Anglo-India, Social, Moral, and Political: Society and mannersW.H. Allen, 1838 |
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... arrive at a just criterion of society and manners , whether amongst the English residents at Paris , or the English at Rome , or in whatever country curiosity or restlessness may have dispersed them ( for wherever our countrymen are ...
... arrive at a just criterion of society and manners , whether amongst the English residents at Paris , or the English at Rome , or in whatever country curiosity or restlessness may have dispersed them ( for wherever our countrymen are ...
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... arrive in a country which is con- sidered , I fear but too justly , as the grave of European beauty . What a useful supplementary chapter to Dr. Fordyce , or Mrs. Chapone , would this furnish ! Something of this kind is surely necessary ...
... arrive in a country which is con- sidered , I fear but too justly , as the grave of European beauty . What a useful supplementary chapter to Dr. Fordyce , or Mrs. Chapone , would this furnish ! Something of this kind is surely necessary ...
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... arrive in the propitious region of New Burlington Street , and after it has received its due share of pruning and polish at the maturing hands of Mr. Shuckburgh , to take its place in what is called by courtesy " the literature of the ...
... arrive in the propitious region of New Burlington Street , and after it has received its due share of pruning and polish at the maturing hands of Mr. Shuckburgh , to take its place in what is called by courtesy " the literature of the ...
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... arrivals are like the hams and cheeses imported by the same vessels ; they will not keep till another If they do not meet with a suitable match season . soon after they have lighted on the Indian soil , 12 SOCIETY AND MANNERS .
... arrivals are like the hams and cheeses imported by the same vessels ; they will not keep till another If they do not meet with a suitable match season . soon after they have lighted on the Indian soil , 12 SOCIETY AND MANNERS .
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... arrive at ? Is it the simple union of the affections - the unadulterated choice of the mind , with no dowry , no worldly wealth , but that of love — the gratuitous dedication of her whole soul , the unbought devotion of her heart , to ...
... arrive at ? Is it the simple union of the affections - the unadulterated choice of the mind , with no dowry , no worldly wealth , but that of love — the gratuitous dedication of her whole soul , the unbought devotion of her heart , to ...
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78 페이지 - But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: — But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
334 페이지 - This easy and universal belief, so expressive of the sense of mankind, may be ascribed to the genuine merit of the fable itself. We imperceptibly advance from youth to age, without observing the gradual, but incessant, change of human affairs, and, even in our larger experience of history, the imagination is accustomed, by a perpetual series of causes and effects, to unite the most distant revolutions. But, if the interval between two memorable...
296 페이지 - All metaphysical impossibilities can be reduced to the formula, that it is impossible for the same thing to be and not to be at the same moment, as this would be an absurdity, — that is, an absurd or meaningless statement.
290 페이지 - ... violent hypothesis, to imagine that it can really act at all, or have any real force even within its own limits. But that it can exert any influence beyond these limits, is demonstrably absurd ; for action is a state of being, and that a body should act where it is not, is therefore equivalent to saying that it is possible for the same thing to be and not to be at the same moment, which is a contradiction.
201 페이지 - ... of the same nature. I was credibly, or rather certainly informed, that you had admitted into your minds the desperate project of destroying your own lives at the bar where you stand, and of signalizing your suicide by the previous destruction of at least one of your judges.
200 페이지 - ... in wait with intent to murder. They were found guilty, and brought up for judgment. Previous to his pronouncing judgment, however, Sir James received an intimation that the prisoners had conceived the project of shooting him as he sat on the bench, and that one of them had for that purpose a loaded pistol in his writing-desk.
199 페이지 - The sagacity of his numerous and fierce adversaries could not discover a blot on his character ; and in the midst of all the hard trials and galling provocations of a turbulent political life, he never once deserted his friends when they were unfortunate, nor insulted his enemies when they were weak.
243 페이지 - ... presented to the bride and bridegroom, the former of whom is tenderly kissed by all females. When a superior relative comes in, such as a godmother or an aunt, the bride kisses her hands and asks a blessing, which is bestowed by making the sign of the cross. All being seated, tea and sweetmeats are brought in and handed to each guest, while the byes perform their evolutions and chaunt their melodies in a corner of the hall, until it is time for them to come forward. The byes then sing and dance...
198 페이지 - Grotius, who filled so large a space in the eye of his contemporaries, is now perhaps known to some of my readers only by name. Yet if we fairly estimate both his endowments and his virtues, we may justly consider him as one of the most memorable men who have done honour to modern times.
242 페이지 - Previous to the important day, each party chooses a bridesmaid and a bridesman, denominated the madreea and padreea, who, in addition to the duties which bridesmaids perform among us, are charged with the superintendence and arrangement of the procession and entertainment. They often contribute something towards the...