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... were attentive to their daily lessons , could not , possibly , mistake the description . Maria . - Dear Mamma ! you certainly mean me - have I ever read it then ? B Mrs. :: Mrs. Delville . - Repeatedly , my dear Maria ON INSECTS . 13.
... were attentive to their daily lessons , could not , possibly , mistake the description . Maria . - Dear Mamma ! you certainly mean me - have I ever read it then ? B Mrs. :: Mrs. Delville . - Repeatedly , my dear Maria ON INSECTS . 13.
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... lesson is this for the ignorant . I shall remem- ber the Insect as long as I live ; this rose bower will be the place I shall in future prefer to any in the shrubbery : here , Mary , in this beautiful spot we will endeavour to become ...
... lesson is this for the ignorant . I shall remem- ber the Insect as long as I live ; this rose bower will be the place I shall in future prefer to any in the shrubbery : here , Mary , in this beautiful spot we will endeavour to become ...
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... lesson to youth , particularly to fe- males ; for who can read the poem , -without feeling a conviction of the truth of every word which it con- tains ; but , lest my young readers should be unacquainted with it , the moral of it is ...
... lesson to youth , particularly to fe- males ; for who can read the poem , -without feeling a conviction of the truth of every word which it con- tains ; but , lest my young readers should be unacquainted with it , the moral of it is ...
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... lesson you teach me , but let not your bro- ther be privy to the plan , he shall make his own discoveries - at pre- sent , I know I am no favourite of his , but if I can discourse with him about the poets and philoso- phers , perhaps he ...
... lesson you teach me , but let not your bro- ther be privy to the plan , he shall make his own discoveries - at pre- sent , I know I am no favourite of his , but if I can discourse with him about the poets and philoso- phers , perhaps he ...
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... on Man is his best production is it so ? " " I believe so ; it is so tho- roughly moral , that every line conveys a useful lesson ; we will read it together , if you please . ' " I have no objection . Do you not think " I 744 ON HAPPINESS .
... on Man is his best production is it so ? " " I believe so ; it is so tho- roughly moral , that every line conveys a useful lesson ; we will read it together , if you please . ' " I have no objection . Do you not think " I 744 ON HAPPINESS .
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Page 41 - This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind ; Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it pleasure, and contentment these ; Some sunk to beasts, find pleasure end in pain ; Some swell'd to gods, confess e'en virtue vain ! Or indolent, to each extreme they fall, To trust in every thing, or doubt of all.
Page 71 - But who can paint Like Nature? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows...
Page 41 - Twin'd with the wreaths Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? Where grows ? — where grows it not ? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil : Fix'd to no spot is happiness sincere, Tis no where to be found, or ev'ry where ; Tis never to be bought, but always free, And, fled from monarchs, St.
Page 7 - Insects, which in their several changes belong to several of the before-mentioned divisions, may be considered together as one great tribe of animals. They are called insects, from a separation in the middle of their bodies, whereby they are, as it were, cut into two parts, which are joined together by a small ligature; as we see in wasps, common flies, and the like.
Page 71 - Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows ? If fancy then Unequal fails beneath the pleasing task, Ah what shall language do ? ah where find words Tinged with so many colours...
Page 83 - ... acquaintances are concerned. Let. the days of their misfortunes, when the world forgets or avoids them, be the season for you to exercise your humanity and friendship. The sight of human misery softens the heart, and makes it better ; it checks the pride of health and prosperity ; and the distress it occasions, is amply compensated by the consciousness of doing your duty, and by the secret endearment which nature has annexed to all our sympathetic sorrows.
Page 77 - The old man was surprised at this new species of affliction, and knew not what to reply, yet was unwilling to be silent. Sir, said he, if you had seen the miseries of the world, you would know how to value your present state.
Page 9 - Insects, in the economy of.nature, is very great; they preserve a due proportion among plants, consume what is 'misplaced, dead, or decayed, and, themselves, afford nourishment to other animals, chiefly .birds.