The American Gentleman'S Guide to Politeness and Fashion, Or Familiar Letters to His Nephews. by Henry Lunettes [Pseud.]. |
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... Mother - Example of Washington -- A Revolutionary Ball - Nature the best Teacher of Duty - Too great familiarity , even with Relations , objec- 72 79 82 91 tionable - Manner to Brothers and Sisters - No assumption CONTENTS . xi.
... Mother - Example of Washington -- A Revolutionary Ball - Nature the best Teacher of Duty - Too great familiarity , even with Relations , objec- 72 79 82 91 tionable - Manner to Brothers and Sisters - No assumption CONTENTS . xi.
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... Mother of Bonaparte to her Son - Napo- leon's stringent enforcement of Court Rules - The First Consul and the Lady's Train - Josephine's timidity and her Husband's brutality - Maria Louise's Bridal - Scene - An almost sacrilegious ...
... Mother of Bonaparte to her Son - Napo- leon's stringent enforcement of Court Rules - The First Consul and the Lady's Train - Josephine's timidity and her Husband's brutality - Maria Louise's Bridal - Scene - An almost sacrilegious ...
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... Mother's Advice - An indignant Spirit - Rebellion , THE MAN OF ONE IDEA . - An Object for Worship - A Soirée - A Polite Collo- quy - The Host at Ease - A pleasing Hostess - The Climax , Young America - an Anecdote , THE PRACTICAL ...
... Mother's Advice - An indignant Spirit - Rebellion , THE MAN OF ONE IDEA . - An Object for Worship - A Soirée - A Polite Collo- quy - The Host at Ease - A pleasing Hostess - The Climax , Young America - an Anecdote , THE PRACTICAL ...
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... mothers ; " their " killing " peculia- rities of costume were scarcely daguerreotyped even upon the impressible hearts of the school - girls whose smiling observance they might chance passingly to arrest ; women of sense and education ...
... mothers ; " their " killing " peculia- rities of costume were scarcely daguerreotyped even upon the impressible hearts of the school - girls whose smiling observance they might chance passingly to arrest ; women of sense and education ...
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... mother - of - pearl than such staring vulgarity of display . And so of a watch and its appendages . A gentleman carries a watch for convenience , and secures it safely upon his per- son , wearing with it no useless ornament , paraded to ...
... mother - of - pearl than such staring vulgarity of display . And so of a watch and its appendages . A gentleman carries a watch for convenience , and secures it safely upon his per- son , wearing with it no useless ornament , paraded to ...
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Page 215 - IX. 0 how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Page 446 - I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy: but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing...
Page 233 - Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along Morea's hills the setting sun: Not, as in northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light!
Page 439 - No man is born into the world, whose work Is not born with him; there is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will; And blessed are the horny hands of toil! The busy world shoves angrily aside The man who stands with arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what to do; And he who waits to have his task marked out Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled.
Page 150 - Hues which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats o'er this vast and wondrous monument, And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic...
Page 296 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen ; But, seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 438 - We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.
Page 225 - ... shine ! Dark, sullen witness of resplendent light In day's broad glare, and when the noontide bright Of laughing fortune sheds the ray divine, Thy ready favors cheer us — but decline The clouds of morning and the gloom of night. Yet are thy counsels faithful, just and wise ; They bid us...
Page 215 - O, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! — The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even...
Page vii - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.