Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, Volume 2author, 1794 - 304 pages |
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... person who calls upon him , and takes feveral turns in his room ' till dinner ; dinner is ferved up ; and the evening will be spent as unprofitable as the morning , and his whole life as this day . Such a wretch is good for nothing : it ...
... person who calls upon him , and takes feveral turns in his room ' till dinner ; dinner is ferved up ; and the evening will be spent as unprofitable as the morning , and his whole life as this day . Such a wretch is good for nothing : it ...
Page 86
... person spit in his face , and laughing , again re- newed his interrogatory , " For what was you put into this cell ? " The madman , with calm difdain , ftooped down , took up fome of the ftraw whereon he lay , wiped the fpittle with it ...
... person spit in his face , and laughing , again re- newed his interrogatory , " For what was you put into this cell ? " The madman , with calm difdain , ftooped down , took up fome of the ftraw whereon he lay , wiped the fpittle with it ...
Page 138
... person who had introduced him have received a fevere repri- mand : but thofe who thought in this manner , did not fufficiently know the character of that prince .. He read the verses to himself , and then looking at Mr. Waller , with a ...
... person who had introduced him have received a fevere repri- mand : but thofe who thought in this manner , did not fufficiently know the character of that prince .. He read the verses to himself , and then looking at Mr. Waller , with a ...
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... person , and had received a very liberal education . In short , the young couple were made to please , and were the very model of happiness . Her for- tune was but small , but her accomplishments made amends for that . Sir Peter ...
... person , and had received a very liberal education . In short , the young couple were made to please , and were the very model of happiness . Her for- tune was but small , but her accomplishments made amends for that . Sir Peter ...
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... PERSON one day thrusting himself into the prefence of the King , called loudly for jus- tice . The King ordered him to explain his com- plaint , which he thus did : That unfortunately having a handsome wife , the King's nephew had ...
... PERSON one day thrusting himself into the prefence of the King , called loudly for jus- tice . The King ordered him to explain his com- plaint , which he thus did : That unfortunately having a handsome wife , the King's nephew had ...
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Page 105 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 295 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 17 - See the sole bliss heaven could on all bestow ! Which who but feels can taste, but thinks can know : Yet poor with fortune, and with learning blind, The bad must miss, the good untaught will find : Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through nature up to nature's God ; Pursues that chain which links th...
Page 295 - How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But, alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Page 91 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Page 207 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.
Page 105 - Join voices all ye living souls: Ye birds, That singing up to heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise.
Page 16 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Page 209 - Upon looking up, What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.
Page 208 - There were indeed some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk.