The Little Female Orators, Or Nine Evenings Entertainment, with ObservationsT. Carnan, 1778 - 106 pagina's |
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Pagina 11
... Reflections upon his former and his prefent State of Life , which had raised a Fit of De- votion in him , he threw off his Cloaths with a Defign to wash himself , according to the Cuftom of the Mahometans , before he said his Prayers ...
... Reflections upon his former and his prefent State of Life , which had raised a Fit of De- votion in him , he threw off his Cloaths with a Defign to wash himself , according to the Cuftom of the Mahometans , before he said his Prayers ...
Pagina 21
... Reflection , that he must fome Time or other be deprived of all this Happiness by Death , and carried his Impiety fo far , as to renounce in his Heart the Para- dife , which the holy Prophet promifes to the Faithful . His former Gaiety ...
... Reflection , that he must fome Time or other be deprived of all this Happiness by Death , and carried his Impiety fo far , as to renounce in his Heart the Para- dife , which the holy Prophet promifes to the Faithful . His former Gaiety ...
Pagina 25
... Reflections on the common Oc- currences of Life . I will not , therefore , attempt what I know myself incapable of performing ; but , fince you have chofen me to furnish you with Inftruction and Amuse- ment for this Night , I will ...
... Reflections on the common Oc- currences of Life . I will not , therefore , attempt what I know myself incapable of performing ; but , fince you have chofen me to furnish you with Inftruction and Amuse- ment for this Night , I will ...
Pagina 87
... the very Foundation of your Education ; and that an Ability to diffemble our Affections is a pro- feffed Part of our Breeding . Thefe , and H 2 fuch · fuch other Reflections , are sprinkled up and down Nine Evenings Entertainment . 87.
... the very Foundation of your Education ; and that an Ability to diffemble our Affections is a pro- feffed Part of our Breeding . Thefe , and H 2 fuch · fuch other Reflections , are sprinkled up and down Nine Evenings Entertainment . 87.
Pagina 88
· fuch other Reflections , are sprinkled up and down the Writings of all Ages by Authors , who leave behind them Memorials of their Refentment against the Scorn of particular Women , in Invectives against the whole Sex . Such a Writer ...
· fuch other Reflections , are sprinkled up and down the Writings of all Ages by Authors , who leave behind them Memorials of their Refentment against the Scorn of particular Women , in Invectives against the whole Sex . Such a Writer ...
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Pagina 31 - Upon looking up, What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.
Pagina 31 - ... on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 'The Genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. Take thine eyes off the bridge...
Pagina 32 - I here fetched a deep sigh; Alas, said I, man was made in vain! How is he given away to misery and mortality! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death! The Genius, being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect; Look no more...
Pagina 30 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Pagina 33 - I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Pagina 27 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and' qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Pagina 32 - Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.
Pagina 31 - What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches. These, said the Genius, are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life.
Pagina 27 - I had been often told that the rock before me was the haunt of a genius and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible...
Pagina 1 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot Folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.