The Wandering Islander, Or, The History of Mr. Charles NorthJ. Ridgway, 1792 - 263 páginas |
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... heard the Ad- venturer called fcarcely tolerable ; feen Milton prove difgufting ; Johnson called a stupid pedant , and Pope a vile imitator ; and all this by perfons who had admired them them a thoufand and a thousand times before ...
... heard the Ad- venturer called fcarcely tolerable ; feen Milton prove difgufting ; Johnson called a stupid pedant , and Pope a vile imitator ; and all this by perfons who had admired them them a thoufand and a thousand times before ...
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... heard that one of our family ran any higher than Adam the old gardener , and from that down I'm fure there must have been fome in the motley lift worth boaft- ing of , if I took any pride in the re- flected panegyric of genealogy , the ...
... heard that one of our family ran any higher than Adam the old gardener , and from that down I'm fure there must have been fome in the motley lift worth boaft- ing of , if I took any pride in the re- flected panegyric of genealogy , the ...
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... heard him fay , that the fons of Levi " took too much upon them . " Groome was fo great a favourite , that he in- terleaved his works , and added several notes . As he was the younger fon of a younger brother - for there was a fu ...
... heard him fay , that the fons of Levi " took too much upon them . " Groome was fo great a favourite , that he in- terleaved his works , and added several notes . As he was the younger fon of a younger brother - for there was a fu ...
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... heard him , even in the pulpit , dilate with rapture on the poverty of the Spartans , the bleffings of freedom , and the charms of peace ! What avails all our induf- try ? faid he , what inducement is there to plow , and to plant , if ...
... heard him , even in the pulpit , dilate with rapture on the poverty of the Spartans , the bleffings of freedom , and the charms of peace ! What avails all our induf- try ? faid he , what inducement is there to plow , and to plant , if ...
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... heard a very good woman fay , that she did not know the use of a clock , unless it was wound up one thing I fhould be very glad to know , what I thought of the world when I came into it ; but I do not fuppofe I entertained a very high ...
... heard a very good woman fay , that she did not know the use of a clock , unless it was wound up one thing I fhould be very glad to know , what I thought of the world when I came into it ; but I do not fuppofe I entertained a very high ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 188 - ... beasts of prey by the mountains which confined them. On one part were flocks and herds feeding in the...
Página 188 - From the mountains on every side rivulets descended that filled all the valley with verdure and fertility, and formed a lake in the middle inhabited by fish of every species, and frequented by every fowl whom Nature has taught to dip the wing in water. This lake discharged its superfluities by a stream which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice till it was heard no more.
Página 188 - The sides of the mountains were covered with trees; the banks of the brooks were diversified with flowers; every blast shook spices from the rocks and every month dropped fruits upon the ground.
Página 226 - My love, my life, said I, explain This change of humour : pr'ythee, tell : That falling tear — What does it mean ? She sigh'd ; she smil'd : and to the flowers Pointing, the lovely moralist said : See, friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder, what a change is made. Ah me! the blooming pride of May, And that of beauty are but one: At morn both flourish bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale, and gone; At dawn poor Stella...
Página 51 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Página 124 - Love, the most generous passion of the mind, The softest refuge innocence can find, The safe director of unguided youth, Fraught with kind wishes, and secured by truth; That cordial drop heaven in our cup has thrown To make the nauseous draught of life go down...
Página 226 - Both fade at evening, pale, and gone. IX. At dawn poor Stella danc'd and fung ; The amorous youth around her bow'd ; At night her fatal knell was rung ; I faw, and kifs'd her in her fhrowd. X. Such as fhe is, who dy'd to-day : Such I, alas ! may be to-morrow : Go, Damon, bid thy Mufe difplay The juftice of thy Cloe's forrow.
Página 188 - This lake difcharged its fujae'tfluities by a ftream which entered a dark cleft, of the mountain on the northern fide, and fell 'with 'dreadful noife from precipice to precipice, till it was heard .no more.
Página 194 - I have not thought it fo, becaufe my time's Spent pleafantly, My Lord's not haughty nor imperious, Nor I gravely whimfical ; he has good nature, And I have manners : His Sons too are civil to me, becaufe I do not pretend to be wifer than they are; I meddle with no...
Página 32 - As for the wondrous works of the Lord, there may nothing be taken from them, neither may any thing be put unto them, neither can the ground of them be found out. 7 When a man hath done, then he beginneth; and when he leaveth off, then he shall be doubtful.