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" In this accomplished lady, love is the constant effect, because it is never the design. Yet, though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; and to love her is a liberal education... "
The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq; ... - Page 285
by Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 1774 - 8 pages
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

English essays - 1881 - 578 pages
...lady love is the constant effect, because it is never the design. Yet, though her mien carries mnch ellect so powerful. He lived at one of the most memorable eras in th loose behaviour ; and to love her is a liberal education ; for, it being the nature of all love to...
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Familiar quotations [compiled] by J. Bartlett. Author's ed

Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye. No, 444. SIR RICHARD STEELE. 1671-1729. Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour ; to love her was a liberal education.8 Taller. No. 49. "Will Honeycomb calls these...
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The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete ..., Volume 2

John Ogilvie - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1883 - 714 pages
...character — to form a friend, a companion, ana a wife. Hannah More. Though her (Lady Elizabeth Hastings') mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; to love her was a liberal education, Steete. — Instruction, Education. See under...
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Works

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1884 - 898 pages
...passage run so ? ' In this accomplished lady love is the constant effect, though it is never the design; yet though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior, and to love her is a liberal education.'" "O, indeed ! " says Mrs. Steele, who did...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The history of Henry Esmond, Esq

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1884 - 562 pages
...passage run so ? 'In this accomplished lady love is the constant effect, though it is never the design ; yet though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate cheek to loose behaviour, and to love her is a liberal education.' " " Oh, indeed ! " says Mrs. Steele,...
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Complete Works, Volume 6

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 884 pages
...passage run so? 'In this accomplished lady love is the constant effect, though it is never the design ; yet though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior, and to love her is a liberal education.' " " Oh, indeed ! " says Mrs. Steele, who did...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

Robert Cochrane - Authors, English - 1887 - 572 pages
...of her sex. In this accomplished lady love is the constant effect, because it is never the design. a solemn service of music to be played before you...enter upon him. But he brings his music — to which loose behaviour ; and to love her is a liberal education ; for, it being the nature of all love to...
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The Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The history of Henry ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1889 - 524 pages
...passage run so ? 'In this accomplished lady love is the constant effect, though it is never the design ; yet though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior, and to love her is a liberal education.' " " Oh, indeed ! " says Mrs. Steele, who did...
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A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose: From American and Foreign Authors ...

Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 724 pages
...indelible stamp upon his race. 2782 Samuel Smiles : Character. Ch. 1. Though her (Lady Elizabeth Hastings) mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her was a liberal education. 2783 Sir Richard Steele : The Taller. No. 49....
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Thackeray's Works, Volume 10

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1891 - 466 pages
...passage run so ? 'In this accomplished lady love is the constant effect, though it is never the design; yet though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior, and to love her is a liberal education.' " " Oh, indeed ! " says Mrs. Steele, who did...
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