Gleanings of wit, interspersed with many original pieces, from the works of an old military officer [J. Rawstorne, compiled by himself].1805 |
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... slaves of the Monarch of the East . Have I deserved this at the hand of Providence , or exacted this unequal lot from the genius of distribution ? Did I ever turn my eyes from the cries of the needy , or shut the open hand of mercy from ...
... slaves of the Monarch of the East . Have I deserved this at the hand of Providence , or exacted this unequal lot from the genius of distribution ? Did I ever turn my eyes from the cries of the needy , or shut the open hand of mercy from ...
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... slaves , why will not my lord , the Sultan , dismiss the maid whom he thinks unworthy his embraces , and whose presence will rather cast a cloud over his pomp , than increase it ; but they treat my tears and my remonstrances with scorn ...
... slaves , why will not my lord , the Sultan , dismiss the maid whom he thinks unworthy his embraces , and whose presence will rather cast a cloud over his pomp , than increase it ; but they treat my tears and my remonstrances with scorn ...
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... slaves , who offer her the dismal alternatives of the poisoned cup or the sabre - she drinks , and she sinks , yet and yet paler , to the earth ! see the last convulsive struggle , the dying gasp , and the sigh that rends the heart in ...
... slaves , who offer her the dismal alternatives of the poisoned cup or the sabre - she drinks , and she sinks , yet and yet paler , to the earth ! see the last convulsive struggle , the dying gasp , and the sigh that rends the heart in ...
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... English Minis- ter in every age , and in every reign . ” Eastern Apologues . A King , had condemned one of his slaves to death ; the slave in the anguish of his despair , knew no bounds , but abused the Prince GLEANINGS OF WIT . 45.
... English Minis- ter in every age , and in every reign . ” Eastern Apologues . A King , had condemned one of his slaves to death ; the slave in the anguish of his despair , knew no bounds , but abused the Prince GLEANINGS OF WIT . 45.
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... my only habitation is a cottage . Troops of liveried slaves , then obeyed my nod , and my sheep alone are now obedient . The splendid board is now exchanged for the fruits , that the earth yields to 48 GLEANINGS OF WIT .
... my only habitation is a cottage . Troops of liveried slaves , then obeyed my nod , and my sheep alone are now obedient . The splendid board is now exchanged for the fruits , that the earth yields to 48 GLEANINGS OF WIT .
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Страница 36 - Berkshire, •This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
Страница 168 - Be pleased to look on me with an eye of compassion ; some small employment would render my condition easy. The King is not unsatisfied of me, the Duke has often promised me his assistance ; and your Lordship is the conduit through which their favours pass.
Страница 203 - Some gentler passions slide into my mind, For I am soft and made of melting snow; Or be more cruel, Love, and so be kind, Let me or float or sink, be high or low: Or let me live with some more sweet content, Or die, and so forget what love e'er meant.
Страница 202 - My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it...
Страница 98 - I had heard you so often talk of the impossibility of a future state, and that after death there was no reward for virtue, or punishment for vice, that I was tempted to commit the robbery.
Страница 15 - When the patient first received the dawn of light, there appeared such an ecstasy in his action, that he seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy and wonder. The surgeon stood before him with his instruments in his hands. The young man observed him from head to foot ; after which he surveyed himself as carefully, and seemed to compare him to himself ; and, observing both their hands, seemed to think they were exactly alike, except the instruments, which he took for parts of his hands.
Страница 116 - AT this time, when the general complaint is that " money is scarce," it will be an act of kindness to inform the moneyless how they may reinforce their pockets. I will acquaint them with the true secret of money-catching, the certain way to fill empty purses, and how to keep them always full. Two simple rules, well observed, will do the business. First, let honesty and industry be thy constant companions; and Secondly, spend one penny less than thy clear gains.
Страница 19 - Dear Lydia, if I am to lose by sight the soft pantings which I have always felt when I heard your voice ; if I am no more to distinguish the step of her I love when she approaches me, but to change that sweet and frequent pleasure for such an amazement as I knew the little time I lately saw ; or if I am to have...
Страница 117 - Then shalt thou be a man, and not hide thy face at the approach of the rich, nor suffer the pain of feeling little when the sons of fortune walk at thy right hand : for independency, whether with little or much, is good fortune, and placeth thee on even ground with the proudest of the golden fleece.
Страница 170 - Fulham, and nobody will be more welcome there than yourself. I find there is a very old bad house; I must repair a great deal of it, and, I am afraid, rebuild some part. It is late for me to be so employed, but somebody will be the better for it. I write with difficulty ; I wish you can read. I am, Sir, your very affectionate brother and humble servant, THO. LONDON.