The Works of Anna Lætitia Barbauld: Correspondence. Miscellaneous piecesLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825 |
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... least , very uncertain whether that hope , which most I believe form when they marry , will ever be ful- filled . Some , indeed , say to us , that considering how large a family we have of others ' children , ' tis rather fortunate we ...
... least , very uncertain whether that hope , which most I believe form when they marry , will ever be ful- filled . Some , indeed , say to us , that considering how large a family we have of others ' children , ' tis rather fortunate we ...
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... their forehead . At Marseilles we again bought a carriage ( an English chaise ) , in which we hope to perform the rest of our journey , -at least to Paris . The road from Marseilles to Toulon is over mountains which , though 41.
... their forehead . At Marseilles we again bought a carriage ( an English chaise ) , in which we hope to perform the rest of our journey , -at least to Paris . The road from Marseilles to Toulon is over mountains which , though 41.
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... least . We went on foot because the roads are still so bad we dared not venture in a carriage . Hieres is a specimen of the Italian climate and Italian productions : to the south it is open to the sea ; every other quarter is fenced ...
... least . We went on foot because the roads are still so bad we dared not venture in a carriage . Hieres is a specimen of the Italian climate and Italian productions : to the south it is open to the sea ; every other quarter is fenced ...
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... least as to the priests and monks , I believe they have very little indeed . : - MY DEAR BROTHER , London , June 29 , 1786 . I AM happy to write to you again from English ground . We set out from Paris on the 17th , but went no further ...
... least as to the priests and monks , I believe they have very little indeed . : - MY DEAR BROTHER , London , June 29 , 1786 . I AM happy to write to you again from English ground . We set out from Paris on the 17th , but went no further ...
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... least expect it . But take notice , the life is in the aloe all the while , and sorry indeed should I be if the life was not all the while in our friendship , though it so seldom diffuses itself over a piece of paper . How much I long ...
... least expect it . But take notice , the life is in the aloe all the while , and sorry indeed should I be if the life was not all the while in our friendship , though it so seldom diffuses itself over a piece of paper . How much I long ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
affection affectionate agreeable amongst Avignon beauty believe Besançon bishop of Carpentras called character child choly christians church Clio confess connexions dear delightful devotion Dijon English enjoy esteem ESTLIN eyes fancy favour feel France friends Geneva genius give going Hampstead happy heart honour hope idea imagination interest Jupiter kind lady Languedoc late learning letter likewise London look Lord Byron Madame Maison Carrée manner Marseilles melan ment mind Montpelier moral nation nature neighbours never object obliged opinion ourselves Paris passions perhaps philosopher pity pleasing pleasure Pont du Gard pray prayer prejudice Provençal public worship racters reason religion rich rocks ruin scenes sect seen Seláma sensible sentiment society spirit Stoke Newington suppose sure taste tears tell tender thing thou thought tincture tion town trees truth turn Vaucluse venerable virtue walks wish write young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 428 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Página 429 - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth : for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit : and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Página 453 - When out of twenty I can please not two ; When this Heroics only deigns to praise, Sharp Satire that, and that Pindaric lays ? One likes the pheasant's wing, and one the leg; The vulgar boil, the learned roast an egg.
Página 244 - This day is called the feast of Crispian. He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say "Tomorrow is Saint Crispian." Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say "These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Página 26 - FAIR stood the wind for France When we our sails advance, Nor now to prove our chance Longer will tarry; But putting to the main, At Caux, the mouth of Seine, With all his martial train, Landed King Harry.
Página 134 - I WAS just going to write to you when I received your kind letter; for I had heard of your son's marriage, and wished to congratulate you on the event : but I do it with much more pleasure, now that I learn from your letter the full satisfaction and pleasure that you feel in the match. You are fortunate, my dear friend, in having so excellent and well-principled a son ; fortunate in having him married agreeably to your wishes ; and very fortunate in having him and your other children within a walk...
Página 189 - And why can you not ? What hinders you from discarding this troublesome scrupulosity of yours which stands so grievously in your way ? If it be a small thing to enjoy a healthful mind, sound at the very core, that does not shrink from the keenest inspection; inward freedom from remorse and perturbation; unsullied whiteness and simplicity of manners; a genuine integrity, " Pure in the last recesses of the mind ; " if you think these advantages an inadequate recompense for what you resign, dismiss...
Página 213 - Till, by degrees, the floating mirror shines, Reflects each flower that on the border grows, And a new heaven in its fair bosom shows.
Página 165 - I saw that the only regular approach to the mountain was by a gate, called the Gate of Languages. It was kept by a woman of a pensive and thoughtful appearance, whose lips were continually moving, as though she repeated something to herself. Her name was Memory. On entering this first...
Página 399 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death ; which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and hydras, and chimeras dire.