 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pages
...BLACK.STONE.— WALPOLE. SIR RICHARD STEELE. 1671-1729. (Lady Elizabeth Hastings.) Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior ; to love her was a liberal education.* The Taller. No.4Q. SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. 1723-1780.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1868 - 498 pages
...lady love is the constant effect, though it is never the design ; yet though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an...behaviour, and to love her is a liberal education.' " " Oh, indeed ! " says Mrs. Steele, who did not seem to understand a word of what the gentleman was... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...Squirrel. SIR RICHARD STEELE. 1671-1729. (T ADY Eli2abeth Hastings.) Though her mien -* — ' carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; to love her was a liberal education.* The Taller. No. 49. * Leigh Hunt incorrectly ascribes the expression,... | |
 | 1872 - 566 pages
...lady love is ' the constant effect, because it is never the design. Yet though her ' mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an...to loose behaviour ; and to love her is a liberal edu' cation." If you try him by a test of wit you will find him not wanting. Commend me to such essays... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1873 - 448 pages
...good, amiable, or sweet ! Millon. ELEVATING INFLUENCE OF A VIRTUOUS WOMAN. Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour ; to love her was a liberal education. Sir Richard Stiele. MASKED AND DISMASKED BEAUTY. Fair ladies... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...Act v. Sc. I. SIR RICHARD STEELE. 1671-1729. (Lady Elizabeth Hastings. ) Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior ; to love her was a liberal education.2 The Tatler. Na. 49. Will Honeycomb calls these over-offended... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...Maid Bewitched. SIR RICHARD STEELE. 1671-1729. (Lady Elizabeth Hastings.) Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior ; to love her was a liberal education. The Toiler. No. 49. Will Honeycomb calls these over-offended... | |
 | 1876 - 576 pages
...pure unselfish attachment may have an elevating effect : Steele said of Lady Elizabeth Hastings that ' to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour, and to love her is a liberal education.' * But the most irreproachable of SainteBeuve's heroines exercised no influence of the sort ; and the... | |
 | 1876 - 606 pages
...pure unselfish attachment may have an elevating effect : Steele said of Lady Elizabeth Hastings that ' to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour, and to love her is a liberal education.' * But the most irreproachable of SainteBeuve's heroines exercised no influence of the sort ; and the... | |
 | 1877 - 468 pages
...influence of character in his portraiture of Lady Elizabeth Hastings : " Though her mien carried much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose "behavior; to love her was a liberal education." If you would attain the noblest success you must follow... | |
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In this accomplished lady, love is the constant effect, because it is never the design. Yet, though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; and to love her is a liberal education... 
