Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Moralityauthor., 1797 - 271 pagina's |
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Pagina 75
... held up to engage our attention and sympathetic forrow . The poor weep unheeded , perfecuted by every fubordinate species of tyranny ; and every law , which gives others L 2 of ( 75 ) couch and find a fhort repofe from wretchednefs ...
... held up to engage our attention and sympathetic forrow . The poor weep unheeded , perfecuted by every fubordinate species of tyranny ; and every law , which gives others L 2 of ( 75 ) couch and find a fhort repofe from wretchednefs ...
Pagina 96
... attention to see that very often the fine fhape of a woman does folely add weight to what the fays , and which would be looked upon as nothing in other mouth . The time will come when this any fhall to 1 this fhall be my cafe . With ...
... attention to see that very often the fine fhape of a woman does folely add weight to what the fays , and which would be looked upon as nothing in other mouth . The time will come when this any fhall to 1 this fhall be my cafe . With ...
Pagina 117
... attention . Can it be you ? Are not you Monfieur Yes Madam , anfwered he , the fame ; your old friend and relation , whom you have not feen for twenty years ; and who from the rank of enfign , in one of the first regiments of France ...
... attention . Can it be you ? Are not you Monfieur Yes Madam , anfwered he , the fame ; your old friend and relation , whom you have not feen for twenty years ; and who from the rank of enfign , in one of the first regiments of France ...
Pagina 145
... attention wholly on himself . There is always danger , left the honeft abhor- rence of a crime fhould raise the paffions with too much violence against the man to whom it is im- puted . In proportion as guilt is more enormous , it ought ...
... attention wholly on himself . There is always danger , left the honeft abhor- rence of a crime fhould raise the paffions with too much violence against the man to whom it is im- puted . In proportion as guilt is more enormous , it ought ...
Pagina 169
... attention which the Royal boy paid to the music , that he exclaimed to the performers about him.— If that young Prince should live to ascend the throne , then will be the era of Handel's glory . No one will venture to say that his ...
... attention which the Royal boy paid to the music , that he exclaimed to the performers about him.— If that young Prince should live to ascend the throne , then will be the era of Handel's glory . No one will venture to say that his ...
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accompliſhments affiftance afked againſt alſo ANEC ANECDOTE anfwered aſked beauty becauſe bleffings bofom cauſe confequence converfation daughter defire difcovered eyes fafe faid fame father fays feemed feen fenfe fenfible fent fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fituation fome fometimes foon forrow fortune foul fpirits friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fupport fure gentleman greateſt happineſs happy heart heaven herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe huſband intereft itſelf juft lady laft lefs Leocadia loft Lord Matilda ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion Orafmin paffed paffion Palemon perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect ſhe Sir THOMAS PRENDERGAST tafte thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion uſe vifit virtue vizier whofe whoſe wifdom wife wifh young yourſelf
Populaire passages
Pagina 99 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Pagina 59 - 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 296 - If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more from man to his Maker ? The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us those bounties, which proceed more immediately from his hand, but even those benefits which are conveyed to us by others. Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of Him who is the great Author of good, and Father of mercies.
Pagina 195 - ... with his views of an hereafter. In a word, his hopes are full of immortality, his schemes are large...
Pagina 93 - Whatever we enjoy is purely a free gift from our Creator ; but that we enjoy no more can never sure be deemed an injury, or a just reason to question his infinite benevolence. All our happiness is owing to his goodness; but that it is no greater is owing only to ourselves, that is, to our not having any inherent right to any happiness, or even to any existence at all.
Pagina 196 - He supersedes every little prospect of gain and advantage which offers itself here, if he does not find it consistent with his views of an hereafter. In a word, his hopes are full of immortality, his schemes...
Pagina 269 - The seas that roll unnumber'd waves; The wood that spreads its shady leaves ; The field whose ears conceal the grain, The yellow treasure of the plain ; All of these, and all I see...
Pagina 194 - Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life : Cunning is a kind of instinct, that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare.
Pagina 36 - Were they to give us in their catalogue of such worthies as are now living, how different would it be from that which any of our own species would draw up ! We are dazzled with the splendour of titles, the ostentation of learning, the noise of victories...
Pagina 301 - tis eafy to defcry She wants affiftance more than I ; Yet Teems to feel my pains alone, And is a Stoic in her own. When, among fcholars, can we find So foft and yet fo firm a mind...