Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments;: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, Band 2author., 1794 - 240 Seiten |
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... house wherein he dwelt , together with the greatest part of his large fortune and effects . The hufband of Profperity was fo transported with the gay difpofition and enchanting beauties . of his bride , that he cloathed her in gold and ...
... house wherein he dwelt , together with the greatest part of his large fortune and effects . The hufband of Profperity was fo transported with the gay difpofition and enchanting beauties . of his bride , that he cloathed her in gold and ...
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... house in Dw , the vil- lage which your Lordfhip took notice of , for the pleasantness of its fituation , when you rode through it last fummer . As fhe is an excellent œconomist , fhe not only contrives to live with decency , but keeps ...
... house in Dw , the vil- lage which your Lordfhip took notice of , for the pleasantness of its fituation , when you rode through it last fummer . As fhe is an excellent œconomist , fhe not only contrives to live with decency , but keeps ...
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... house ; and I expect you to be fufficiently fenfible of the diftinguishing com- pliment he pays us both by coming to our poor retreat . " Cecilia , while her mother talked in this ftrain , flood with her eyes riveted on the floor . She ...
... house ; and I expect you to be fufficiently fenfible of the diftinguishing com- pliment he pays us both by coming to our poor retreat . " Cecilia , while her mother talked in this ftrain , flood with her eyes riveted on the floor . She ...
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... house belonging to an old ufurer , a very rich man , but one who would not part with a farthing to get his father into Paradife . The ava- ricious landlord fhewed his head for a moment at the window ; when our travellers reprefenting to ...
... house belonging to an old ufurer , a very rich man , but one who would not part with a farthing to get his father into Paradife . The ava- ricious landlord fhewed his head for a moment at the window ; when our travellers reprefenting to ...
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... house of a reputable tradefman . This was a respectable old man , grown grey with years ; he lived in a pious manner with his wife , whom he loved ten- derly , and a child of ten years , the only product of his marriage , and the ...
... house of a reputable tradefman . This was a respectable old man , grown grey with years ; he lived in a pious manner with his wife , whom he loved ten- derly , and a child of ten years , the only product of his marriage , and the ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 189 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.
Seite 45 - Look'd through ? or can a part contain the whole ? Is the great chain, that draws all to agree, And drawn supports, upheld by God, or thee ? II.
Seite 190 - Or aught Thy goodness lent. Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Seite 190 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe.
Seite 190 - Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart...
Seite 150 - She was dressed in black, her skin was contracted into a thousand wrinkles, her eyes deep sunk in her head, and her complexion pale and livid as the countenance of death. Her looks were filled with terror and unrelenting severity, and her hands armed with whips and scorpions.
Seite 167 - In full-blown dignity, see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand : To him the church, the realm, their pow'rs consign. Through him the rays of regal bounty shine, Turn'd by his nod the stream of honour flows, His smile alone security bestows...
Seite 232 - ... to the loiterer, who makes appointments which he never keeps; to the consulter, who asks advice which he never takes; to the boaster, who blusters only to be praised; to the complainer, who whines only to be pitied; to the projector, whose happiness is to entertain his friends with expectations which all but himself know to be vain; to the...
Seite 45 - Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know ? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, "Tis ours to trace him only in our own.
Seite 232 - ... who whines only to be pitied; to the projector, whose happiness is to entertain his friends with expectations which all but himself know to be vain; to the economist, who tells of bargains and settlements; to the politician, who predicts the fate of battles and breach of alliances; to the usurer, who compares the different funds; and to the talker, who talks only because he loves to be talking.