The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement, Osa 2Robinson and Roberts, 1791 |
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... thefe refpects , " w have been able to add fomething to the ftock of public hap pinefs , and have lent fome aid to parental inftruction . We enter upon our twenty - fecond Volume with the deter mination that while our own efforts fhall ...
... thefe refpects , " w have been able to add fomething to the ftock of public hap pinefs , and have lent fome aid to parental inftruction . We enter upon our twenty - fecond Volume with the deter mination that while our own efforts fhall ...
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... thefe alterations before my face , except that of the curl , which his valet performed , and upon my looking perfect approbation , the fellow cfcaped a fcolding , but was told at the fame time , in French , that if it had not been for ...
... thefe alterations before my face , except that of the curl , which his valet performed , and upon my looking perfect approbation , the fellow cfcaped a fcolding , but was told at the fame time , in French , that if it had not been for ...
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... thefe little excurfions that his wife and children wifhed to indulge in them frequent- ly , but he anfwered with this excel- lent maxim , " No , wife , if we are travelling every where , we can never fit down any where . " - He fill ...
... thefe little excurfions that his wife and children wifhed to indulge in them frequent- ly , but he anfwered with this excel- lent maxim , " No , wife , if we are travelling every where , we can never fit down any where . " - He fill ...
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... thefe , folitude , even o fhort duration , is a torment . The are entitled to our pity , for thei habits are fo ftrong , that perhap even a confcioufnels of their im prudence and folly cannot aki i thaking them off . To be able , fays ...
... thefe , folitude , even o fhort duration , is a torment . The are entitled to our pity , for thei habits are fo ftrong , that perhap even a confcioufnels of their im prudence and folly cannot aki i thaking them off . To be able , fays ...
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... thefe that it is difficult to preferv one's virtue ; but then it is at thef times that it is most requifite , and appears with most luftre . A woman . perfectly happy , who is not wanting in her duty , is fteemed without being praifed ...
... thefe that it is difficult to preferv one's virtue ; but then it is at thef times that it is most requifite , and appears with most luftre . A woman . perfectly happy , who is not wanting in her duty , is fteemed without being praifed ...
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Sivu 482 - this is not only telling an untruth, but telling it clumsily; for, if that be the case, every one who can look through a microscope will be able to detect him.
Sivu 481 - His Majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read a great deal; Johnson answered, that he thought more than he read; that he had read a great deal in the early part of his life, but having fallen into ill health, he had not been able to read much, compared with others: for instance, he said he had not read much, compared with Dr. Warburton.
Sivu 482 - The King was pleased to say he was of the same opinion; adding, "You do not think, then, Dr. Johnson, that there was much argument in the case." Johnson said, he did not think there was. "Why truly, (said the King,) when once it comes to calling names, argument is pretty well at an end.
Sivu 591 - ... chance to fee any fcorpions during that night, do they fcruple taking hold of them, trufting to the efficacy of this fancied all-powerful charm. I have frequently feen the man in whofe family I lived, repeat the above prayer, on being defired by his children to bind the fcorpions ; after which the whole family has gone quietly and contentedly to bed, fully perfuaded they could receive no hurt by them. During the fummer feafon, fcorpions appear in great numbers; they are quite black in appearance,...
Sivu 353 - Suppose they have more knowledge at five or six years old than other children, what use can be made of it ? It will be lost before it is wanted, and the waste of so much time and labour of the teacher can never be repaid.
Sivu 356 - Accustom your children (said he) constantly to this ; if a thing happened at one window, and they, when relating it, say that it happened at another, do not let it pass, but instantly check them ; you do not know where deviation from truth will end.
Sivu 356 - Nay, this is too much. If Mr. Johnson should forbid me to drink tea, I would comply, as I should feel the restraint only twice a day ; but little variations in narrative must happen a thousand times a day, if one is not perpetually watching." JOHNSON. "Well, madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more from carelessness about truth, than from intentional lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world.
Sivu 483 - Sir, they may talk of the King as they will; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen.
Sivu 481 - I hope, whether we have more books or not than they have at Cambridge, we shall make as good use of them as they do.
Sivu 353 - This is a cat, and that is a dog, with four legs and a tail ; see there ! you are much better than a cat or a dog, for you can speak.