The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volum 1J. & R. Tonson & S. Draper, 1751 |
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Pàgina 11
... Faults appear , the great- er Shame for fuch as cannot correct them ; and how can they without blushing be in Company guilty of Errors , which they ought not to have brought out of their Nursery ? They should not read with a Tone , nor ...
... Faults appear , the great- er Shame for fuch as cannot correct them ; and how can they without blushing be in Company guilty of Errors , which they ought not to have brought out of their Nursery ? They should not read with a Tone , nor ...
Pàgina 41
... Fault , but all that fhou'd be aim'd at in learning it , is how to move gracefully ; all beyond it may be call'd excelling in a Mistake . A Man or Woman had better never dance , because they have no Skill in it , than dance often ...
... Fault , but all that fhou'd be aim'd at in learning it , is how to move gracefully ; all beyond it may be call'd excelling in a Mistake . A Man or Woman had better never dance , because they have no Skill in it , than dance often ...
Pàgina 51
... Fault is the Excefs : Mind your Perfons , but mind your Un- derstandings too , and do not be Fools to be Beaus and Belles . Look on the Simplicity of the Ancients in their Statues ; obferve efpecially the Figures of the Greck and Roman ...
... Fault is the Excefs : Mind your Perfons , but mind your Un- derstandings too , and do not be Fools to be Beaus and Belles . Look on the Simplicity of the Ancients in their Statues ; obferve efpecially the Figures of the Greck and Roman ...
Pàgina 61
... Fault than what they condemn , and perhaps has more Pride in it than they imagine others take in their Drefs . The Superiority they fecretly affume over them , by their pretended Innocence , is more exalted than any thing that can arife ...
... Fault than what they condemn , and perhaps has more Pride in it than they imagine others take in their Drefs . The Superiority they fecretly affume over them , by their pretended Innocence , is more exalted than any thing that can arife ...
Pàgina 66
... fault , and shall be punish'd , that takes the bad occafion not defign'd to be given ; but ' tis also true , that she is to be blam'd , and fhall be punish'd , that offer'd fo proper and so easy a Temptation . Thefe Reflexions are ...
... fault , and shall be punish'd , that takes the bad occafion not defign'd to be given ; but ' tis also true , that she is to be blam'd , and fhall be punish'd , that offer'd fo proper and so easy a Temptation . Thefe Reflexions are ...
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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...