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" For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme, Nor take her tea without a stratagem ; Presides o'er trifles with a serious face ; Important by. "
Manoeuvring ; Almeria ; and, Vivian (Tales of fashionable life) - Page 1
by Maria Edgeworth - 1848
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The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts: In Three Volumes, Volume 1

Edward Young - 1802 - 420 pages
...moment breaks ; > Then wrought into the soul let virtues shine ; The ground eternal, as the work divine. JULIA'S a manager ; she's born for rule; And knows her wiser husband is a fools Assemblies holds, and spins the subtle thread That guides the lover to his fair one's bed : For...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young: With the Life of ..., Volume 4

Edward Young - English poetry - 1805 - 230 pages
...moment breaks ; Then wrought into the soul let virtue shine ; The ground eternal as the work divine. Julia's a manager, she's born for rule, And knows her wiser husband is a fool; Assemblies holds, and spins the subtle thread That guides the lover to his fair one's bed ; For difficult...
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The cabinet of poetry, containing the best entire pieces in the works of the ...

Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...the work divine. But, if depriv'd of such important cares, Her wisdom condescends to less affairs. For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme, Nor take her tea without a stratagem; Presides o'er trifles with a serious face ; Important, by the virtue of grimace. Ladies supreme among...
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The Universal Magazine, Volume 12

1809 - 536 pages
...occupied with the tale of Manemtering, which is Dimply an amplification of the character of Young : Julia's a manager, she's born for rule, And knows her wiser husband is a fool ; Assemblies holds, and spins \\\e subtle thread That guides the lover to his fnir one's bed j For...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Watts, A. Philips ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...moment break« ; Then wrought into the soul let virtues shine ; The ground eternal, as the work divine. Julia's a manager ; she's born for rule ; And knows her wiser husband is afoul ; Assemblies holds, and spins the subtle thread That guides the lover to his fair-one's bed :...
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The Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young, Volume 1

Edward Young - Drama - 1811 - 294 pages
...moment breaks; Then wrought into the soul let virtues shine ; The ground eternal, as the work divine. JULIA'S a manager ; she's born for rule ; And knows her wiser husband is a fool ; Assemblies holds, and spins the subtle thread That guides the lover to- his fair one's bed : For...
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Tales of Fashionable Life: Manœuvring

Maria Edgeworth - 1813 - 506 pages
...of it. The species, thank Heaven U is not so numerous yet in England as to require a generic name. The description, however, has been touched by one...tea without a stratagem.' • • " Even from the timewhen Mrs. Beaumont was a girl of sixteen I remember hermanoauvring to gain a husband, and then...
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Works, Volume 1

Maria Edgeworth - 1822 - 452 pages
...of it. The species, thank heaven ! is not so numerous yet in England as to require a generic name. The description, however, has been touched by one...stratagem.' Even from the time when Mrs. Beaumont was a girt of sixteen, I remember her manoeuvring to gain a husband, and then manoeuvring to manage him,...
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(337 p.)

Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 330 pages
...of it. The species, thank Heaven ! is not so numerous yet in England as to require a generic name. The description, however, has been touched by one...girl of sixteen I remember her manoeuvring to gain a hus* It is to be regretted that a word, used in the days of Charles II. and still intelligible in our...
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Tales, and Miscellaneous Pieces, Volume 8

Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 358 pages
...of it. The species, thank Heaven ! is not so numerous yet in England as to require a generic name. The description, however, has been touched by one...Mrs. Beaumont was a girl of sixteen I remember her manreuvring to gain a hus* It is to be regretted that a word, used in the days of Charles II. and still...
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