A Pocketful of Sixpences
A Pocketful of Sixpences
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I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet, Hating that solemn vice of greatness pride ; I meant each softest virtue there should meet, Fit in that softer bosom to reside. Only a learned and a manly soul I purposed her that should, with even powers, The rock, the spindle, and the shears control Of destiny, and spin her own free hours. Such when I meant to feign, and wished to see, The muse bade " Bedford " write, and that was she ! Such was the ideal of a Great Lady in the reign of James I.... , and in the reign of Victoria the same characteristics held good. Dr. Pusey, whose octo- 5 130 A POCKETFUL OF SIXPENCES. Genarian mother, Lady Lucy Pusey, was a typical Great Lady of the old school, wrote thus in 1875 : " It used to strike me in young days how the preference of others to self, the great shock which it evidently was to give pain to anyone, the considera- tion of everyone's feelings, the thinking of others rather than oneself, the pains that no one should feel neglected, the deference shown to the weak or the aged, the unconscious courtesy to those socially inferior, were the beauty of the refined worldly manners of the ' old school.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet, Hating that solemn vice of greatness pride ; I meant each softest virtue there should meet, Fit in that softer bosom to reside. Only a learned and a manly soul I purposed her that should, with even powers, The rock, the spindle, and the shears control Of destiny, and spin her own free hours. Such when I meant to feign, and wished to see, The muse bade " Bedford " write, and that was she ! Such was the ideal of a Great Lady in the reign of James I.... , and in the reign of Victoria the same characteristics held good. Dr. Pusey, whose octo- 5 130 A POCKETFUL OF SIXPENCES. Genarian mother, Lady Lucy Pusey, was a typical Great Lady of the old school, wrote thus in 1875 : " It used to strike me in young days how the preference of others to self, the great shock which it evidently was to give pain to anyone, the considera- tion of everyone's feelings, the thinking of others rather than oneself, the pains that no one should feel neglected, the deference shown to the weak or the aged, the unconscious courtesy to those socially inferior, were the beauty of the refined worldly manners of the ' old school.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Gwe Russell to read onlineMoreLess
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