Emily, a moral tale, including letters from a father to his daughter, Volume 21809 |
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... affections of the wife from the husband and they have been known to produce effects more injurious than these even to raise the arm of the duellift to fhed the blood of his friend - perhaps of his bene- factor . Such perverters of the ...
... affections of the wife from the husband and they have been known to produce effects more injurious than these even to raise the arm of the duellift to fhed the blood of his friend - perhaps of his bene- factor . Such perverters of the ...
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... affection , and acknowledge that you are not impervious to the fame vulnerary fen- fations from the fhafts of Cupid , which perturb my nocturnal flumbers , and aug- ment my diurnal folicitudes ; and that you will , without ...
... affection , and acknowledge that you are not impervious to the fame vulnerary fen- fations from the fhafts of Cupid , which perturb my nocturnal flumbers , and aug- ment my diurnal folicitudes ; and that you will , without ...
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... affection and tenderness , calls her his daughter , places her by his side , and even makes an apology for her conduct . ” This remark of Quintilian is fo excellent , that I am at a lofs which to admire the moft , the acuteness of the ...
... affection and tenderness , calls her his daughter , places her by his side , and even makes an apology for her conduct . ” This remark of Quintilian is fo excellent , that I am at a lofs which to admire the moft , the acuteness of the ...
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... affectionate but hafty temper , to call her friend by opprobrious names ; a quarrel was the confequence ; by the interpofition of friends a feeming recon- ciliation was effected ; Mifs B fhook hands with the culprit , and forgave her ...
... affectionate but hafty temper , to call her friend by opprobrious names ; a quarrel was the confequence ; by the interpofition of friends a feeming recon- ciliation was effected ; Mifs B fhook hands with the culprit , and forgave her ...
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... affections ; matri mony diffolves many of its charms , and hows the real temper and difpofition . You muft not be much furprised or difappointed , when you discover the husband not to be that per fectly amiable being you found in the ...
... affections ; matri mony diffolves many of its charms , and hows the real temper and difpofition . You muft not be much furprised or difappointed , when you discover the husband not to be that per fectly amiable being you found in the ...
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Aboukir addrefs affection affured againſt antient Baron beautiful becauſe beft Belfeld beſt bleffings Britiſh cafe Captain cauſe CHAP circumftances Colonel Lorton converfation courfe daughter defcription deferving defire delight difplayed diftrefs drefs Edward Mar Edward Marriot Egypt elegant Emily Emily's exercife expreffed expreffion eyes faid Edward fame faſhion father fecure feemed feen fent fervants fhall fhores fhort fhould fhow fincere firft firſt Flowerdale fociety fome foon forrow fpirits ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofed fure give guife happineſs heart herſelf hiftory himſelf houfe houſe huſband increaſe intereft Knight lady laft lefs letter Malta Mapleton marriage Mifs mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt neceffary obferved occafion paffed perfon pleafed pleaſed pleaſure prefent preferved profpect propofal purfue raiſe refpect rifing rofe ſaid ſhe Sheik Sir Lionel ſtate ſtudy tafte tears thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion uſeful vifit whofe wifhed Wilfon wiſh yourſelf
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Page 47 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 191 - POWER OF RELIGION on the Mind, in Retirement, Affliction, and at the approach of Death; exemplified in the Testimonies and Experience of Persons distinguished by their greatness, learning, or virtue. " 'Tis immortality,— 'tis that alone, Amidst life's pains, abasements, emptiness, The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill.
Page 9 - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, that man's religion is vain...
Page 280 - Thefe are not ills ; elfe would they never fall On heaven's firft favourites, and the beft of men The gods, in bounty, work up ftorms about us, That give mankind occafion to exert Their hidden ftrength, and throw out into praftic Virtues, that fhun the day, and lie conceal'd In the fmooth feafons, and the calms of life.
Page 47 - O'er heaven's clear azure fpreads her facred light ; When not a breath difturbs the deep ferene, And not a cloud o'ercafts the folemn fcene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And ftars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole : O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure fhed, And tip with filver every mountain's head ; Then fhine the...
Page 48 - Long labour, why, forgetful of his toils And due repose, he loiters to behold The sunshine gleaming as through amber clouds, O'er all the western sky : full soon, I ween, His rude expression and untutor'd airs, Beyond the power of language, "will unfold The form of beauty smiling at his heart, How lovely!
Page 210 - To paint its power? For this the daring youth Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove : the pensive sage, Heedless of sleep, or midnight's harmful...
Page 7 - tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
Page 49 - Th' illuftrious chief of Troy Stretch 'd his fond arms to clalp the lovely boy. The babe clung crying to his nurfe's breaft, Scar'd at the dazzling helm, and nodding creft. With fecret pleafure each fond parent fmil'd, And...
Page 1 - ... have resigned or who have been removed upon charges which it is contended were unjust. If I should sign them it would form a precedent for similar action in the case of certainly hundreds and probably thousands of other men who have been removed, or who have resigned in like manner. From the inquiries I have been able to make, I am inclined to think that in one or two instances among the bills before me, the men may have suffered an injustice in the past ; that in two or three instances it is...