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Page 13
The infant may exercise it as soon as it is old enough to feel disappointments ; and the older we grow the more will every hour of our existence teach us the value , as well as necessity , of that which soothes every suffering ...
The infant may exercise it as soon as it is old enough to feel disappointments ; and the older we grow the more will every hour of our existence teach us the value , as well as necessity , of that which soothes every suffering ...
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Of studies equal in the innocence of their object , the preference seems due to that which , whilst it contributes to the amusement of the leisure hour , provides at the same time an ...
Of studies equal in the innocence of their object , the preference seems due to that which , whilst it contributes to the amusement of the leisure hour , provides at the same time an ...
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... attention for hours . It is here that the botanist will find an unknown plant , which he probably observes for the first time , a new acquaintance , who will ever after wear the same smiling countenance : there he will behold ...
... attention for hours . It is here that the botanist will find an unknown plant , which he probably observes for the first time , a new acquaintance , who will ever after wear the same smiling countenance : there he will behold ...
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He studied for many years at the rate of sixteen hours a day ; he threw aside all fine clothes , and betook himself to a plain fashion , which he continued to use in many points to his dying day . " The honour of reclaiming him from the ...
He studied for many years at the rate of sixteen hours a day ; he threw aside all fine clothes , and betook himself to a plain fashion , which he continued to use in many points to his dying day . " The honour of reclaiming him from the ...
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... and when the critical hour arrived , he himself brought her an attendant , whose silence he could depend upon . The new - born infant , a girl , was by him delivered to Lady Bolingbroke , who took her with her to EngJand , and after ...
... and when the critical hour arrived , he himself brought her an attendant , whose silence he could depend upon . The new - born infant , a girl , was by him delivered to Lady Bolingbroke , who took her with her to EngJand , and after ...
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Page 16 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 30 - They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her amorous descant sung: Silence was pleased.
Page 30 - With thee conversing, I forget all time; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 5 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, • — which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 61 - Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 86 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Page 62 - What if the sun Be centre to the world ; and other stars, By his attractive virtue and their own Incited, dance about him various rounds...
Bibliographic information
| Title | La Belle Assemblée, Volume 1 History of women |
| Publisher | J. Bell, 1810 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Mar 2007 |
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