The PraterT. Lownds, 1757 - 289 Seiten |
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... last Thursday morning . and found him unusually thoughtful . I afk'd him the cause of his thoughtfulness ? this was his ply : I cannot help being anxious about Har- riots the is , I am fure , a well meaning girl , but I am not fatisfied ...
... last Thursday morning . and found him unusually thoughtful . I afk'd him the cause of his thoughtfulness ? this was his ply : I cannot help being anxious about Har- riots the is , I am fure , a well meaning girl , but I am not fatisfied ...
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... 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 an hour ...
... 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 an hour ...
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... last Monday about the hour of Tea - drinking , but as I found the Bride full drest , I offer'd to take leave of them till a more convenient opportunity - but they both pressed me to stay with so much heartiness , that I could not refift ...
... last Monday about the hour of Tea - drinking , but as I found the Bride full drest , I offer'd to take leave of them till a more convenient opportunity - but they both pressed me to stay with so much heartiness , that I could not refift ...
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... last pattern , and that the can be " as happy in these chairs , which have been in " the house twice as long , as in a modern fet " finish'd in the most elegant manner by Mr. Hallet . " I felicitated him on being bleft with a partner ...
... last pattern , and that the can be " as happy in these chairs , which have been in " the house twice as long , as in a modern fet " finish'd in the most elegant manner by Mr. Hallet . " I felicitated him on being bleft with a partner ...
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... at this time of day . " Mr. Prune , the grocer , though I dare say he " isn't half so rich as you Papa , won't fell one " bit , I am fure Miss told me so last dancing " day . " " day . " D'ye mind , said my friend 36 THE PRATER .
... at this time of day . " Mr. Prune , the grocer , though I dare say he " isn't half so rich as you Papa , won't fell one " bit , I am fure Miss told me so last dancing " day . " " day . " D'ye mind , said my friend 36 THE PRATER .
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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.