The PraterT. Lownds, 1757 - 289 Seiten |
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... occafion of fuch immoderate mirth , when one of the most affecting scenes , that was ever penned by a dramatic poet , was representing in the most pathetic manner . The subject of their conversa- tion was , to my great furprize ...
... occafion of fuch immoderate mirth , when one of the most affecting scenes , that was ever penned by a dramatic poet , was representing in the most pathetic manner . The subject of their conversa- tion was , to my great furprize ...
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... violently flurred by feveral disquieting passions . Harriot , to my great comfort , was not a busy - body on this occafion , she had only her handkerchief rumpled ٤٠ rumpled by Miss Giddy's petticoat , and a patch , 34 THE PRATER.
... violently flurred by feveral disquieting passions . Harriot , to my great comfort , was not a busy - body on this occafion , she had only her handkerchief rumpled ٤٠ rumpled by Miss Giddy's petticoat , and a patch , 34 THE PRATER.
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... occafion we have for stage - plays , not I ; 4 let them tax them if they must tax . O law , " Papa , faid Miss Olive , how you talk : what , " have no plays - there would be sad doings . " indeed ! No plays ! no to be sure girl , faid ...
... occafion we have for stage - plays , not I ; 4 let them tax them if they must tax . O law , " Papa , faid Miss Olive , how you talk : what , " have no plays - there would be sad doings . " indeed ! No plays ! no to be sure girl , faid ...
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... occafion to pass the bill , " for they wou'd not gain a fix - penny piece by " it : and indeed , Mr. Olive , you ought to have " more public spirit in you . Aye , indeed Papa , " cried Mifs , Mama is quite in the right ; for I am fure ...
... occafion to pass the bill , " for they wou'd not gain a fix - penny piece by " it : and indeed , Mr. Olive , you ought to have " more public spirit in you . Aye , indeed Papa , " cried Mifs , Mama is quite in the right ; for I am fure ...
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... occafion . This speech was so well received by the gay and youthful part of the assembly , that they rattled their fans , clapped their hands , and shewed their hearty approbation of it by a great variety of exulting signs , and ...
... occafion . This speech was so well received by the gay and youthful part of the assembly , that they rattled their fans , clapped their hands , and shewed their hearty approbation of it by a great variety of exulting signs , and ...
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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.