Memoirs of the Late Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton: With a Selection from Her Correspondence, and Other Unpublished Writings, 1. kötetLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 - 688 oldal |
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acquaintance admiration affection affords agreeable Agrippina Almeria amusement appeared attended aunt beauty Belfast beloved benevolence blessings Breakfast Table brother character Charles Hamilton circle cultivated dear delight domestic Dugald Stewart Edinburgh Elizabeth ELIZABETH HAMILTON enjoyed enjoyment equally esteem exertion Fashion favour feelings female fortune frae friendship genius give Glenburnie gratified happiness heart honour hope human humour idea imagination Ingram's Crook Ireland labour lady Lady G letter literary lively lively colours look manners ment merit mind misanthropy Miss Hamilton nature ness never object observe opinion peculiar period Pestalozzi pleasure portunity present pride pursuits racter received regret rendered Rohilla scene Scotland seldom sensible sentiments Sir William Jones sister situation society sorrow soul spirit Stirlingshire superior sympathy talents taste temper thing thought tion Townly truth vate vidual virtue write young youth
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266. oldal - Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
230. oldal - 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.
250. oldal - ... 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.
211. oldal - Hamilton has been judiciously careful to avoid all that can lead to that species of vain debate of which there is no end : she, knowing the limits of the human understanding, does not attempt to go beyond them, into that which can be at best but a dispute about terms. She does not 210 aim at making women expert in the wordy war...
268. oldal - 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...
288. oldal - ... 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...
203. oldal - The cauldest breath your frozen lips can blaw. Ye need na' fash your thumb, auld carl, nor fret, For there Affection shall preserve its seat ; And though to tak my hearing ye rejoice, Yet spite o' you I'll still hear Friendship's voice.
290. oldal - To solicit that distinction, fancy is put to the torture to dress out the votaries of fashion : and, to deserve it, the more judicious endeavour to adorn their minds with knowledge, taste, and sentiment. Which of these most frequently attain their end, you, Sir, who frequent the circles of the great and gay, can be at no loss to determine. " As I was early taught to mark the characters, and make reflections on the events that passed before me in life, short as that life has been, and few and simple...
211. oldal - ... 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...
202. oldal - ... 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' at my mouth, As gin ye lang'd to pu