Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments;: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate MoralityT.N. Longman, 1796 |
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... several other Scots quality , being one night with the King over a bottle , they all complained of an impertinent speech Downing had made in Parliament , reflecting on the Scots na- tion , which they thought his Majefty fhould refent fo ...
... several other Scots quality , being one night with the King over a bottle , they all complained of an impertinent speech Downing had made in Parliament , reflecting on the Scots na- tion , which they thought his Majefty fhould refent fo ...
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... several years in the fervice of Mary , a Queen whom you have unjuftly put to death , and thereby deprived me of the beft of husbands , who could not furvive that bloody catastrophe of his innocent miftrefs . His memory is hardly more ...
... several years in the fervice of Mary , a Queen whom you have unjuftly put to death , and thereby deprived me of the beft of husbands , who could not furvive that bloody catastrophe of his innocent miftrefs . His memory is hardly more ...
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... several streets , and bowing often to the ground , thanked him for his jewels . What does the man mean ? cried the Mandarine , Friend , I never gave thee any of my jewels . No , replied the other , but you have let me look at them , and ...
... several streets , and bowing often to the ground , thanked him for his jewels . What does the man mean ? cried the Mandarine , Friend , I never gave thee any of my jewels . No , replied the other , but you have let me look at them , and ...
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... several pre- tences ; one faying that he was put in out of ma- lice , another by bribery of the judge ; but all of them unjustly . Among the reft , there was one fturdy little black man ; and the Duke asking him what he was in for ...
... several pre- tences ; one faying that he was put in out of ma- lice , another by bribery of the judge ; but all of them unjustly . Among the reft , there was one fturdy little black man ; and the Duke asking him what he was in for ...
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... several of those you wrote on the Protector were ftill better . " " Waller , with a prefence of mind equal to his other great talents , replied , with a low bow , " O may it please your Majefty , we poets always write better on fiction ...
... several of those you wrote on the Protector were ftill better . " " Waller , with a prefence of mind equal to his other great talents , replied , with a low bow , " O may it please your Majefty , we poets always write better on fiction ...
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Página 193 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Página 93 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
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 194 - There were indeed some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk.
Página 93 - Join voices all ye living souls: Ye birds, That singing up to heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise.
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 191 - Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.
Página 195 - Upon looking up, What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.
Página 92 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Página 223 - The Dying Christian to his Soul: Ode Vital spark of heav'nly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying. Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; Angels say. Sister spirit, come away.