Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments;: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, Volume 3author., 1794 - 304 páginas |
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... she should approach fo near unto the rocks of Pleasure , that they might folace themfelves with a short en- joyment of that delicious region , after which they always determined to purfue their courfe without any other deviation ...
... she should approach fo near unto the rocks of Pleasure , that they might folace themfelves with a short en- joyment of that delicious region , after which they always determined to purfue their courfe without any other deviation ...
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... She then repented her temerity , and with all her force en- deavoured to retreat , but the draught of the gulph was generally too ftrong to be overcome ; and the paffenger , having danced in circles with a pleafing and giddy velocity ...
... She then repented her temerity , and with all her force en- deavoured to retreat , but the draught of the gulph was generally too ftrong to be overcome ; and the paffenger , having danced in circles with a pleafing and giddy velocity ...
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... she , by force , from his remains is borne , Myself , by ruffians , from myself am torn : Where the keen dagger gives her foul relief , Frees her from frenzy , and o'erwhelming grief ; At vain compaffion , with her latest breath , I ...
... she , by force , from his remains is borne , Myself , by ruffians , from myself am torn : Where the keen dagger gives her foul relief , Frees her from frenzy , and o'erwhelming grief ; At vain compaffion , with her latest breath , I ...
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... She is no more ! -If he were ftill alive , and I were again to chufe a wife , it should be her . Yes , I swear it should be thee , my dearest Adrienne , that I would chufe from among a thoufand . They might have more beauty , perhaps ...
... She is no more ! -If he were ftill alive , and I were again to chufe a wife , it should be her . Yes , I swear it should be thee , my dearest Adrienne , that I would chufe from among a thoufand . They might have more beauty , perhaps ...
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... she never even fufpected it . And in the midft of the illufions with which fhe was furrounded , fhe was far from perceiving the abyss to which I was leading her , over a path ftrewed with flowers.- Enamoured of her before I married her ...
... she never even fufpected it . And in the midft of the illufions with which fhe was furrounded , fhe was far from perceiving the abyss to which I was leading her , over a path ftrewed with flowers.- Enamoured of her before I married her ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 48 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
Página 8 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Página 8 - With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Página 232 - Let me be quickly rich,' said Ortogrul ; ' let the golden stream be quick and violent.' ' Look round thee,' said his father,
Página 8 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...
Página 8 - And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody?
Página 24 - is a voyage, in the progress of which we are perpetually changing our scenes ; we first leave childhood behind us, then youth, then the years of ripened manhood, then the better and more pleasing part of old age.
Página 230 - The dishes of Luxury cover his table, the voice of Harmony lulls him in his bowers; he breathes the fragrance of the groves of Java, and sleeps upon the down of the cygnets of Ganges.
Página 8 - larum bell ? Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast, Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge. And in the visitation of the winds...
Página 175 - To purchase heaven has gold the power ? Can gold remove the mortal hour ? In life can love be bought with gold ? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold ? No— all that's worth a wish — a thought, Fair virtue gives unbrib'd, unbought.