The PraterT. Lownds, 1757 - 289 Seiten |
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... should diftinguith them in an uncommon manner : for whether they commit harmonious , numbers or wretched , rhymes , tuneful periods or heavy paragraphs , fenfe , or nonfenfe , to the prefs , they contribute to the consumption of that ...
... should diftinguith them in an uncommon manner : for whether they commit harmonious , numbers or wretched , rhymes , tuneful periods or heavy paragraphs , fenfe , or nonfenfe , to the prefs , they contribute to the consumption of that ...
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... should render myself un- able to follow my plain dealing friend's whole- fome advice . To conclude this introductory discourse to a larger work , I stoop to the Clemency of the pub- lic , and hope I shall be heard pa - tient - ly . I ...
... should render myself un- able to follow my plain dealing friend's whole- fome advice . To conclude this introductory discourse to a larger work , I stoop to the Clemency of the pub- lic , and hope I shall be heard pa - tient - ly . I ...
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... should , by to doing , lessen her affection for him , and render her obliging behaviour to him rather the effect of duty than of inclination . As there has fubfifted ah intimacy between us , ever fince our boyish days , he he leaves her ...
... should , by to doing , lessen her affection for him , and render her obliging behaviour to him rather the effect of duty than of inclination . As there has fubfifted ah intimacy between us , ever fince our boyish days , he he leaves her ...
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... should not find felicity in the nuptial ftate fuch a wonder in the world as it S : 1 ANON . I - X weeks ago , I received an invitation to the Wedding of a friend oft mihe , But was furpriz'd , I own , that he made ufe of so antique a ...
... should not find felicity in the nuptial ftate fuch a wonder in the world as it S : 1 ANON . I - X weeks ago , I received an invitation to the Wedding of a friend oft mihe , But was furpriz'd , I own , that he made ufe of so antique a ...
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... should " come . " Sir Harry and I then left her Lady- ship to her own cogitations . Just at the door of her apartment , a servant told him that a gentleman waited for him in the parlour . He ran down stairs as nimbly as he could , while ...
... should " come . " Sir Harry and I then left her Lady- ship to her own cogitations . Just at the door of her apartment , a servant told him that a gentleman waited for him in the parlour . He ran down stairs as nimbly as he could , while ...
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Acquaintance addreſſes admired almoſt alſo Anſwer aſſure Beauty becauſe beſt buſineſs Cadige cauſe Chair charms chuſe cloſe conſequence converſation cried ſhe Daugh dear defire deſerve deſign diſcover diſpoſition Dreſs elſe eyes faid ſhe Faſhion fellow filk finiſhed firſt fome foon Friend fuch fure Girl Hamed Harriot himſelf Houſe increaſe Inſtruction intereſting juſt Lady Lard laſt laugh leſs look Lord loſe Madam manner married Miſs moſt muſt myſelf never NICHOLAS BABBLE NUMB obſervations occafion Paffion Perſon pleaſe pleaſure preſent purpoſe reaſon replied roſe ſaid ſame Saturday ſay ſcarce ſee ſeen ſenſible ſent Servant ſerved ſervice ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhew ſhort ſhould Sir Ch ſmall ſmiled ſome ſpeak ſpeech ſpend ſpent ſpirit ſtands ſtate ſtrange ſtudies ſubject ſuch ſuppoſe ſure ſwear taſte tell thee theſe thing thoſe thou thought told uſe viſit whoſe wife Woman young Zelis Zulima
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Seite 150 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Seite 151 - To breathe th' enlivening fpirit, and to fix The generous purpofe in the glowing breaft. Oh fpeak the joy! ye, "whom the fudden tear Surprizes often, while you look around, And nothing ftrikes your eye but fights of blifs, All various Nature preffing on the heart : An elegant fufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendfhip, books, Eafe and alternate labour, ufeful life, Progreffive virtue, and approving HEAVEN.
Seite 150 - Who in each other clafp whatever fair High fancy forms, and lavifh hearts can wifh; Something...
Seite 151 - Progreffive virtue, and approving HEAVEN. Thefe are the matchlefs joys of virtuous love; And thus their moments fly. The Seafons thus, As ceafelefs round a jarring world they roll, Still find them happy...
Seite 53 - May catch the fop; for gudgeons strike At the bare hook and bait alike, While salmon play regardless by, Till Art like Nature forms the fly. Beneath a...
Seite 98 - liften to the voice of inftrudlion, and let not the accents of reproof be difregarded. I am the .genius Abdaric. I behold thy beauties with delight. Be not therefore vain, for know I behold them- with concern. I am come from the bottom of the earth, to teach thee wifdom, and to fnatch thee from deftru&ion. Follow my advice, and be happy. Thou vainly fancieft, unthinking Zulima, that the fame of thy beauty will be wafted to the pinnacles of Agra by the fighs of thy adorers, and that their...
Seite 98 - Abukazan, and lay ruminating on methods to increafe her charms, and extend her conquefts, fhe faw a thick fmoak rife out of the ground. It curled like a vine, and afcended like a column. While fhe was earneftly watching its progrefs, a little old man, with a beard whiter than fnow, which reached to his feet, appeared before her.
Seite 151 - To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpofe in the glowing breast. Oh, speak the joy ! ye, whom the sudden tear Surprizes often, while you look around...
Seite 78 - replied Tom, I have pieces enough at home, " which would make a pretty figure here, but " then they would be known to be mine, and <( nobody would vouchfafe to look on the pal*
Seite 97 - She was tall as the towering palm, and ftraight as the lofty pine. Her countenance was animated with the glow of health, and her fmile was as the dawn of the vernal day. Symmetry was difcernible in every limb, in every gefture, grace.