The Vicar of Wakefield: A TaleB. B. Hopkins, and Company, 1807 - 302 страница |
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... opinion , that the honest man who married , and brought up a large family , did more service than he who continued single , and only talked of population . From this motive , I had scarce taken orders a year , before I began to think ...
... opinion , that the honest man who married , and brought up a large family , did more service than he who continued single , and only talked of population . From this motive , I had scarce taken orders a year , before I began to think ...
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... opinion ; and with good reason ; for he was at that time actually courting a fourth wife . This , as may be expected , produced a dispute , attended with some acrimony , which threatened to inter- rupt our intended alliance ; but , on ...
... opinion ; and with good reason ; for he was at that time actually courting a fourth wife . This , as may be expected , produced a dispute , attended with some acrimony , which threatened to inter- rupt our intended alliance ; but , on ...
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... opinion of Sophia's understanding , and was too well con- vinced of her ambition , to be under any uneasi- ness from a man of broken fortune . When we were finished for the day , Mr. Burchell was invited , as on the night before ; but ...
... opinion of Sophia's understanding , and was too well con- vinced of her ambition , to be under any uneasi- ness from a man of broken fortune . When we were finished for the day , Mr. Burchell was invited , as on the night before ; but ...
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... opinion , " cried my son , " the finest strokes in that description are much below those in the Acis and Galatea of Ovid . The Roman poet understands the use of contrast better ; and upon that figure , artfully managed , all strength in ...
... opinion , " cried my son , " the finest strokes in that description are much below those in the Acis and Galatea of Ovid . The Roman poet understands the use of contrast better ; and upon that figure , artfully managed , all strength in ...
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... opinion of my wife , who was a connoisseur , was excellent . It is true , his manner of telling stories was not quite so well . They were very long , and very dull , and all about himself ; and we had laugh- ed at them ten times before ...
... opinion of my wife , who was a connoisseur , was excellent . It is true , his manner of telling stories was not quite so well . They were very long , and very dull , and all about himself ; and we had laugh- ed at them ten times before ...
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Страница 54 - No flocks, that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn ; Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : " But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. " Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earthborn cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Страница 59 - But mine the sorrow, mine the fault. And well my life shall pay ; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay. " And there, forlorn, despairing, hid. Til lay me down and die ; Twas so for me that Edwin did. And so for him will I.
Страница 53 - Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. " Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
Страница 57 - But let a maid thy pity share, Whom love has taught to stray ; Who seeks for rest, but finds despair Companion of her way.
Страница 90 - you are wrong : he should not have known them at all." " Marry, hang the idiot !" returned she, " to bring me such stuff! if I had them, I would throw them in the fire." " There again you are wrong, my dear...
Страница 209 - WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Страница 130 - And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man.
Страница 4 - As we lived near the road, we often had the traveller or stranger visit us to taste our gooseberry wine, for which we had great reputation; and I profess, with the veracity of an historian, that I never knew one of them find fault with it.
Страница 6 - Germany, while other courtiers came with their treasures, brought his thirty-two childreni and presented them to his sovereign, as the most valuable offering he had to bestow. In this manner, though I had but six, I considered them as a very valuable present made to my country, and, consequently, looked upon it as my debtor.
Страница 119 - Venus, and the painter was desired not to be too frugal of his diamonds in her stomacher and hair. Her two little ones were to be as Cupids by her side, while I, in my gown and band, was to present her with my books on the Whistonian controversy.