Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Moralityauthor., 1797 - 271 страници |
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... honour , fell a victim to this vice , and expired in a debauch at Babylon . Curfed juice , more venomous than the waters of the river Styx ! Well did the Poets feign that the earth produced thee in revenge for the death of her fons ...
... honour , fell a victim to this vice , and expired in a debauch at Babylon . Curfed juice , more venomous than the waters of the river Styx ! Well did the Poets feign that the earth produced thee in revenge for the death of her fons ...
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... honoured father having raised him to the firft rank in Ireland , his fon treads in the fame paths , and meets with the fame royal marks of at- tention and approbation . This gentleman gives very early teftimonies of his natural genius ...
... honoured father having raised him to the firft rank in Ireland , his fon treads in the fame paths , and meets with the fame royal marks of at- tention and approbation . This gentleman gives very early teftimonies of his natural genius ...
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... honour , they will be ashamed of tormenting a poor woman , who takes fo little precaution to defend herself . " Active and indefatigable on the breaking out of the troubles , fhe goes to Holland to fell her jewels , and returns to ...
... honour , they will be ashamed of tormenting a poor woman , who takes fo little precaution to defend herself . " Active and indefatigable on the breaking out of the troubles , fhe goes to Holland to fell her jewels , and returns to ...
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... honour to demean himself fo as to infult me with a state which I never before found fo miferable as at this very moment , Here tears flowed into her eyes : Clerville at this time , imagining that her virtue , after being alarmed by an ...
... honour to demean himself fo as to infult me with a state which I never before found fo miferable as at this very moment , Here tears flowed into her eyes : Clerville at this time , imagining that her virtue , after being alarmed by an ...
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... honour , and it fhall be my endeavour to merit your esteem ; my heart is noble , if my extraction is not fo : want of birth is not at all incompatible with honour , and fhould not draw upon me the disrespect you plainly meant . At each ...
... honour , and it fhall be my endeavour to merit your esteem ; my heart is noble , if my extraction is not fo : want of birth is not at all incompatible with honour , and fhould not draw upon me the disrespect you plainly meant . At each ...
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accompliſhments affiftance afked againſt alſo ANEC ANECDOTE anfwered aſked beauty becauſe bleffings bofom cauſe confequence converfation daughter defire difcovered eyes fafe faid fame father fays feemed feen fenfe fenfible fent fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fituation fome fometimes foon forrow fortune foul fpirits friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fupport fure gentleman greateſt happineſs happy heart heaven herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe huſband intereft itſelf juft lady laft lefs Leocadia loft Lord Matilda ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion Orafmin paffed paffion Palemon perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect ſhe Sir THOMAS PRENDERGAST tafte thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion uſe vifit virtue vizier whofe whoſe wifdom wife wifh young yourſelf
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Страница 59 - Why, why was I born a man and yet see the sufferings of wretches I cannot relieve! Poor houseless creatures! the world will give you reproaches but will not give you relief.
Страница 296 - If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more from man to his Maker ? The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us those bounties, which proceed more immediately from his hand, but even those benefits which are conveyed to us by others. Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of Him who is the great Author of good, and Father of mercies.
Страница 195 - ... with his views of an hereafter. In a word, his hopes are full of immortality, his schemes are large...
Страница 93 - Whatever we enjoy is purely a free gift from our Creator ; but that we enjoy no more can never sure be deemed an injury, or a just reason to question his infinite benevolence. All our happiness is owing to his goodness; but that it is no greater is owing only to ourselves, that is, to our not having any inherent right to any happiness, or even to any existence at all.
Страница 196 - He supersedes every little prospect of gain and advantage which offers itself here, if he does not find it consistent with his views of an hereafter. In a word, his hopes are full of immortality, his schemes...
Страница 269 - The seas that roll unnumber'd waves; The wood that spreads its shady leaves ; The field whose ears conceal the grain, The yellow treasure of the plain ; All of these, and all I see...
Страница 194 - Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life : Cunning is a kind of instinct, that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare.
Страница 36 - Were they to give us in their catalogue of such worthies as are now living, how different would it be from that which any of our own species would draw up ! We are dazzled with the splendour of titles, the ostentation of learning, the noise of victories...
Страница 301 - tis eafy to defcry She wants affiftance more than I ; Yet Teems to feel my pains alone, And is a Stoic in her own. When, among fcholars, can we find So foft and yet fo firm a mind...