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AUSTIN DOBSON. ' modern beauties . I remember , old gentleman , how ' often you went home in a day to refresh your coun ... lady left the room , as did also the children . As soon as we were alone , he took me by the hand - Well , my good ...
AUSTIN DOBSON. ' modern beauties . I remember , old gentleman , how ' often you went home in a day to refresh your coun ... lady left the room , as did also the children . As soon as we were alone , he took me by the hand - Well , my good ...
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... old friend ; ever since her sickness , things ' that gave me the quickest joy before , turn now to a ' certain ... lady entered , and with an inexpressible sweetness in her countenance told us , she had been searching > 44 , 1 C a S I 44 ...
... old friend ; ever since her sickness , things ' that gave me the quickest joy before , turn now to a ' certain ... lady entered , and with an inexpressible sweetness in her countenance told us , she had been searching > 44 , 1 C a S I 44 ...
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AUSTIN DOBSON. searching her closet for something very good , to treat such an old friend as I was . Her husband's eyes sparkled with pleasure at the cheerfulness of her countenance ; and I saw all his fears vanish in an instant . The lady ...
AUSTIN DOBSON. searching her closet for something very good , to treat such an old friend as I was . Her husband's eyes sparkled with pleasure at the cheerfulness of her countenance ; and I saw all his fears vanish in an instant . The lady ...
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... lady , when on a sudden we were alarmed with the noise of a drum , and immedi- ately entered my little godson to ... old . I perceived him a very great historian in Esop's Fables : but he frankly declared to me his mind , that he did not ...
... lady , when on a sudden we were alarmed with the noise of a drum , and immedi- ately entered my little godson to ... old . I perceived him a very great historian in Esop's Fables : but he frankly declared to me his mind , that he did not ...
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AUSTIN DOBSON. ' modern beauties . I remember , old gentleman , how ' often you went home in a day to refresh your ... lady left the room , as did also the children . As soon as we were alone , he took me by the hand — ' Well , my good ...
AUSTIN DOBSON. ' modern beauties . I remember , old gentleman , how ' often you went home in a day to refresh your ... lady left the room , as did also the children . As soon as we were alone , he took me by the hand — ' Well , my good ...
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Page 72 - Alas ! poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio ; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy ; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times ; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is ! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft.
Page xxv - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glist'ring with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night With this her solemn bird and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Page 168 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 72 - I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chapfallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor. What's that, my lord? Ham. Dost thou think Alexander looked o' this fashion i
Page 169 - He is now in his fifty-sixth year, cheerful, gay, and hearty; keeps a good house both in town and country; a great lover of mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company.
Page xxi - I perceived a tear fall down his cheek as he spoke, which moved me not a little. But, to turn the discourse, I said, 'She is not indeed quite that creature she was, when she returned me the letter I carried from you; and told me, "she hoped, as I was a gentleman, I would be employed no more to trouble her, who had never offended me; but would be so much the gentleman's friend, as to dissuade him from a pursuit, which he could never succeed in.
Page 168 - His great grandfather was inventor of that famous countrydance which is called after him. All who know that shire are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir ROGER. He is a gentleman that is very singular in his behaviour, but his singularities proceed from his good sense, and are contradictions to the manners of the world, only as he thinks the world is in the wrong.
Page vii - The general purpose of this Paper is to expose the false arts of life, to pull off the disguises of cunning, vanity, and affectation, and to recommend a general simplicity in our dress, our discourse, and our behaviour.
Page 10 - Papa could not hear me, and would play with me no more, for they were going to put him under ground, whence he could never come to us again.
Page 35 - This gentleman's temper is made out of such a happy mixture of the mild and the choleric, that he outdoes both his predecessors, and has drawn together greater audiences than have been known in the memory of man. I...