The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Том 4H.D. Symonds, 1798 |
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... those around us ; while the lover , ftrange as it may feem , however accomplished and cultivated his mistress , is best gratified by a filent at- tention to her beauties , and a fort of mute admiration . Women do not appear to be ...
... those around us ; while the lover , ftrange as it may feem , however accomplished and cultivated his mistress , is best gratified by a filent at- tention to her beauties , and a fort of mute admiration . Women do not appear to be ...
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... those which I had fondly , but vainly , ex- pected to find . I was puzzled to account for the un- bounded approbation which it received , and could only C 2 folve folve the difficulty by fuppofing that the audience were laughing THE ...
... those which I had fondly , but vainly , ex- pected to find . I was puzzled to account for the un- bounded approbation which it received , and could only C 2 folve folve the difficulty by fuppofing that the audience were laughing THE ...
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... those who can with rapture liften to the effufions of abfurdity and infipidity , would yawn with lift lefs langour , and very probably flumber , at the repre- fentation of fcenes fraught with nature , wit , pathos , and fublimity . But ...
... those who can with rapture liften to the effufions of abfurdity and infipidity , would yawn with lift lefs langour , and very probably flumber , at the repre- fentation of fcenes fraught with nature , wit , pathos , and fublimity . But ...
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... those who are devoted to it would not facrifice their eftates , their honour , and their health ; for it they would not fuffer their unfortu- nate and honeft creditors to fink into ruin , that they might discharge a debt contracted at ...
... those who are devoted to it would not facrifice their eftates , their honour , and their health ; for it they would not fuffer their unfortu- nate and honeft creditors to fink into ruin , that they might discharge a debt contracted at ...
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... those which the foil would have a tendency to nurfe . Years after , when wandering through the fame scenes , her imagination has ftrayed back , to trace the firft pla- cid fentiments they infpired , and the would earnestly defire to ...
... those which the foil would have a tendency to nurfe . Years after , when wandering through the fame scenes , her imagination has ftrayed back , to trace the firft pla- cid fentiments they infpired , and the would earnestly defire to ...
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admiration againſt alfo almoft beauty becauſe beft breaft caufe character circumftance confequence confiderable converfation defire difplayed diftinguished enemy Evan Nepean fafely faid fame fatisfaction fcarcely fcenes fecond feems fenfe fent fentiments fervant fervice feven feveral fhade fhall fhips fhould figh fince firft fituation flain fleet fmile fome fometimes foon forrow foul fource fpirit ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fuffered fuperior fuppofed fure fweet genius happineſs heart hiftory himſelf honour human inftances inftruction intereft itſelf John Horne Tooke juft laft lefs loft Lord meaſure mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never o'er obferved occafion paffed paffion perfons pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed prefent purpoſe racter reafon refpect reft rifing ſcene ſhall ſhe Sir G ſtate tafte thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe THOMAS CHATTERTON thoſe thou thouſand tion underſtanding uſeful virtue whilft whofe whoſe youth
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Страница 139 - ... the outlines. The opinions he formed of men, upon a slight acquaintance, were frequently erroneous ; but the tendency of his nature inclined him much more to blind partiality, than to ill-founded prejudice.
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Страница 234 - Yet hear, alas ! this mournful truth, Nor hear it with a frown ; — Thou canst not make the tea so fast As I can gulp it down.