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... manners ; to become accustomed to the peculiarities of others , and learn how ' use lessens marvel , ' and disgust , also . To go from home attacks our imperious habits , and makes inroads upon our extravagant appreciation of personal ...
... manners ; to become accustomed to the peculiarities of others , and learn how ' use lessens marvel , ' and disgust , also . To go from home attacks our imperious habits , and makes inroads upon our extravagant appreciation of personal ...
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Caroline Matilda Kirkland. eyes and manners of strangers tell us many new and some un- palatable truths , such as the tongue dares not utter ; but being truths , that which is true within us runs to meet and greet them , spite of our ...
Caroline Matilda Kirkland. eyes and manners of strangers tell us many new and some un- palatable truths , such as the tongue dares not utter ; but being truths , that which is true within us runs to meet and greet them , spite of our ...
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... manners as the sense of being wholly loved ? Would - be people felt her air to be a little re- served the ill - natured among them said haughty ; but if so , it was only in self - defence . Refinement cannot always 38 AUTUMN HOURS .
... manners as the sense of being wholly loved ? Would - be people felt her air to be a little re- served the ill - natured among them said haughty ; but if so , it was only in self - defence . Refinement cannot always 38 AUTUMN HOURS .
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... manner at once hesitating and abrupt . To those who knew her worth , like these friends and neighbors , she was a delightful companion , and the party would hardly have missed any body more , always excepting Miss Ingoldsby . Will any ...
... manner at once hesitating and abrupt . To those who knew her worth , like these friends and neighbors , she was a delightful companion , and the party would hardly have missed any body more , always excepting Miss Ingoldsby . Will any ...
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... manners , culled from the substance of our sage con- versations . We are very wise , here ; and entertain virtuous and highly commendable sentiments at small cost , since our temptations are few . Suppose we give the world the advantage ...
... manners , culled from the substance of our sage con- versations . We are very wise , here ; and entertain virtuous and highly commendable sentiments at small cost , since our temptations are few . Suppose we give the world the advantage ...
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Page 142 - No sport of every random gust, Yet being to myself a guide, Too blindly have reposed my trust ; And oft, when in my heart was heard...
Page 142 - There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them ; who, in love and truth, Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth : Glad hearts ! without reproach or blot ; Who do thy work and know it not ; Oh ! if through confidence misplaced They fail, thy saving arms, dread Power ! around them cast.
Page 206 - The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness...
Page 77 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Page 265 - Subtle as Sphinx ; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair ; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony.
Page 222 - ... encumbered with claims — and took up her own abode on the new plantation. Living in an humble dwelling — and relinquishing many of her habitual comforts — -she devoted herself with such zeal, untiring industry, and indomitable resolution to the attainment of her object, that her success triumphed over every difficulty, and exceeded the expectations of all who had discouraged her. She not only paid her husband's debts to the full, but secured for her children and descendants a handsome and...
Page 220 - how came you here ?' "'Oh, I thought, 'replied I, 'you would need nurses as well as soldiers.
Page 117 - Impostor, do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance...
Page 63 - But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! A savage place ! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon-lover...
Page 143 - Why, assure you, signior, rich apparel has strange virtues : it makes him that hath it without means, esteemed for an excellent wit : he that enjoys it with means, puts the world in remembrance of his means : it helps the deformities of nature, and gives lustre to her beauties ; makes continual holiday where it shines...