MirrorT. and J. Allman, 1823 |
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... present content myself with barely hinting at one other expedient , though I am aware that its vulgarity will not permit it to be often employed by people of taste and fashion . It must be acknowledged that the most effectual of all ...
... present content myself with barely hinting at one other expedient , though I am aware that its vulgarity will not permit it to be often employed by people of taste and fashion . It must be acknowledged that the most effectual of all ...
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... present to us afresh the blissful illusions of life , when Gaiety was on the wing undamped by Care , and Hope smiled before us unchecked by Disappointment . The distance of the scene adds to our idea of its felicity , and increases the ...
... present to us afresh the blissful illusions of life , when Gaiety was on the wing undamped by Care , and Hope smiled before us unchecked by Disappointment . The distance of the scene adds to our idea of its felicity , and increases the ...
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... present , the na- tives vied with each other in displaying their own importance . The conversation chanced to turn on the campaign of Marshal de Villars against the people of the Cévennes ; and some of the guests were old enough to ...
... present , the na- tives vied with each other in displaying their own importance . The conversation chanced to turn on the campaign of Marshal de Villars against the people of the Cévennes ; and some of the guests were old enough to ...
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... present me with a horse of the unmixed Arabian breed , and a wonderful animal it was : " then addressing himself to Lady W- , " I much doubt , my Ledi , whether it could have been matched in your country , so justly celebrated for fine ...
... present me with a horse of the unmixed Arabian breed , and a wonderful animal it was : " then addressing himself to Lady W- , " I much doubt , my Ledi , whether it could have been matched in your country , so justly celebrated for fine ...
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... present circumstances , she had another objection to every change of situation . She felt too much anxiety about her father , to think of any thing which could call off her attention from him , and make it proper to place any of it ...
... present circumstances , she had another objection to every change of situation . She felt too much anxiety about her father , to think of any thing which could call off her attention from him , and make it proper to place any of it ...
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acquaintance acquired admiration Æsop affections agreeable allowed amidst amusements Antonio appearance attended battle of Culloden beauty called cation character circumstances companions conduct conversation death dinner disposition dreams eclogue elegant Emilia endeavoured engaged entertainment equally fashion father favour feelings Flint fortune frequently friends friendship gentleman George Manly give happy heard honour humour indulgence ladies late Laurentum learned lived lively colours look Louisa manner marriage Melfort ment mind Mirror Miss Juliana nature neighbours nerally never nonsense verses object obliged observed paper passion Pastoral Poetry perhaps persons pleasure possessed racter received satire of Juvenal SATURDAY scene Scotland seemed sensible sentiments shew Sir Edward situation society sometimes soon sort spect spirit taste thing thought tion tivate torrent streams town TUESDAY Umphraville virtue wife wish writing XXXV young
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Página 171 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Página 171 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Página 248 - O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown! The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword; The expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, The observed of all observers, quite, quite down!
Página 249 - The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Página 139 - ... than I; and at last, after completing his seventh year, was seized with a fever, which, in a few days, put an end to his life, and transferred to me the inheritance of my ancestors.
Página 127 - And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Página 302 - Edward, after being blooded, was put to bed, and tended with every possible care by his host and his family. A considerable degree of fever was the consequence of his accident ; but after some days it abated , and, in little more than a week, he was able to join in the society of Venoni and his daughter.
Página 305 - I wished, though it wounded the heart of my dearest benefactress — but I will make a severe expiation.. This moment I leave you, Louisa! I go to be wretched; but you may be happy, happy in your duty to a father, happy, it may be, in the arms of a husband, whom the possession of such a wife may teach refinement and sensibility. — I go to my native country, to...
Página 76 - In effect the civil officers of this government might be reduced to a very scanty number, were their exigency alone to determine the list of your covenanted servants, which at this time...
Página 304 - Sir Edward pressed to know the cause; after some hesitation she told it all. Her father had fixed on the son of a neighbour, rich in possessions, but rude in manners, for her husband. Against this match she had always protested as strongly as a sense of duty, and the mildness of her nature, would allow; but Venoni was obstinately bent on the match, and she was wretched from the thoughts of it — ' To marry, where one cannot love, — to marry such a man, Sir Edward !' It was an opportunity beyond...