Detraction DisplayedLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828 - 244 էջ |
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... looks , the sligh- est signs of the observations of others , with the attention of the moralist , the uneasiness of the ambitious ; and being anxious to conceal from all eyes the sufferings of her mind , it is by her affectation of ...
... looks , the sligh- est signs of the observations of others , with the attention of the moralist , the uneasiness of the ambitious ; and being anxious to conceal from all eyes the sufferings of her mind , it is by her affectation of ...
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... look full as old as they are . Let me see ! we were at school together , and I know I was at least by two or three years the youngest . 66 There is also an obvious jealousy amongst persons of talent and acquirement residing in a country ...
... look full as old as they are . Let me see ! we were at school together , and I know I was at least by two or three years the youngest . 66 There is also an obvious jealousy amongst persons of talent and acquirement residing in a country ...
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... look upon such distinctions with a humble and christian eye , will be able to meet with equal indifference , intended and unintended neglect . If distinc- tion be given they will receive it without be- ing elated , and if withheld they ...
... look upon such distinctions with a humble and christian eye , will be able to meet with equal indifference , intended and unintended neglect . If distinc- tion be given they will receive it without be- ing elated , and if withheld they ...
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... looks and silent tongue , let them endeavour to prove themselves , if not the first in consequence , foremost in what is better far , agreeableness and good humour , qualities which no red book can give , and no human power can take ...
... looks and silent tongue , let them endeavour to prove themselves , if not the first in consequence , foremost in what is better far , agreeableness and good humour , qualities which no red book can give , and no human power can take ...
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... look with envy and jealousy on the growing prosperity of other societies . Let us not consider their suc- cess as in any degree encroaching upon ours . If we succeed more in our own church , let us be thankful but not boastful ; if ...
... look with envy and jealousy on the growing prosperity of other societies . Let us not consider their suc- cess as in any degree encroaching upon ours . If we succeed more in our own church , let us be thankful but not boastful ; if ...
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acquaintance admire AMELIA OPIE amongst amuse authoress banterer battledore and shuttlecock beauty believe blue-stockings called calumny caricaturist CHAPTER charms christian common conscious conversation cries dare dear defamation delight desire detraction detractors doubt duty encomiums endeavour envious envy epigram EPIGRAMMATISTS evil speaking excite exclaim famation fame faults feel female first-rate give gossip hear heard heart indulge inflict injurious jealous jealousy kind lady laugh laughers-at marriage mean mimick mimickry mind neighbours neral never objects observe offend one's ourselves pain particular competition party peeress perhaps persons pleasure poor praise precedence précieuses probably profession racter religious reply retributive justice ridicule rience satirical scandal scorners self-love sisters slander sneerer society sort spirit stinger superior sure talents talk talkers-over ther thing thou tion tongue truth uncon uttered vanity wish woman women words wound writer young
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Էջ 112 - From mighty wrongs to petty perfidy Have I not seen what human things could do? From the loud roar of foaming calumny To the small whisper of the as paltry few, And subtler venom of the reptile crew, The Janus glance of whose significant eye, Learning to lie with silence, would seem true, And without utterance, save the shrug or sigh, Deal round to happy fools its speechless obloquy.
Էջ 208 - A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Էջ 227 - Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle? " Who shall dwell in Thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh the truth in his heart.
Էջ 214 - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Էջ 217 - Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Էջ 139 - Gloster, you mean," said Constance. Young Mrs Draper was watching the door, listening for Hilda's return. "Ssh," she said, at the sound of footsteps on the stairs and, to look at us, the men on one side of the room and the women on the other, silent, standing at attention, facing each other, we looked like soldiers. "Oh,
Էջ 101 - Since Trifles make the Sum of human things And half our misery from our foibles springs Since [life's best joys] consist in peace and ease And [few can] save or serve but all may please: Oh! let the [ungentle] spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence.
Էջ 134 - Oh ! never did thine eye Through the green haunts of happy infancy Wander again, Joanne ! Too much of fame Had shed its radiance on thy peasant name ; And bought alone by gifts beyond all price— The trusting heart's repose, the paradise Of home, with all its loves — doth fate allow The crown of glory unto woman's brow.
Էջ 67 - ... wasted, and time spent in selfimprovement : he will feel himself in the one case listless and dissatisfied, in the other comfortable and happy : in the one case, if he do not appear to himself humbled, at least he will not have earned any claim to his own respect ; in the other case, he will enjoy a proud consciousness of having, by his own exertions, become a wiser and therefore a more exalted creature.