The Select Works of Mrs. Ellis: Comprising the Women of England, Wives of England, Daughters of England, Poetry of Life, &c., Designed to Promote the Cultivation of the Domestic VirtuesJ. & H. G. Langley, 1843 |
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... never more truly great than when willingly and judiciously performing kind of fices for the sick ; and much as may be said , and said justly , in praise of the public virtues of women , the voice of nature is so powerful in every human ...
... never more truly great than when willingly and judiciously performing kind of fices for the sick ; and much as may be said , and said justly , in praise of the public virtues of women , the voice of nature is so powerful in every human ...
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... never heard , and who , even in society , if they attempt to speak , have scarcely the ability to command an attentive audience . Yet among this unpretending class are found striking and noble instances of women , who , apparently ...
... never heard , and who , even in society , if they attempt to speak , have scarcely the ability to command an attentive audience . Yet among this unpretending class are found striking and noble instances of women , who , apparently ...
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... never allow her to be the victim of meanness , or the slave of grovelling desires . " In order to ascertain what kind of educa- tion is most effective in making woman what she ought to be , the best method is to inquire into the ...
... never allow her to be the victim of meanness , or the slave of grovelling desires . " In order to ascertain what kind of educa- tion is most effective in making woman what she ought to be , the best method is to inquire into the ...
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... never known . In making these and similar remarks , I am aware that I may bring upon myself the charge of wishing to exclude from our schools all intellectual attainments what- ever ; for how , it will be asked , can learning be ...
... never known . In making these and similar remarks , I am aware that I may bring upon myself the charge of wishing to exclude from our schools all intellectual attainments what- ever ; for how , it will be asked , can learning be ...
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... never was there , but my uncle once was within ten miles of it : and had it not been for the miscarriage of a letter , I should have been his companion on that journey . My uncle was always fond of taking me with him . Dear good man , I ...
... never was there , but my uncle once was within ten miles of it : and had it not been for the miscarriage of a letter , I should have been his companion on that journey . My uncle was always fond of taking me with him . Dear good man , I ...
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Page 83 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 130 - Entreat me not to leave thee or to return from following after thee, for. whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people and thy God my God. Where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 159 - Some heavenly music, (which even now I do,) To work mine end upon their senses, that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book.
Page 133 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Page 135 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people According to the number of the children of Israel. For the LORD'S portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Page 165 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Page 165 - His presence ; ever to observe His providence ; and on Him sole depend, Merciful over all His works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things...
Page 135 - Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed : thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
Page 42 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 44 - You are my true and honourable wife, As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart.