The Works of the Late Miss Catherine Talbot: First Published by the Late Mrs. Elizabeth Carter; and Now Republished with Some Few Additional Papers, Together with Notes and Illustrations and Some Account of Her LifeF. C. and J. Rivington, 1819 - 363 páginas |
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... every man who wishes to give a reason of the hope that is in him . For it proves how well and advantageously reason may be applied to the service of religion . also died . In him Miss Talbot lost one of MRS . CATHARINE TALBOT . XXV.
... every man who wishes to give a reason of the hope that is in him . For it proves how well and advantageously reason may be applied to the service of religion . also died . In him Miss Talbot lost one of MRS . CATHARINE TALBOT . XXV.
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... Hope ... 130 137 XIV . On the Moral Uses of Geography .... 142 XV . On Consistency of Character 148 XVI . On the Art of Pleasing in Society .. 154 XVII . On the Power and Necessity of Confidence .... XVIII . On true Friendship .... 160 ...
... Hope ... 130 137 XIV . On the Moral Uses of Geography .... 142 XV . On Consistency of Character 148 XVI . On the Art of Pleasing in Society .. 154 XVII . On the Power and Necessity of Confidence .... XVIII . On true Friendship .... 160 ...
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... Hope ... 283 A FAIRY TALE - Education 288 I .. II . III . IMITATIONS OF OSSIAN . ALLEGORIES . I. Life compared to a Play .... 317 319 322 327 II . The Danger of indulging the Imagination ...... 334 To Laura . POETRY . On Reading the ...
... Hope ... 283 A FAIRY TALE - Education 288 I .. II . III . IMITATIONS OF OSSIAN . ALLEGORIES . I. Life compared to a Play .... 317 319 322 327 II . The Danger of indulging the Imagination ...... 334 To Laura . POETRY . On Reading the ...
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... her memory , which I hope will ever survive in my heart , may produce a happier effect . Adieu , my dear friend , God bless you , and conduct us both to that happy assembly , where the 4 -MRS . CATHARINE TALBOT . xxxi.
... her memory , which I hope will ever survive in my heart , may produce a happier effect . Adieu , my dear friend , God bless you , and conduct us both to that happy assembly , where the 4 -MRS . CATHARINE TALBOT . xxxi.
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... hope to die the death of the righteous only by resembling their lives . " Mrs. Talbot , although she was then upwards of eighty years of age , bore the loss of her daughter with the most pious fortitude and resignation . She died in her ...
... hope to die the death of the righteous only by resembling their lives . " Mrs. Talbot , although she was then upwards of eighty years of age , bore the loss of her daughter with the most pious fortitude and resignation . She died in her ...
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affection agreeable amiable amusement appear art thou attend beautiful behaviour better Bishop of Gloucester blessed body Carter CATHARINE character chearful cheerful circumstances companions creatures dear degree delight Demosthenes dili disposition distress drest duty ELIZABETH CARTER employment endeavours Epictetus ESSAY eternal excellent fair fairy fancy faults folly fortune friendship give gratitude happy heart honour human nature humble humour idle imagination improve indolent indulgence infinitely innocent kind labour Lambeth Palace least Lisaura little George live look means melan melancholy ment mind Miss Talbot mortal neral ness never nosegay nymph Ossian ourselves pain perfect perhaps Persephone persons pleasing pleasure poor present racters reason rich scarcely scene Secker seems Sir Charles Grandison smiling society sorrow soul spirits sure sweet temper thee thing thou thought Thyrsis tion trifling true truth uneasiness vanity virtue whole wish wretched
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Página 122 - The strength he gains is from th' embrace he gives. On their own axis as the planets run, Yet make at once their circle round the sun ; So two consistent motions act the soul; And one regards itself, and one the whole.
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Página 193 - While low delights, succeeding fast behind, In happier meanness occupy the mind : As in those domes, where Caesars once bore sway, Defaced by time and tottering in decay, There in the ruin, heedless of the dead, The shelter-seeking peasant builds his shed ; And, wondering man could want the larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile.
Página 28 - I find them irreclaimable, and myself in the least possible danger of being infected by their example — then to fly them as I would the plague ; then to cut off a right hand, and pluck out a right eye, and break through every fondness and every attachment that would destroy my highest, my eternal interest.
Página 224 - But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery. And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.