Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments;: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, Volume 3 |
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... whose company they had iffued from the ftreights of infancy , perish in the way , and at last were overset by a cross breeze , without the toil of refiftance , or the anguifh of expectation . But fuch as had often fallen against the ...
... whose company they had iffued from the ftreights of infancy , perish in the way , and at last were overset by a cross breeze , without the toil of refiftance , or the anguifh of expectation . But fuch as had often fallen against the ...
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... whose heated imagination ex- hibits fplendours and titles to his view ; attempt converfation with the man of bufincís , who rifes early , and fits up late , and eats the bread of care- fulness , in order to accumulate riches ; and what ...
... whose heated imagination ex- hibits fplendours and titles to his view ; attempt converfation with the man of bufincís , who rifes early , and fits up late , and eats the bread of care- fulness , in order to accumulate riches ; and what ...
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... whose charity provides This refuge where to flee , From want , from ignorance , and vice , Were raised up by thee . To Thee we owe the full fupply , Which by their hands is given ; To make us useful here below , And train our fouls for ...
... whose charity provides This refuge where to flee , From want , from ignorance , and vice , Were raised up by thee . To Thee we owe the full fupply , Which by their hands is given ; To make us useful here below , And train our fouls for ...
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... whose roof he was entertained in an homely , indeed , but truly hofpitable manner . He was , it is true , enter- tained , in a great measure , at his own expence ; but he plainly perceived that the Fieldings , if fortune and education ...
... whose roof he was entertained in an homely , indeed , but truly hofpitable manner . He was , it is true , enter- tained , in a great measure , at his own expence ; but he plainly perceived that the Fieldings , if fortune and education ...
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... whose pride has prevented their beauty from being admired ; whofe infolence has de- prived them of their most obfequious fervants ; while other women , who , though not handsome , were more agreeable , and lefs haughty , have , in ...
... whose pride has prevented their beauty from being admired ; whofe infolence has de- prived them of their most obfequious fervants ; while other women , who , though not handsome , were more agreeable , and lefs haughty , have , in ...
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affiftance afked againſt ANEC ANECDOTE anfwered aſked becauſe beſt Cæfar cauſe circumftances confiderable confidered courſe daugh death defire difpofition diſcovered DOCTOR JOHNSON Duke efteem eyes fafe faid Falfhood fame father fave fays fecurity feemed felf fenfe fenfibility fent ferved feven fhall fhew fhort fhould firft fituation flain fleep fome fometimes foon foul Friendſhip ftate ftill fubjects fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport fure furprize greateſt happineſs heart himſelf honour hope horfe houfe houſe intereft itſelf juftice King labour laft lefs lofe Lord louis d'ors mafter Majefty mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary Nervin never obferved occafion paffed paffions perfon pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible praiſe prefent preferve Prince PRINCE OF CONTI promiſed puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reafon refolved reft replied ſaid ſhall ſhe ſpirit thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand Vifier virtue whofe wife wifhed wiſh young
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 232 - Let me be quickly rich,' said Ortogrul ; ' let the golden stream be quick and violent.' ' Look round thee,' said his father,
Page 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...
Page 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?
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.