Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton: With a Selection from Her Correspondence, and Other Unpublished Writings, Volumen1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 - 688 páginas |
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acquaintance admiration affection affords agreeable Agrippina Almeria amusement appeared attended aunt beauty Belfast beloved blessings Breakfast Table brother character Charles Hamilton circle circumstances cultivated dear delight domestic Dugald Stewart Edinburgh ELIZABETH HAMILTON enjoyed enjoyment equally esteem exertion Fashion father favour feelings female fortune frae friendship genius give Glenburnie gratified happiness heart honour hope human humour idea imagination Ingram's Crook inspired instances Ireland labour lady letter literary lively lively colours look manners melancholy ment merit mind misanthropy Miss Hamilton nature never object observe opinion peculiar period Pestalozzi pleasure portunity present pride pursuits racter received regret rendered residence rienced Rohilla scene Scotland seldom sensible sentiments sister situation society sorrow soul spirit Stirlingshire superior sympathy talents taste temper thing thought tion Townly truth university of Edinburgh vate vidual virtue wisdom writer youth
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Página 214 - I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love ; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Página 262 - ... saved him the trouble of composition. The paper of to-day is also a communication, which, from the sex and accomplishments of the author, as well as the flattering manner in which she expresses herself, gratifies my vanity as much as my indolence. To the AUTHOR of the LOUNGER. sIR, THE genteel but pointed irony with which you mention the follies of our sex, and the pains you take, in your admired Essays, for our instruction and improvement, will, I make no doubt, have some influence on the minds...
Página 252 - To me belongs all actual and all possible good, all created and uncreated beauty, all that eye hath seen or imagination conceived ; and more than that, for ' eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive what God hath prepared for them that love Him...
Página 234 - ... servants to be called unto him to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. 16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
Página 197 - ... her conversation, religion appears in the most engaging point of view: her religion •was sincere, cheerful, and tolerant, joining in the happiest manner faith, hope, and charity. All who had the happiness to know this amiable woman will, with one accord...
Página 188 - ... unsonsy hand ; But there's my skin, whilk ye may further crunkle, And write your name at length in ilka wrunkle. On my brown locks ye've leave to lay your paw, And bleech them to your fancy white as snaw. But look na, Age, sae wistfu...
Página 270 - But what was my delight, on soon seeing enter the assembly room, along with a family of the first rank, two of my most intimate acquaintances in that loved county ! As both the gentlemen had there honoured me with their particular attention, my heart beat with rapture at the idea of what delight they must receive from this unexpected interview. But I soon found these gentlemen wisely considered that I now moved in a different sphere. They avoided seeming to observe me as long as possible ; and when...
Página 195 - She has shown, for instance, how the doctrine of the association of ideas may be applied in early education, to the formation of the habits of temper, and of the principles of taste and morals ; she has considered how all that metaphysicians know of sensation and abstraction can be applied to the cultivation of the attention, the judgment, and the imagination of children. No matter how little...
Página 196 - ... of mothers especially, to future inquiry; she has done much by directing their inquiries rightly; much by exciting them to reflect upon their own minds, and to observe what passes in the minds of their children.
Página 267 - At the earnest solicitation of a sister of my father's married to a respectable merchant in the capital, I one winter spent a few months with her in town. I had here a more ample opportunity of observing that universal passion for what is called style in life, than I had hitherto met with. The notice taken of me by our patroness Lady , who always passed the winter in the metropolis, and to whose parties, either at home or at public places, I had a general invitation, made me esteemed quite the ton...