The Works of Anna Lætitia Barbauld: With a Memoir, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825 - 814 pages V. 1. Memoir. Poems -- v. 2. Correspondence. Miscellaneous pieces. |
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... learned and exemplary father to undertake the office of classical tutor in a highly re- spectable dissenting academy at Warring- ton in Lancashire , was the fortunate means of transplanting her to a more varied and animating scene ...
... learned and exemplary father to undertake the office of classical tutor in a highly re- spectable dissenting academy at Warring- ton in Lancashire , was the fortunate means of transplanting her to a more varied and animating scene ...
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... for ladies to attend , I think a woman will be in a way to acquire all the learning that can be of use to those who are not to teach or engage in any learned profession . Per- haps you may think , that having myself stepped out xviii.
... for ladies to attend , I think a woman will be in a way to acquire all the learning that can be of use to those who are not to teach or engage in any learned profession . Per- haps you may think , that having myself stepped out xviii.
Page xix
... learned from about nine to thirteen or fourteen , and will then interfere less with other du- ties . I should have little hopes of culti- vating a love of knowledge in a young lady of fifteen , who came to me ignorant and un- taught ...
... learned from about nine to thirteen or fourteen , and will then interfere less with other du- ties . I should have little hopes of culti- vating a love of knowledge in a young lady of fifteen , who came to me ignorant and un- taught ...
Page xxi
... learned in a school . They must be learned partly at home , and partly by visits in genteel families : they cannot be taught where a number are together ; they cannot be taught without the most intimate knowledge of a young lady's ...
... learned in a school . They must be learned partly at home , and partly by visits in genteel families : they cannot be taught where a number are together ; they cannot be taught without the most intimate knowledge of a young lady's ...
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... learned from the best company ; and she should be able to direct them , and judge of their pro- gress in every genteel accomplishment . I could not judge of their music , their dan- cing ; and if I pretended to correct their air , they ...
... learned from the best company ; and she should be able to direct them , and judge of their pro- gress in every genteel accomplishment . I could not judge of their music , their dan- cing ; and if I pretended to correct their air , they ...
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Aikin ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD arms art thou awful Barbauld bend beneath bless blest bloom bosom bowers breast breath bright brow Ceres charms cheerful controul Corsica courser Cupid Cyrnus dear death deep delight drest earth eyes fair fame fancy Farewell fate fear feel fire flame flow flowers fond genius gentle glowing golden grace groves hand hast heart heaven honoured hope hour HYMN Kibworth light live lyre maid midst mind mourn Muse Muse's Nature's never numbers nymph o'er pale passions peace pilgrim pity pomp praise racter rage reign RICHARD TAYLOR rise round scenes scorn Scythian shade shining shore sighs silent smile soft song soothe soul sound spirit spread spring sting STONNE storm strains stream sweet swelling taught tears tender thee thine thou thought toil trembling vale vext virtues Warrington weep wings wound youth
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Page 321 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 261 - I know not what thou art, But know that thou and I must part ; And when, or how, or where we met I own to me 'sa secret yet.
Page 321 - PRAISE to God, immortal praise, For the love that crowns our days ; Bounteous source of every joy, Let Thy praise our tongues employ...
Page 324 - AGAIN the Lord of life and light Awakes the kindling ray, Unseals the eyelids of the morn, And pours increasing day.
Page 262 - Life ! we've been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear : — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not ' Good night ' — but in some brighter clime Bid me
Page 322 - All that spring with bounteous hand Scatters o'er the smiling land ; All that liberal autumn pours From her rich, o'erflowing stores...
Page 330 - 11 mount aloft to thine abode ; On wings of love our souls shall fly, Nor tire amidst the heavenly road. 273. LM MBS BARBAULD. The Christian Warfare. 1 AWAKE, my soul ! lift up thine eyes ; See where thy foes against thee rise, In long array, a numerous host ; Awake, my soul ! or thou art lost.
Page 332 - How blest the sacred tie that binds In union sweet according minds ! How swift the heavenly course they run, Whose hearts, whose 'faith, whose hopes are one ! 2.
Page 262 - To the vast ocean of empyreal flame From whence thy essence came Dost thou thy flight pursue, when freed From matter's base encumbering weed? Or dost thou, hid from sight, Wait, like some spell-bound knight, Through blank oblivious years th' appointed hour To break thy trance and reassume thy power?
Page 316 - How bright the unchanging morn appears! Farewell, inconstant world, farewell ! 5 Life's labor done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies, While heaven and earth combine to say, " How blest the righteous when he dies !