burial of a living man, an idle person being so useless to any purposes of God and man, that he is like one that is dead, unconcerned in the changes and necessities of the world ; and he only lives to spend his time, and eat the fruits of the earth : like a vermin or a wolf...
Pàgina 88 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Pàgina 85 - A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance...
Pàgina 282 - no one, who believes the Scriptures can doubt this." " And is not this," he said, " the very doctrine of the first part of the Creed ; ' that the Father is GOD, the Son is GOD, and the Holy Ghost is GOD; and yet they are not three GODS, but one GOD?
Pàgina 56 - But lay up for yourfelves treafures in heaven, where neither moth nor ruft doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor fteal : For where your treafure is, there will your heart be alfo.
Pàgina 266 - ... bear up your esteem. And though nothing is so vain as the eager pursuit of empty applause, yet to be well thought of and to be kindly used by the world, is like a glory about a woman's head ; 'tis a perfume she carrieth about with her, and leaveth wherever she goeth ; 'tis a charm against ill-will.
Pàgina 39 - Bessus was for duels. They are engaged in a circle of idleness, where they turn round for the whole year, without the interruption of a serious hour. They all know the players' names, and are intimately acquainted with all the booths in Bartholomew Fair.
Pàgina 268 - Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it : and if he have done it, that he do it no more. Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it : and if he have, that he speak it not again. Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, and believe not every tale.
Pàgina 264 - Art, and you must not think your self secure because your Reputation may perhaps be out of the reach of Ill-will; for if it findeth that part guarded, it will seek one which is more exposed. It flieth, like a corrupt Humour in the Body, to the weakest Part. If you have a tender Side, the World will be sure to find...
Pàgina 341 - Some make quality an idol, and then their reason must fall down and worship it ; they would have the world think that no amends can ever be made for the want of a great title or an ancient coat of arms...