Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, Том 7author, 1797 |
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... appearance seemed adapted to impress terror , and demand submission . The guards were ordered to withdraw ; when , with his own hand , he bolted the massy folding- doors , while his eyes sparkled with libidinous triumph . As the long ...
... appearance seemed adapted to impress terror , and demand submission . The guards were ordered to withdraw ; when , with his own hand , he bolted the massy folding- doors , while his eyes sparkled with libidinous triumph . As the long ...
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... appeared inclined to take part with the Americans , but had not openly declared themselves , Sir Joseph Yorke , then our Ambassador at the Hague , meeting the French Ambassador , censured his court for in- terfering in the dispute , and ...
... appeared inclined to take part with the Americans , but had not openly declared themselves , Sir Joseph Yorke , then our Ambassador at the Hague , meeting the French Ambassador , censured his court for in- terfering in the dispute , and ...
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... appeared , in the eyes of the Count and the Lieutenant , a corroboration of his guilt . After this examination , they descended to the ground floor , where the almoner , the page , and the valet de chambre were accustomed to sleep ...
... appeared , in the eyes of the Count and the Lieutenant , a corroboration of his guilt . After this examination , they descended to the ground floor , where the almoner , the page , and the valet de chambre were accustomed to sleep ...
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... appeared to be in affluence ; he had bought himself rich cloaths , had shewn various sums of money , and had purchased an estate near Mans , for which he had paid between nine and ten thousand livres . Gagnard , who was the son of the ...
... appeared to be in affluence ; he had bought himself rich cloaths , had shewn various sums of money , and had purchased an estate near Mans , for which he had paid between nine and ten thousand livres . Gagnard , who was the son of the ...
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... appeared so clear , that it was only astonishing how the criminals could ever have been mistaken . The guardians of Constantia Guillemot , the daughter of d'Anglade , now desired to be ad- mitted parties in the suit , on behalf of their ...
... appeared so clear , that it was only astonishing how the criminals could ever have been mistaken . The guardians of Constantia Guillemot , the daughter of d'Anglade , now desired to be ad- mitted parties in the suit , on behalf of their ...
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Страница 69 - What a gloom hangs all around! The dying lamp feebly emits a yellow gleam; no sound is heard but of the chiming clock or the distant watchdog. All the bustle of human pride is forgotten; an hour like this may well display the emptiness of human vanity.
Страница 92 - Attacked by great injuries, the man of mild and gentle spirit will feel what human nature feels ; and will defend and resent as his duty allows him.
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Страница 91 - Gentleness is, in truth, the great avenue to mutual enjoyment. Amidst the strife of interfering interests, it tempers the violence of contention, and keeps alive the seeds of harmony. It softens animosities; renews endearments ; and renders the countenance of man a refreshment to man. Banish gentleness from the earth ; suppose the world to be filled with none but harsh and contentious spirits ; and what sort of society would remain ? the solitude of the desert were preferable to it. The conflict...
Страница 117 - ... time. If you have resolution enough to do this, you cannot but love learning ; for the mind always loves that to which it has been long, steadily and voluntarily attached.
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