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... Madam ; and all owing to your coming to this town on a matrimonial fpeculation . Mrs. D. Matrimonial fpeculation indeed , Betty ! -Yes , when a run of luck had reduced me to the laft fhilling , didn't I tell you I would go to a wa ...
... Madam ; and all owing to your coming to this town on a matrimonial fpeculation . Mrs. D. Matrimonial fpeculation indeed , Betty ! -Yes , when a run of luck had reduced me to the laft fhilling , didn't I tell you I would go to a wa ...
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... Madam , my ward has told me of your condefcenfion ; and though you laughed at him about Meters and Tafio- Gabr . Laughed at me ! Lord help you ! why Mrs. Decoy isn't fingular there ; and , if it wou'dn't make her jealous , I could tell ...
... Madam , my ward has told me of your condefcenfion ; and though you laughed at him about Meters and Tafio- Gabr . Laughed at me ! Lord help you ! why Mrs. Decoy isn't fingular there ; and , if it wou'dn't make her jealous , I could tell ...
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... Madam , the clergyman is this moment arrived . Mrs. D. The clergyman ! Lord ! I'm fo em- barraffed - ar'n't you , Mr. Gabriel ? Gabr . Why , I do feel fomewhat furried ; but it's because I'm not used to it ; if I was like you , I should ...
... Madam , the clergyman is this moment arrived . Mrs. D. The clergyman ! Lord ! I'm fo em- barraffed - ar'n't you , Mr. Gabriel ? Gabr . Why , I do feel fomewhat furried ; but it's because I'm not used to it ; if I was like you , I should ...
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... Madam -- You fee before you one who , though oppreffed by fortune , fcorns to infringe the laws of hofpitality , and willingly would fhare his laft fad pittance with the poor : -- but when he's told by him whom he refpects - that you ...
... Madam -- You fee before you one who , though oppreffed by fortune , fcorns to infringe the laws of hofpitality , and willingly would fhare his laft fad pittance with the poor : -- but when he's told by him whom he refpects - that you ...
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... Madam ; in my time gallantry was a very different fort of business . Tho ' we were cowardly enough to avoid the dangers of feduction , we were ftill bold enough , and I hope ever will be , to protect innocence and punish villany ...
... Madam ; in my time gallantry was a very different fort of business . Tho ' we were cowardly enough to avoid the dangers of feduction , we were ftill bold enough , and I hope ever will be , to protect innocence and punish villany ...
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Page 33 - All night I stood on the shore. I saw her by the faint beam of the moon. All night I heard her cries. Loud was the wind; the rain beat hard on the hill. Before morning appeared, her voice was weak. It died away, like the evening breeze among the grass of the rocks.
Page 34 - Why doft thou awake me, O gale? It .feems to fay, I am covered with the drops of heaven. The time of my fading is near, and the blaft that fhall fcatter my leaves. To-morrow fhall the traveller come ; he that faw me in my beauty fhall come; his eyes will fearch the field but they will not find me.
Page 12 - Poem, translated (in blank verse) from the Latin of Titus Lucretius Carus, accompanied with the original Text, and illustrated with Notes philological and explanatory, by John Mason Good.
Page 10 - I asked him for it again, he downrighl. refused me; and so I told him to give me another — and he did, very civilly ; he gave me his own ; and they beat in such unison, that I don't think either of us will be sorry for the change as long as we exist. Mrs Aub. Heavens ! who is it ? Not Sir Edward Specious ? O/ir.
Page 39 - Love, which drew these sorrows on me, Love alone can yield relief; The pitying power that has undone me, Pours the balm that heals my grief. What though memory so severely Tells me that my joys are gone ; Let but him I love so dearly Smile, and all my cares are flown. Mrs Bel.
Page 11 - When a little farm we keep, And have little girls and boys, With little pigs and sheep, To make a little noise, Oh, what happy, merry days we'll see.