The Little Female Orators, Or Nine Evenings Entertainment, with ObservationsT. Carnan, 1778 - 106 pagina's |
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Pagina 20
... moft exquifite Flavour , and à Defert of the most delicious Fruits . During the Repaft , their Ears were delighted by a Concert fo harmo- nious , that it raifed the Soul to Heaven ; and , when it was grown late , they retired to their ...
... moft exquifite Flavour , and à Defert of the most delicious Fruits . During the Repaft , their Ears were delighted by a Concert fo harmo- nious , that it raifed the Soul to Heaven ; and , when it was grown late , they retired to their ...
Pagina 56
... from which , I doubt not , you will draw fome use- ful Leffons of Prudence and Moderation , juft as Bees are faid to extract Honey from the moft poisonous Herbs , In In the Year 1688 , and on the fame Day 56 The Little Female ORATORS ; or ,
... from which , I doubt not , you will draw fome use- ful Leffons of Prudence and Moderation , juft as Bees are faid to extract Honey from the moft poisonous Herbs , In In the Year 1688 , and on the fame Day 56 The Little Female ORATORS ; or ,
Pagina 63
... moft ftudied Har- rangues . Mifs Deborah , without Hefitation , has furnished you with a Story , well worth the nicest Confideration . You here fee two young Ladies rocked in . the fame Cradle , if I may ufe that Expreffion , contract ...
... moft ftudied Har- rangues . Mifs Deborah , without Hefitation , has furnished you with a Story , well worth the nicest Confideration . You here fee two young Ladies rocked in . the fame Cradle , if I may ufe that Expreffion , contract ...
Pagina 65
... moft valuable Bleffing in human Life , and very rarely to be found ; certain it is , Bru- netta had none : A faithful Friend would have told her , that of all the various Paf- fions of the Soul , Envy and Revenge are the moft diabolical ...
... moft valuable Bleffing in human Life , and very rarely to be found ; certain it is , Bru- netta had none : A faithful Friend would have told her , that of all the various Paf- fions of the Soul , Envy and Revenge are the moft diabolical ...
Pagina 67
... moft fcandalous Falfe- hood on his Brother , in order to ruin him He immediately informed his Father , that Rofimond held a Correfpondence with a Neigh- bour , whom he had long before declared as his Enemy ; and this with a View to ...
... moft fcandalous Falfe- hood on his Brother , in order to ruin him He immediately informed his Father , that Rofimond held a Correfpondence with a Neigh- bour , whom he had long before declared as his Enemy ; and this with a View to ...
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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.