The PraterT. Lownds, 1757 - 289 Seiten |
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... Harriot pre- vented her father from going on . She enter'd the roofs with a graceful air , and thus accosted me . Your very humble fervant Mr. BABBLE ; I con- gratulate you on being in print ; though I really think it prepofterous for a ...
... Harriot pre- vented her father from going on . She enter'd the roofs with a graceful air , and thus accosted me . Your very humble fervant Mr. BABBLE ; I con- gratulate you on being in print ; though I really think it prepofterous for a ...
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... my Ward be- haves when the imagines she is out of the reach of our prying eyes . " He approved of my scheme . I have no doubts , faid he , of Harriot's discretion : W ۱ in points of consequence , but in trifles , 10 THE PRATER .
... my Ward be- haves when the imagines she is out of the reach of our prying eyes . " He approved of my scheme . I have no doubts , faid he , of Harriot's discretion : W ۱ in points of consequence , but in trifles , 10 THE PRATER .
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... Harriot : at last , just at seven ' Clock , when Miss Bellamy was in the midst of ' a very interesting scene , in bounced lady . Char- lotte , Mifs Giddy , and Miss Aimivell . The two first Ladies fidgetted up and down near a quarter of ...
... Harriot : at last , just at seven ' Clock , when Miss Bellamy was in the midst of ' a very interesting scene , in bounced lady . Char- lotte , Mifs Giddy , and Miss Aimivell . The two first Ladies fidgetted up and down near a quarter of ...
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... Harriot's dress throughout , but lady Charlotte , and Miss Giddy , were gaudily adorned with jewels and ribbons , toys and trin- kets , from head to foot . When they had throughly engroffed the attention of the house , I was in hopes ...
... Harriot's dress throughout , but lady Charlotte , and Miss Giddy , were gaudily adorned with jewels and ribbons , toys and trin- kets , from head to foot . When they had throughly engroffed the attention of the house , I was in hopes ...
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... Harriot , I found , had been ashamed of her behaviour , and had blamed lady Charlotte and Miss Giddy for being the cause of it ; for the latter faid , Do you hear her , lady Charlotte , she is correcting me for laughing - Why you fee ...
... Harriot , I found , had been ashamed of her behaviour , and had blamed lady Charlotte and Miss Giddy for being the cause of it ; for the latter faid , Do you hear her , lady Charlotte , she is correcting me for laughing - Why you fee ...
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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.