Domestic Happiness Portrayed: Or, A Repository for Those who Are, and Those who are Not Married |
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... whilst I lay ill of a fever , my delicate wife , thinking it would refresh me , or- dered my bed - chamber to be mopped : and the same scru- pulous nicety was also the means of our losing a very con- siderable addition to our fortune ...
... whilst I lay ill of a fever , my delicate wife , thinking it would refresh me , or- dered my bed - chamber to be mopped : and the same scru- pulous nicety was also the means of our losing a very con- siderable addition to our fortune ...
Page 96
... whilst all the little imperfections , that were before so uneasy to him , wear off from his remembrance and show themselves no more . We may see by what has been said , that jealousy takes the deepest root in men of amorous dispositions ...
... whilst all the little imperfections , that were before so uneasy to him , wear off from his remembrance and show themselves no more . We may see by what has been said , that jealousy takes the deepest root in men of amorous dispositions ...
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... whilst they felt neither cold nor hunger , they might live quietly together , without any thought of the defects of one another . Among us , whom knowledge has made nice , and affluence wanton , there are , indeed , more cautions ...
... whilst they felt neither cold nor hunger , they might live quietly together , without any thought of the defects of one another . Among us , whom knowledge has made nice , and affluence wanton , there are , indeed , more cautions ...
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... Whilst I readily admit , that it is desirable , that the object , on which the eyes are most frequently to dwell for a whole life , should be an agreeable one ; you will probably as freely acknow . ledge , that more than this is of too ...
... Whilst I readily admit , that it is desirable , that the object , on which the eyes are most frequently to dwell for a whole life , should be an agreeable one ; you will probably as freely acknow . ledge , that more than this is of too ...
Page 125
... - tioned to the extravagance of our expectations . Too great an ardour to be blessed , is frequently the source of misery . A life of transport is not the lot of mortals . Whilst we accept we should chastise our joys , " lest whilst 11 *
... - tioned to the extravagance of our expectations . Too great an ardour to be blessed , is frequently the source of misery . A life of transport is not the lot of mortals . Whilst we accept we should chastise our joys , " lest whilst 11 *
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admiration affection agreeable amiable ASPASIA attention beauty behaviour blessed celibacy character charms cheerful choice circumstances Cleanthes Cleora conduct conjugal connexion consider conversation daugh daughter dear delicacy delight desire disposition domestic duty endeavour enjoy equally esteem Euphorbus eyes father feelings felicity female folly fondness fortune friendship gentleman give happiness heart Herod honour human humour husband Hymen innocence jealousy kind lady letter libertine live look Lothario lover Lucon manner Mariamne Mark Antony marriage married married couple matrimonial ment mind misery mistress mother mutual nature ness never object observed occasion opinion OVID pain parents passion perhaps person pleasing pleasure possessed prudence racter rapture reason religion rience sense sensible sentiments smile soul storms of passion suffer sweet taste temper tenderness Terentia Theana thing thought tion unhappy union vanity virtue virtuous whilst wife woman women young youth
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Page 46 - Man-like, but different sex; so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the world seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Page 52 - Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber reading...
Page 124 - Though higher of the genial bed by far, And with mysterious reverence I deem, So much delights me, as those graceful acts, Those thousand decencies that daily flow From all her words and actions...
Page 98 - The jealous man is not indeed angry if you dislike another ; but if you find those faults which are to be found in his own character, you discover not only your dislike of another, but of himself. In short, he is so desirous of...
Page 352 - Minds, than to create new Habits in them. Instead of such high Passages, I was thinking it would be of great Use (if any Body could hit it) to lay before the World such Adventures as befal[l] Persons not exalted above the common Level. This, methought, would better prevail upon the ordinary Race of Men, who are so prepossessed with outward Appearances, that they mistake Fortune for Nature, and believe nothing can relate to them that does not happen to such as live and look like themselves.
Page 128 - Not minds of melancholy strain, Still silent or that still complain, Can the dear bondage bless : As well may heavenly concerts spring From two old lutes with ne'er a string, Or none besides the bass.
Page 52 - Guilford, desired permission to see her ; but she refused her consent, and sent him word, that the tenderness of their parting would overcome the fortitude of both, and would too much unbend their minds from that constancy which their approaching end required of them. Their separation...
Page 374 - ... my applauses : sometimes she sings my verses, and accompanies them with the lute, without any master, except love, the best of instructors. From these instances I take the most certain omens of our perpetual and increasing happiness, since her affection is not founded on my youth or person, which must gradually decay; but she is in love with the immortal part of me — my glory and reputation.
Page 110 - I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that it appears so little loaded with calamity ; and cannot but conclude that society has something in itself eminently agreeable to human nature, when I find its pleasures so great, that even the ill choice of a companion can hardly overbalance them.
Page 229 - Hail, wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else! By thee adulterous Lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range ; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother, first were known.