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Pagina 26
... early playmate and uncle Contarine con- tinued to the last one of his most active , unwavering , and gene- rous friends . Fitted out in a great measure by this considerate relative , Oliver was now transferred to schools of a higher ...
... early playmate and uncle Contarine con- tinued to the last one of his most active , unwavering , and gene- rous friends . Fitted out in a great measure by this considerate relative , Oliver was now transferred to schools of a higher ...
Pagina 33
... early mortifications induced him , in after years , most strongly to dissuade his brother Henry , the clergyman , from sending a son to college on a like footing . " If he has ambition , strong passions , and an exquisite sensibility of ...
... early mortifications induced him , in after years , most strongly to dissuade his brother Henry , the clergyman , from sending a son to college on a like footing . " If he has ambition , strong passions , and an exquisite sensibility of ...
Pagina 34
... early study , he speaks slightingly of col- lege honors . " A lad , " says he , " whose passions are not strong enough in youth to mislead him from that path of science which his tutors , and not his inclination , have chalked out , by ...
... early study , he speaks slightingly of col- lege honors . " A lad , " says he , " whose passions are not strong enough in youth to mislead him from that path of science which his tutors , and not his inclination , have chalked out , by ...
Pagina 35
... early schoolmate , by the name of Beatty ; the other a cousin , and the chosen companion of his frolicks , Robert ( or rather Bob ) Bryanton , of Ballymulvey House , near Ballymahon . When these casual supplies failed him he was more ...
... early schoolmate , by the name of Beatty ; the other a cousin , and the chosen companion of his frolicks , Robert ( or rather Bob ) Bryanton , of Ballymulvey House , near Ballymahon . When these casual supplies failed him he was more ...
Pagina 41
... early marriage and unambitious retirement of Henry , though so subversive of the fond plans of his father , had proved happy in their results . He was already surrounded by a blooming family ; he was contented with his lot , beloved by ...
... early marriage and unambitious retirement of Henry , though so subversive of the fond plans of his father , had proved happy in their results . He was already surrounded by a blooming family ; he was contented with his lot , beloved by ...
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Pagina 247 - ... bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Pagina 21 - More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train...
Pagina 159 - I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated.
Pagina 288 - Lusiad," and I, went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil.
Pagina 221 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Pagina 79 - 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.
Pagina 134 - Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all power and all authority.
Pagina 194 - By this time my curiosity began to abate, and my appetite to increase ; the company of fools may at first make us smile, but at last never fails of rendering us melancholy. I therefore pretended to recollect a prior engagement, and after having...
Pagina 189 - Johnson, to be sure, has a roughness in his manner; but no man alive has a more tender heart. He has nothing of the bear but his skin.
Pagina 167 - I could say nothing but that I had a brother there, a clergyman, that stood in need of help: as for myself, I have no dependence on the promises of great men: I look to the booksellers for support; they are my best friends, and I am not inclined to forsake them for others.