The Spirit of "The Book"; Or, Memoirs of Caroline Princess of Hasburg, a Political and Amatory Romance: In One Volume, Volume 1Thomas Ashe Bradford & Inskeep, & Inskeep and Bradford, New York, B. Graves, printer., 1812 - 364 páginas |
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Página 261 - ... it came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord ; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying, For He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever : that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord...
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Página 12 - Gentlemen, what horrid alternative in the treatment of wives would such reasoning recommend? Are they to be immured by worse than eastern barbarity? Are their principles to be depraved, their passions sublimated, every finer motive of action extinguished by the inevitable consequences of thus treating them like slaves? Or is a liberal and generous confidence in them to be the passport of the adulterer, and the justification of his crimes?
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Página 205 - ... to pass. What are your inducements? Is it love, think you? No, do not give that name to any attraction you can find in the faded refuse of a violated bed. Love is a noble and generous passion; it can be founded only on a pure and ardent friendship, on an exalted respect — on an implicit confidence in its object.
Página 10 - ... what, but the habitual contempt of virtue and of man, could you have expected the arrogance, the barbarity, and folly of so foul — because so false an imputation ? He should have reflected — and have blushed, before he suffered so vile a topic of defence to have passed his lips.
Página 124 - Melrose; a region distinguished by many charming varieties of rural scenery, and which, whether we consider the face of the country, or the genius of the people, may properly enough be termed the Arcadia of Scotland. And all these songs are sweetly and powerfully expressive of love and tenderness, and other emotions suited to the tranquillity of pastoral life.
Página 124 - Some of the southern provinces of Scotland present a very different prospect. Smooth and lofty hills covered with verdure ; clear streams winding through long and beautiful valleys ; trees produced without culture, here straggling or single, and there crowding into little groves and bowers, with other circumstances peculiar to the districts I allude to, render them fit for pasturage, and favourable to romantic leisure and tender passions.
Página 215 - ... hazard of being deprived of both. " Let not many days pass together without a serious examination how you have behaved as a wife; and if, upon reflection, you find yourself guilty of any foibles, or omissions, the best atonement is, to be exactly careful of your future conduct, and to determine to sin no more.