The Select Works of Mrs. Ellis: Comprising the Women of England, Wives of England, Daughters of England, Poetry of Life, &c., Designed to Promote the Cultivation of the Domestic VirtuesJ. & H. G. Langley, 1843 |
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... whole human race . No one can be further than the writer of these pages from wishing to point out as ob- jects of laudable emulation those domestic drudges , who , because of some affinity be- tween culinary operations , and the natural ...
... whole human race . No one can be further than the writer of these pages from wishing to point out as ob- jects of laudable emulation those domestic drudges , who , because of some affinity be- tween culinary operations , and the natural ...
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... whole being is becom- ing swallowed up in efforts and calculations relating to their pecuniary success . If to grow tardy or indifferent in the race were only to lose the goal , many would be glad to pause ; but such is the nature of ...
... whole being is becom- ing swallowed up in efforts and calculations relating to their pecuniary success . If to grow tardy or indifferent in the race were only to lose the goal , many would be glad to pause ; but such is the nature of ...
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... whole of their after lives , —does not convert them from helpless children into such characters as all women must be , in order to be either esteem- ed or admired . Nor are their teachers accountable for this . It is the fashion of the ...
... whole of their after lives , —does not convert them from helpless children into such characters as all women must be , in order to be either esteem- ed or admired . Nor are their teachers accountable for this . It is the fashion of the ...
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... whole science of that delicate and difficult cookery which forms so important a part of the attendant's duty . Would it not be safer , then , to begin at a very early age to make the practice of these virtues the chief object of their ...
... whole science of that delicate and difficult cookery which forms so important a part of the attendant's duty . Would it not be safer , then , to begin at a very early age to make the practice of these virtues the chief object of their ...
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... whole , had so often been rubbed out . To say nothing of the morning lessons , before the dust from the desks and the floor had been put in motion , we all can remember the af- ternoon sensations with which we took our places , perhaps ...
... whole , had so often been rubbed out . To say nothing of the morning lessons , before the dust from the desks and the floor had been put in motion , we all can remember the af- ternoon sensations with which we took our places , perhaps ...
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Página 83 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Página 130 - Entreat me not to leave thee or to return from following after thee, for. whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people and thy God my God. Where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Página 159 - Some heavenly music, (which even now I do,) To work mine end upon their senses, that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book.
Página 133 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Página 135 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people According to the number of the children of Israel. For the LORD'S portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Página 165 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Página 165 - His presence ; ever to observe His providence ; and on Him sole depend, Merciful over all His works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things...
Página 135 - Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed : thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
Página 42 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Página 44 - You are my true and honourable wife, As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart.