Tales characteristic, descriptive, and allegorical, by the author of 'An antidote to The miseries of human life'.Baldwin and Cradock, 1829 - 222 pages |
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Page 35 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Page 123 - So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord : but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might.
Page 92 - ... thanks to Heaven, I am not a beggar!" "No kindred and no friends!" repeated the old man. "No father — no brother — no wife — no sister!'' "None! No one to care whether I live or die," answered the stranger, with a mixture of pride and sadness in his voice. " But, as the song has it : " ' I care for nobody— no, not I, For nobody cares for me...
Page 94 - Palemon's fields. The pride of swains Palemon was ! the generous, and the rich ! Who led the rural life in all its joy And elegance, such as Arcadian song Transmits from ancient uncorrupted times, When tyrant Custom had not shackled man, But free to follow nature was the mode.