 | 1820 - 856 pages
...at home, of which he is the monarch. Whereas a single man is. apt to run to waste and self neglect; to fancy himself lonely and abandoned, and his heart...some deserted mansion, for want of an inhabitant. The sketch of ' the Country Church ' proves the author to be well acquainted with English manners,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1823 - 392 pages
...humiliation, yet there is still a little world of love at home, of which he is the monarch. Whereas a single man is apt to run to waste and self-neglect...married a beautiful and accomplished girl, who had keen brought up in the midst of fashionable 1'fe. She had, it is trne, no fortune, but that of my friend... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...humiliation, yet there is still a little world of love at home, of which he is the monarch. Whereas a single man is apt to run to waste and self-neglect';...witness. My intimate friend, Leslie, had married a heautiful and accomplished girl, who had been brought up in the midst of fashionable She had, it is... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...humiliation, yet there is still a little world of love at home, of which he is the monarch. Whereas, a single man is apt to run to waste and self-neglect...some deserted mansion, for want of an inhabitant." There is, indeed, a luxury in the commingling of pleasures and interests between man and wife, which... | |
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 382 pages
...Whereas a single man is apt to run to waste and self neglect; to fancy himself lonely and ahandoned, and his heart to fall to ruin like some deserted mansion, for want of an inhahitant. These observations call to mind a little domestic story, of which I was once a witness.... | |
 | Hallifield Cosgayne O'Donnoghue - Marriage - 1828 - 140 pages
...humiliation, yet there is still a little world of love at home, of which he is the monarch. Whereas, a single man is apt to run to waste and self-neglect; to fancy himself lonely, abandoned ; and his heart, to fall to ruin like some deserted mansion, for want of an inhabitant. It... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1830 - 346 pages
...humiliation, yet there is still a little world of love at home, of which he is the monarch. Whereas a single man is apt to run to waste and self-neglect...was once a witness. My intimate friend, Leslie, had maried a beautiful and accomplished girl, who had been brought up in the midst of fashionable life.... | |
 | 1835 - 616 pages
...at home, of which he is the monarch. Whereas a single man is apt to run to waste and self neglect ; to fancy himself lonely and abandoned ; and his heart...some deserted mansion, for want of an inhabitant." — Washington Irving. kv . THE MICROCOSM. Vob. I. MARCH, 1835. No. 6. IMPORTANCE OF OBEDIENCE. 1'я... | |
 | 1839 - 256 pages
...humiliation, yet there is still a little world of love at home, of which he is the monarch. Whereas, a single man is apt to run to waste and self-neglect...observations call to mind a little domestic story, of which 1 was once a witness. My intimate friend, Leslie, had married a beautiful and accomplished girl, who... | |
 | 1839 - 430 pages
...humiliation, yet there ia still a little world of love at home, of which hu is the monarch ; whereas, a single man is apt to run to waste and self-neglect; to fancy himself louely and abandoned, and his heart to fall to mini, like some deserted mansion for want of an ia.... | |
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... upon him for subsistence; but chiefly because his spirits are soothed and relieved by domestic endearments, and his self-respect kept alive by finding, that though all abroad is darkness and humiliation, yet there is still a little world of love at... 
