A Diary, The H----- Family, Axel and Anna: And Other TalesHenry G. Bohn, 1853 - 510 pages |
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A Diary: The H Family, Axel and Anna and Other Tales (1853) Fredrika Bremer No preview available - 2008 |
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Page 268 - Father of light and life, Thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Page 58 - ... gifts, or the want of them. And who has not experienced of how little consequence they are in fact for the weal or woe of life ? Who has not experienced how, on nearer acquaintance, plainness becomes beautified, and beauty loses its charm, exactly according to the quality of the heart and mind ? And from this cause am I of opinion that the want of outward beauty never disquiets a noble nature or will be regarded as a misfortune. It nevei can prevent people from being amiable and beloved in the...
Page 2 - The life of a rich old bachelor," said he with a sigh, which awakened in me the thought that he found himself burdened with as many wives and children as Rochus Pumpernickel — "the life of a rich old bachelor is indeed a continual" "The life of a rich old bachelor," said the first speaker also with a sigh, "is a splendid breakfast, a tolerably flat dinner, and a most miserable supper !" Whilst I listened to the communication of the two gentlemen, and observed 'les reines du bal...
Page 58 - I cannot understand the importance which certain people set upon outward beauty or plainness. I am of opinion that all true education, such at least as has a religious foundation, must infuse a noble calm, a wholesome coldness, an indifference, or whatever people may call it, towards such-like outward gifts, or the want of them. And who has not experienced of how little consequence they are in fact for the weal or woe of life? Who has not experienced how, on nearer acquaintance, plainness becomes...