The Lady's Preceptor: Or, a Series of Instructive and Pleasing Exercises in Reading; for the Particular Use of Females; Consisting of a Selection of Moral Essays, Narratives, Letters, ... By Mr. Cresswick, ...

Mr. Cresswick

G.G.J. and J. Robinson, and Hookham and Carpenter, 1792 - 425 sivua

Sisältö

• Domeſtic Induſtry: 16
• Goofe and the Swans: 39
• Laura and the Tulip: 226
• A Second ditto: 245
• The Roſe: 247
• POETRY: 274
• Contemplations on the Night: 281
• From Milton: 288
• Soliloquy of a Beautiful Lady in the Country: 295
• Deſcription of a Citizens Journey: 301
• Carte Blanche: 307
• Qde to the Glow Worm: 313
• to Pity: 319
• Cat and the Mouſe: 326
• Conſolatory Verles: 333

Suositut otteet

Sivu 385 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign ; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance : commits his body To painful labour, both by sea and land...

Sivu 226 - Since nought so stockish, hard and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature. The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night And his affections dark as Erebus : Let no such man be trusted.

Sivu 220 - Are most select and generous, chief in that. Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all : to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

Sivu 283 - They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd and fiery arms: Some natural tears they...

Sivu 95 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

Sivu 235 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.

Sivu 304 - He that holds fast the golden mean And lives contentedly between The little and the great Feels not the wants that pinch the poor Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state.

Sivu 410 - As— she may not be fond to resign. 1 have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeons breed, But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue.

Sivu 301 - In vain I look around O'er all the well-known ground, My Lucy's wonted footsteps to descry ; Where oft we us'd to walk, Where oft in tender talk We saw the summer Sun go down the sky...

Sivu 412 - We'll form their minds with studious care, To all that's manly, good, and fair, And train them for the skies.

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• Kirjoittaja: Mr. Cresswick
• Kustantaja: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, and Hookham and Carpenter, 1792
• Alkuperäisteoksen sijainti: Oxfordin yliopisto
• Digitoitu: 13. kesäkuu 2007
• Pituus: 425 sivua