Obsolete ideas, 6 letters addressed to Maria, by a friend1807 |
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Page vii
... THOSE are epithets that must found very strange in modern ears , but the writer of the following pages cannot by any means do without them ; and as the makes a point of rejecting no- thing that may answer her purpose , even though it ...
... THOSE are epithets that must found very strange in modern ears , but the writer of the following pages cannot by any means do without them ; and as the makes a point of rejecting no- thing that may answer her purpose , even though it ...
Page ix
... those who are arrived at a time of life to be looked up to by the young as their guides and examples , the author submits her fentiments , trufting that the thinking part will readily allow , that no- thing can be more desirable than a ...
... those who are arrived at a time of life to be looked up to by the young as their guides and examples , the author submits her fentiments , trufting that the thinking part will readily allow , that no- thing can be more desirable than a ...
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... those who are your fuperiors in age is a step in wifdom's ways , which is a path of peace . Be looking round you to catch inftruction in all directions ; watch the atmosphere of intellect , for you will fometimes perceive wisdom , like ...
... those who are your fuperiors in age is a step in wifdom's ways , which is a path of peace . Be looking round you to catch inftruction in all directions ; watch the atmosphere of intellect , for you will fometimes perceive wisdom , like ...
Page 11
... not to fupply the place of them . Happy are those children that have been raised into life by parents who have wifely blended principle with tenderness . But what what fhall we fay to that child who can ever PARENTS AND CHILDREN . 11.
... not to fupply the place of them . Happy are those children that have been raised into life by parents who have wifely blended principle with tenderness . But what what fhall we fay to that child who can ever PARENTS AND CHILDREN . 11.
Page 12
... that an amiable child will feel for a tender parent . And what can exalt young perfons fo much in the opi- nions of those whofe opinion is worth any any thing , as the regular , affectionate , and 12 PARENTS AND CHILDREN .
... that an amiable child will feel for a tender parent . And what can exalt young perfons fo much in the opi- nions of those whofe opinion is worth any any thing , as the regular , affectionate , and 12 PARENTS AND CHILDREN .
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againſt aged poor amiable anfwer appear bad education becauſe benevolent beſt beſtow better bleffing cafe caufe cauſe chafte woman character Chriftian circumftance comfort command confequence confider contempt converfation courfe daſh dear Maria defcription defire diffipation diftrefs drefs duty evil faid fame feelings feen felf fenfe fenfible fervants fhall fhort filial fingle firſt fituation fociety fome fomething fometimes foothing forrows foul fpeak ftand ftate fubject fuch fuffering fuperiors fuppofe fupport gentlemen give heart hoary head honour houfe houſe huſband idea inftances infult James fays labour ladies libertine Mary mind moft moſt mother muft muſt never obfervations old maid paffed parents pariſh perhaps pious poffeffed poffible portunities prefent pride racter raiſed reaſon refpect rience ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſtage ſtate ſtep tender themſelves thing thofe thoſe tion underſtand uſe virtue whofe wife wiſdom wiſh women workhouſe worthy young perfons yourſelf
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