Letters for literary ladies, to which is added, an essay on the noble science of self-justification [by M. Edgeworth].J. Johnson, 1814 - 232 страници |
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Страница 34 - ."-—these he divides into " the private, civill, and heroyke; the pri35 vate belong to the country housewife, whom it concerneth chiefly — " The fruit, malt, hops, to tend, to dry, to utter, " To beat, strip, spin the wool, the hemp, " the flax, " Breed poultry, gather honey, try the wax, " And more than all, to have good cheese and " butter. " Then next a step, but yet a large step higher, " Came civill vertue fitter for the citty, " With modest looks, good cloths, and answers " witty. " These...
Страница 189 - You must be aware that real perfection is beyond the reach of mortals, nor would I have you aim at it; indeed it is not in any degree necessary to our purpose. You have heard of the established belief in the infallibility of the sovereign...
Страница 104 - These beauties are greatly heightened, or at least rendered more valuable, when the possessor is capable of dressing all kinds of skins, converting them into the different parts of their clothing, and able to carry eight or ten stone...
Страница 119 - ... painful pre-eminence." Alas ! whether it be deformity or excellence which makes us say with Richard the Third, " I am myself alone !" it comes to much the same thing. Then let us, Caroline, content ourselves to gain in love what we lose in esteem. Man is to be held only by the slightest chains ; with the idea that he can break them at pleasure, he submits to them in sport ; but his pride revolts against the power to which his reason tells him he ought to submit. What then can woman gain by reason...
Страница 59 - Chemistry is a science particularly suited to women, suited to their talents and their situation; chemistry is not a science of parade, it affords occupation and infinite variety; it demands no bodily strength, it can be pursued in retirement; it applies immediately to useful and domestic purposes; and whilst the ingenuity of the most inventive mind may be exercised, there is no danger of inflaming the imagination; the judgment is improved, the mind is' intent upon realities, the knowledge that is...
Страница 20 - I touch upon every danger and every fault, consider cautiously whether you have a certain preventative or a specific remedy in store for each of them. Women of literature are much more numerous of late than they were a few years ago. They make a class in society, they fill the public eye, and have acquired a degree of consequence and an appropriate character. The esteem of private friends, and the admiration of the public for their talents, are circumstances highly flattering to their vanity; and...
Страница 60 - The little pilfering temper of a wife is despicable and odious to every man of sense ; but there is a judicious, graceful economy, which has no connection with an avaricious temper, and which, as it depends upon the understanding, can be expected only from cultivated minds. Women who have been well educated, far from despising domestic duties, will hold them in high respect, because they will see that the whole happiness of life is made up of the happiness of each particular day and hour, and that...
Страница 118 - Walk sober off; before a sprightlier age Comes titt'ring on, and shoves you from the stage: Leave such to trifle with more grace and ease, Whom folly pleases, and whose follies please.
Страница 193 - Somnus divide the prize. Thus prepared for an engagement, you will next, if you have not already done it, study the weak part of the character of your enemy - your husband I mean: if he be a man of high spirit, jealous of command, and impatient of control, one who decides for himself, and...
Страница 58 - The general design of the following sheets is to inlist Imagination under the banner of Science; and to lead her votaries from the looser analogies, which dress out the imagery of poetry, to the stricter, ones which form the ratiocination of philosophy.