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... charms is deprived of all its magic , when the captivated admirer discovers that she has an envious mind and an unbridled tongue . When this discovery is made , the loves and graces vanish , and in their stead appear impure harpies and ...
... charms is deprived of all its magic , when the captivated admirer discovers that she has an envious mind and an unbridled tongue . When this discovery is made , the loves and graces vanish , and in their stead appear impure harpies and ...
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... , that he gained the first stitch ; for it was directed towards the unblushing charms of the beauteous bride of Adam , the devil's needle gave her a wound in the seat of all ladies ' longings , the spleen ; and THE POLYANTHOS , 29.
... , that he gained the first stitch ; for it was directed towards the unblushing charms of the beauteous bride of Adam , the devil's needle gave her a wound in the seat of all ladies ' longings , the spleen ; and THE POLYANTHOS , 29.
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... charms , than have his imagination checked and his eye satisfied at once with a full display . Women are never so little admired for personal attraction , as when they exhibit , without any veil the beauties they possess . A lover's ...
... charms , than have his imagination checked and his eye satisfied at once with a full display . Women are never so little admired for personal attraction , as when they exhibit , without any veil the beauties they possess . A lover's ...
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... charms ; but when the princesses of Egypt came forth arrayed in their borrowed plumes , they displayed them on a shaven crown ! -Imagine , fair damsel of the radiant locks ! -imagine the possibility of a bald - headed beauty ! -Yet so ...
... charms ; but when the princesses of Egypt came forth arrayed in their borrowed plumes , they displayed them on a shaven crown ! -Imagine , fair damsel of the radiant locks ! -imagine the possibility of a bald - headed beauty ! -Yet so ...
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... charms of music , my mother engrosses the family gallants , and I am forced to become a desponding recluse , in spite of all my petitions and remonstrances . As I have not yet been deprived of the use of pen , ink , and paper , I have ...
... charms of music , my mother engrosses the family gallants , and I am forced to become a desponding recluse , in spite of all my petitions and remonstrances . As I have not yet been deprived of the use of pen , ink , and paper , I have ...
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Page 91 - All nature is but art, unknown to thee ; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see ; All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 173 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 210 - Her lips were red, and one was thin ; Compared to that was next her chin, Some bee had stung it newly ; But Dick, her eyes so guard her face, I durst no more upon them gaze, Than on the sun in July.
Page 141 - Thou smil'st as if thy soul were soaring To heaven, and heaven's God adoring! And who can tell what visions high May bless an infant's sleeping eye! What brighter throne can brightness find To reign on than an infant's mind, Ere sin destroy or error dim The glory of the seraphim?
Page 217 - Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables. Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio!
Page 12 - Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal nature lifts her changeful form, Mounts from her funeral pyre on wings of flame, And soars and shines, another and the same...
Page 288 - Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs, Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And few can save or serve, but all can please, Oh! let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. Large bounties to bestow, we wish in vain, But all may shun the guilt of giving pain.
Page 194 - The first discovery of their being affected, was to see the white gutters made by their tears, which plentifully fell down their black cheeks, as they came out of their coal-pits. Hundreds and hundreds of them were soon brought under deep convictions, which (as the event proved) happily ended in a sound and thorough conversion.
Page 142 - How bright the unchanging morn appears! Farewell, inconstant world, farewell ! 5 Life's labor done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies, While heaven and earth combine to say, " How blest the righteous when he dies !
Page 231 - After a solemn pause, Mr. Whitefield thus addressed his numerous audience ; — ' The attendant angel is just about to leave the threshold, and ascend to heaven. And shall he ascend and not bear with him the news of one sinner...