Woman: Or Ida of Athens, Volume 4Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 290 pages |
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... amuse them with many heathen stories and christian legends , partly related in bad Greek , and fre- quently interspersed with Arabic phra- ses , Turkish idioms , and corrupt Italian . And now , the sun declining towards the Athenian ...
... amuse them with many heathen stories and christian legends , partly related in bad Greek , and fre- quently interspersed with Arabic phra- ses , Turkish idioms , and corrupt Italian . And now , the sun declining towards the Athenian ...
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... amuse or touch the mind . Here a booth displayed a va- riety of the most precious stones and richest stuffs - there a temporary bower supplied the happy revellers with cof- fee and sherbet . On one side a grave Arab danced an ape , to ...
... amuse or touch the mind . Here a booth displayed a va- riety of the most precious stones and richest stuffs - there a temporary bower supplied the happy revellers with cof- fee and sherbet . On one side a grave Arab danced an ape , to ...
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... entered London by Kensington , at that hour when the brilliant bustle of business and amuse- ment , rendered it a scene the most animating to the thoughtless , and the interested , and the gay . To the wretch- ed 122 WOMAN ; OR.
... entered London by Kensington , at that hour when the brilliant bustle of business and amuse- ment , rendered it a scene the most animating to the thoughtless , and the interested , and the gay . To the wretch- ed 122 WOMAN ; OR.
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... amuse or to amaze , she mistook the eagerness of curiosity for that kind warmth of manner so welcome to the stranger's heart ; and brought forward to be seen or to be heard ; her youthful vanity readily construed the tedium of exhausted ...
... amuse or to amaze , she mistook the eagerness of curiosity for that kind warmth of manner so welcome to the stranger's heart ; and brought forward to be seen or to be heard ; her youthful vanity readily construed the tedium of exhausted ...
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... amuse the attention of private and polished society . But genius is the concentration of the mind's forces , to great and noble objects , by which man- kind at large is improved or benefitted . It is the habit of seeing things in the ...
... amuse the attention of private and polished society . But genius is the concentration of the mind's forces , to great and noble objects , by which man- kind at large is improved or benefitted . It is the habit of seeing things in the ...
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admiration affections affliction amidst amulet amuse ANNA MARIA PORTER anxiety archon ardent arms athenian Athens awakened beauty beheld beloved bestow betrayed blended boards bosom breathed brothers caloyer character charm conduct confidence dervise diamond cross Edition Egaleos emotion endeavoured England esteem existence eyes faint fancy father feelings felicity felt foolscap 8vo gave gaze genius greek hand happiness hope human Hymettus Ida's imagination impa influence inspired interest Ismenus Janissary Jumeli knew Kyra letter Livadia lived Lord manner ment mind of Ida mingled misery monk nature object observed once opulence Osmyn Paramana passion Pentelicus person prejudice Price 11 pride racter repose returned ROBERT SOUTHEY rude scene sense sensibility sentiment sigh sion Smyrna society sought soul Stephaniki suffering talents taste tears tender THADDEUS of WARSAW thought timid tion trembling triumph Turkish virtue vols WALTER SCOTT wept woman wretched
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