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... every room is open as the street , every motion of their women may be seen ; and you cannot pass through a street in the morning , without meeting them in as great a multitude and as freely exposed as the men .
... every room is open as the street , every motion of their women may be seen ; and you cannot pass through a street in the morning , without meeting them in as great a multitude and as freely exposed as the men .
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Like Solomon he learns the name of every flower that grows , and no herb that sips || the morning dew , no lowering tree that rises to the mid - day sun , is unknown to him . Of studies equal in the innocence of their object ...
Like Solomon he learns the name of every flower that grows , and no herb that sips || the morning dew , no lowering tree that rises to the mid - day sun , is unknown to him . Of studies equal in the innocence of their object ...
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9. That I be not too rigid in matters purely consciencious , where all the harm is diversity of judgment . " Every morning read seriously and rever ently a portion 26 MAXIMS FOR THE CONDUCT OF LIFE .
9. That I be not too rigid in matters purely consciencious , where all the harm is diversity of judgment . " Every morning read seriously and rever ently a portion 26 MAXIMS FOR THE CONDUCT OF LIFE .
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Every morning read seriously and rever ently a portion of the holy scripture , and acquaint yourself with the history and doctrine thereof ; it is a book full of light and wisdom , will make you wise to eternal life , and furnish you ...
Every morning read seriously and rever ently a portion of the holy scripture , and acquaint yourself with the history and doctrine thereof ; it is a book full of light and wisdom , will make you wise to eternal life , and furnish you ...
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By the fire - side was seated a tall figure in a white morning - gown , with a white mask over his face . This spectre turned to the surgeon , and merely said , " I have got the devil in my belly ; " on which it was for three quarters ...
By the fire - side was seated a tall figure in a white morning - gown , with a white mask over his face . This spectre turned to the surgeon , and merely said , " I have got the devil in my belly ; " on which it was for three quarters ...
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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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