The Young Lady's Book: A Manual of Elegant Recreations, Exercises, and PursuitsVizetelly, Branston, and Company, 1829 - 504 стор. |
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... various stages of existence , until it emerges from a tomb constructed by itself , endowed for the first time with the means of soaring in the air . And what can the mineral or vegetable kingdoms afford so attractive to the in- quiring ...
... various stages of existence , until it emerges from a tomb constructed by itself , endowed for the first time with the means of soaring in the air . And what can the mineral or vegetable kingdoms afford so attractive to the in- quiring ...
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... various elegant and useful ornaments of the toilet and the boudoir , will be decidedly interesting . " " And even to those of our own age also , " said Lady Mary , " if you take Penelope's opinion . The ingenious productions you allude ...
... various elegant and useful ornaments of the toilet and the boudoir , will be decidedly interesting . " " And even to those of our own age also , " said Lady Mary , " if you take Penelope's opinion . The ingenious productions you allude ...
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... The charms of taste with wisdom's lore combin'd ; And willing Sylphs their various arts essay , To raise , improve , and gratify the mind . MORAL DEPORTMENT . Oft in the pleasant villages of France. L'OUVERTURE L'OUVERTURE.
... The charms of taste with wisdom's lore combin'd ; And willing Sylphs their various arts essay , To raise , improve , and gratify the mind . MORAL DEPORTMENT . Oft in the pleasant villages of France. L'OUVERTURE L'OUVERTURE.
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... various volumes only to ascertain its name ; which having discovered , he is satis- fied . Judging by this false estimate , they pronounce Botany to be insipid and useless ; -a sort of grave and dreary idling . Let those who thus decide ...
... various volumes only to ascertain its name ; which having discovered , he is satis- fied . Judging by this false estimate , they pronounce Botany to be insipid and useless ; -a sort of grave and dreary idling . Let those who thus decide ...
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... various ornaments in which Nature and the Seasons are attired , would have little relish for the delightful scenery of Spenser ; that she who failed to treasure up these early asso- ciations of innocent pleasures , would but ill ...
... various ornaments in which Nature and the Seasons are attired , would have little relish for the delightful scenery of Spenser ; that she who failed to treasure up these early asso- ciations of innocent pleasures , would but ill ...
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Сторінка 45 - Here are sweet peas, on tip-toe for a flight: With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind them all about with tiny rings.
Сторінка 314 - The qualities of the epistolary style most frequently required are ease and simplicity, an even flow of unlaboured diction, and an artless arrangement of obvious sentiments.
Сторінка 194 - By a subsequent act, the punishment for taking their eggs was imprisonment for a year and a day, and a fine at the king's will.
Сторінка 216 - ... martins; this opinion might possibly arise from the confidence these birds seem to put in us by building under our roofs, so that it is a kind of violation of the laws of hospitality, to murder them. As for robin redbreasts in particular, it is not improbable they owe their security to the old ballad of the Children in the Wood.
Сторінка 318 - But these directions are no sooner applied to use, than their scantiness and imperfection become evident. Letters are written to the great and to the mean, to the learned and the ignorant, at rest and in distress, in sport and in passion. Nothing can be more improper than ease and laxity of expression, when the importance of the subject impresses solicitude, or the dignity of the person exacts reverence.
Сторінка 316 - Wherever we are studious to please, we are afraid of trusting our first thoughts, and endeavour to recommend our opinion by studied ornaments, accuracy of method, and elegance of style.
Сторінка 327 - ... humour may tempt you to lay aside for a time, and which a thousand unforeseen accidents will afterwards render it more and more difficult to execute : no one can say what important consequences may follow a trivial neglect of this kind. For example — I have known' one of these procrastinators disoblige, and gradually lose, very valuable friends, by delaying to write to them so long, that, having no good excuse to offer, she could not get courage enough to write at all, and dropped their correspondence...
Сторінка 258 - One of these, a young bird about five feet high, was brought up tame, and presented to the chief of the Bananas, where Mr. Smeathman lived : and, being accustomed to be fed in the great hall, soon became familiar, duly attending that place at dinner-time, placing itself behind its master's chair frequently before the guests entered.
Сторінка 333 - ... previous to the signature, may form its conclusion. It is disrespectful to be too concise in this part of a letter, especially when addressing a superior. The forms ascend, by various grades, from the plain " I am, Sir, Your humble servant...
Сторінка 330 - The persons inside the coach were Mr. Miller, a clergyman; his son, a lawyer ; Mr. Angelo, a foreigner ; his lady ; and a little child.