The PraterT. Lownds, 1757 - 289 Seiten |
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... ROSE PLUMP . " P. S. " I had like to forget to tell you , " that there's a place in our lane , where women " Stands before a dozen men at once , but I " would not go there for all the world . " In answer to Miss Plump's letter , I can ...
... ROSE PLUMP . " P. S. " I had like to forget to tell you , " that there's a place in our lane , where women " Stands before a dozen men at once , but I " would not go there for all the world . " In answer to Miss Plump's letter , I can ...
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... rose from her feat with the dignity of a Juno , and thus deliver'd her sentiments with the elocution of a Minerva ; " I am forry I am obliged to differ from the lady who spoke last : but cannot think it be- * coming to follow the scheme ...
... rose from her feat with the dignity of a Juno , and thus deliver'd her sentiments with the elocution of a Minerva ; " I am forry I am obliged to differ from the lady who spoke last : but cannot think it be- * coming to follow the scheme ...
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... , she sat down with as much dignity as she rose , and had the fatisfaction to hear shouts of applause from all parts of the fenate house . Struck with wonder I awoke . D3 NUMB . .NUMB . VIII . Saturday , May 1 , 1756 THE PRATER . 52.
... , she sat down with as much dignity as she rose , and had the fatisfaction to hear shouts of applause from all parts of the fenate house . Struck with wonder I awoke . D3 NUMB . .NUMB . VIII . Saturday , May 1 , 1756 THE PRATER . 52.
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... Rose at twelve - went to George's . Mem . strong coffee , a good anti - fo- porific - Five o'clock aftern . - dined at the Bed- ford - Arms . N. B. Drank only ten bumpers.- Even . at King Lear - discovered , by means of my glass , a ...
... Rose at twelve - went to George's . Mem . strong coffee , a good anti - fo- porific - Five o'clock aftern . - dined at the Bed- ford - Arms . N. B. Drank only ten bumpers.- Even . at King Lear - discovered , by means of my glass , a ...
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... rose - lip'd boy about five years old , stood innocently smiling with a cherubic countenance , at her knees , and playing with his fifter's little finger , covered only with a short dirty shirt . Mrs. Canvass gave me her chair , the ...
... rose - lip'd boy about five years old , stood innocently smiling with a cherubic countenance , at her knees , and playing with his fifter's little finger , covered only with a short dirty shirt . Mrs. Canvass gave me her chair , the ...
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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.