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Pagina 9
... reason to boaft : for Voltaire tells us , that one day Charles was diverting himself in the king's apartment with looking upon two plans , the one of a town in Hungary , and the other of Riga , the capital of Livonia , a province ...
... reason to boaft : for Voltaire tells us , that one day Charles was diverting himself in the king's apartment with looking upon two plans , the one of a town in Hungary , and the other of Riga , the capital of Livonia , a province ...
Pagina 11
... reason to boaft : for Voltaire tells us , that one day Charles was diverting himself in the king's apartment with looking upon two plans , the one of a town in Hungary , and the other of Riga , the capital of Livonia , a province ...
... reason to boaft : for Voltaire tells us , that one day Charles was diverting himself in the king's apartment with looking upon two plans , the one of a town in Hungary , and the other of Riga , the capital of Livonia , a province ...
Pagina 36
... reason , could not be hushed ; Mrs. S- , of- fended with the cries of this innocent little creature , ordered the mother to bring it aft , and deliver it into her hands ; then in the prefence of the distracted pa- rent , the immediately ...
... reason , could not be hushed ; Mrs. S- , of- fended with the cries of this innocent little creature , ordered the mother to bring it aft , and deliver it into her hands ; then in the prefence of the distracted pa- rent , the immediately ...
Pagina 69
... whole converfation he delighted , and many for no other reason , than because they stood in need of his coun- tenance and protection . As nothing was more abhor- rent The Charles of this night ( May 13 , ) THE MONTHLY VISITOR . 69.
... whole converfation he delighted , and many for no other reason , than because they stood in need of his coun- tenance and protection . As nothing was more abhor- rent The Charles of this night ( May 13 , ) THE MONTHLY VISITOR . 69.
Pagina 99
... reason weep , and forrows at which wisdom fmiles . Pfhaw ! There is not between ape and oyfter fo ridi- culous or fo wretched a creature as man . ( Walks ) Oh Maria ! ( Again confulting his watch ) I want but a few feconds . My watch ...
... reason weep , and forrows at which wisdom fmiles . Pfhaw ! There is not between ape and oyfter fo ridi- culous or fo wretched a creature as man . ( Walks ) Oh Maria ! ( Again confulting his watch ) I want but a few feconds . My watch ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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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