The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volum 1J. & R. Tonson & S. Draper, 1751 |
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Pàgina 21
... also be choice of his Company and his Actions , that there be no- thing vain in the one , nor criminal in the other . God has given us a fhort Time upon Earth , and yet upon this fhort Time depends Eternity . There's not an Hour of our ...
... also be choice of his Company and his Actions , that there be no- thing vain in the one , nor criminal in the other . God has given us a fhort Time upon Earth , and yet upon this fhort Time depends Eternity . There's not an Hour of our ...
Pàgina 29
... also should a part of every Year ; wherein all worldly Bufinefs fhould be quitted , and that folemn Portion of it be spent in Fafting and Prayer , Medita- tion and Attendances upon God ; in examining our- felves , to fee how we grow in ...
... also should a part of every Year ; wherein all worldly Bufinefs fhould be quitted , and that folemn Portion of it be spent in Fafting and Prayer , Medita- tion and Attendances upon God ; in examining our- felves , to fee how we grow in ...
Pàgina 46
... also for Furniture of Houfes , and the Decorations of Gardens . Our neighbouring State , that of the United Provinces , re- ftrain'd by a Law the extravagant Expence of Flowers ; and our own Statute - Books fhew us , that feveral Laws ...
... also for Furniture of Houfes , and the Decorations of Gardens . Our neighbouring State , that of the United Provinces , re- ftrain'd by a Law the extravagant Expence of Flowers ; and our own Statute - Books fhew us , that feveral Laws ...
Pàgina 57
... limited Senfe . The Defign and Purpose of the Injunction feem to be the recommending fuch things to the Women , as wou'd make them good Wives , and good Chriftians , as good D 5 Warks Works will do ; as also fuch decent , grave DRESS . 57.
... limited Senfe . The Defign and Purpose of the Injunction feem to be the recommending fuch things to the Women , as wou'd make them good Wives , and good Chriftians , as good D 5 Warks Works will do ; as also fuch decent , grave DRESS . 57.
Pàgina 58
Works will do ; as also fuch decent , grave , external Habit , as would answer and become thofe good Works ; give no Scandal and Offence , and minifter no Temptations to another . Such a Defign is no way obstructed by a mo- derated and ...
Works will do ; as also fuch decent , grave , external Habit , as would answer and become thofe good Works ; give no Scandal and Offence , and minifter no Temptations to another . Such a Defign is no way obstructed by a mo- derated and ...
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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...