... and not an artist : it is not merely a creature who can paint, and play, and sing, and draw, and dress, and dance ; it is a being who can comfort and counsel him; one who can reason, and reflect, and feel, and judge, and discourse, and discriminate;... Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education: With a View of the ... - Pagina 51door Hannah More - 1809Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| 1799 - 458 pagina’s
...: for though the arts which merely embellifli life mull claim admiration ; yet when a man of fenfe comes to marry, it is a companion whom he wants, and not an artift. It is not merely a creature who can paint, and play, and drefs, and dance ; it is a being who... | |
| William Shaw - 1802 - 224 pagina’s
...Numidians, who among a plurality could find " nulla a,mica." " When a man of sense comes to majry, it is not merely *' a creature who can paint, and play and sing^ and draw, " and dress, and dance, he wants ; it is a being who can " comfort and counsel him... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pagina’s
...admiration ; yet, when a man of sense comes to tn.aw-y, it is a companion whom fie wants, and aot.au artist. It is not merely a creature .who can paint, and play, and sing, and draw, and dress, and dance; it is a being who can comfort "and counsel him; one who can reason,... | |
| Ezra Sampson - 1818 - 432 pagina’s
...education, she observes : — Though the arts which merely embellish life must claim admiration ; yet when a man of sense comes to marry, it is a companion...whom he wants, and not an artist. It is not merely a creatnre who can paint, and play, and dress, and dance ; it is a being who can comfort and counsel... | |
| Philomathic institution - 1825 - 518 pagina’s
...more important acquirements, is little indeed. " When a man comes to marry," says Mrs. H. More,* " it is a companion whom he wants, and not an artist....not merely a creature who can paint, and play, and sing, and draw, and dress, and dance ; it is a being who can comfort and console him ; one who can... | |
| John S. Skinner, Editor. - 1826 - 438 pagina’s
...£il.'iman's Journal. LADIES' DEPARTMENT. A MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTER, ON MARRIAGE. \V 1 »• na roan of sense comes to marry it is a companion whom he wants, not an artist.—It is not merely a creature who can paint and play, sing and dance; it is a being... | |
| Hannah More - 1827 - 542 pagina’s
...respective situations. For though the arts which merely embellish life must claim admiration ; yet, when a man of sense comes to marry, it is a companion...not merely a creature who can paint, and play, and sing, and draw, лпё dress, and dance ; it is a being: who can comfort and counsel him : one who... | |
| Hannah More - 1830 - 574 pagina’s
...respective situations. For though the arts which merely embellish life must claim admiration ; yet when a man of sense comes to marry, it is a companion whom he wants, and liot an artist. It is not merely a creature who can paint, and play, and sing, and draw, and dress,... | |
| Hannah More - 1830 - 494 pagina’s
...the arts which merely embellish life may claim admiration, yet, when a man of sense comes to marry, it is not merely a creature who can paint, and play, and sing, and draw, and dress, and dance j it is a being who can comfort and counsel him ; one who can... | |
| Hannah More - 1830 - 472 pagina’s
...the arts which merely embellish life may claim admiration, yet, when a man of sense comes to marry, it is not merely a creature who can paint, and play, and sing, and draw, and dress, and dance j it is a being who can comfort and counsel him; one who can reason,... | |
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