Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, Band 5author, 1797 |
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... continued in the service till the memorable 12th of April , 1782 , when he was killed fighting for his country . When his Grace received at Belvoir the melancholy news of his brother's death , he was for fome time ftupified with grief ...
... continued in the service till the memorable 12th of April , 1782 , when he was killed fighting for his country . When his Grace received at Belvoir the melancholy news of his brother's death , he was for fome time ftupified with grief ...
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... continued— “ there lived , " faid he , " in our neighbourhood , a perfon of very high rank , and poffeffed of great riches , named Moulville . Family pride was deeply root- ed in his bofom , and almoft extinguished the nob- ler paffions ...
... continued— “ there lived , " faid he , " in our neighbourhood , a perfon of very high rank , and poffeffed of great riches , named Moulville . Family pride was deeply root- ed in his bofom , and almoft extinguished the nob- ler paffions ...
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... increased to fuch a degree , that I entirely loft the use of my reafon and became diftracted . I continued in this dreadful fituation for fome time ; when through the 1 the goodness of my conftitution , the fever abated ( 90 )
... increased to fuch a degree , that I entirely loft the use of my reafon and became diftracted . I continued in this dreadful fituation for fome time ; when through the 1 the goodness of my conftitution , the fever abated ( 90 )
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... continued he , " What pr was your father ? " " My father , " anfwe Hiftorian , rather fharply , " was a gentle " And why , retorted Davidson , with great city and bluntness , " did he not breed yo gentleman . " A A ANECDOTE OF A LIGHT ...
... continued he , " What pr was your father ? " " My father , " anfwe Hiftorian , rather fharply , " was a gentle " And why , retorted Davidson , with great city and bluntness , " did he not breed yo gentleman . " A A ANECDOTE OF A LIGHT ...
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... continued fo to do , while his me joined by fives and tens , and the French were forming to refift his attack ; before he collected the whole of his men , and the ed , the furgeon of the regiment in the me having carried off the baggage ...
... continued fo to do , while his me joined by fives and tens , and the French were forming to refift his attack ; before he collected the whole of his men , and the ed , the furgeon of the regiment in the me having carried off the baggage ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
affection againſt almoſt Amelia Amurath ANEC ANECDOTE anſwer aſked beauty becauſe beſt bleffing bofom caufe cauſe confequence confiderable converfation courſe daughter defign defire difpofition diſcovered eyes fafe faid fame father fatisfaction feemed fenfe fenfible fent fentiments ferved feveral fhall fhort fhould fince fincerely firft firſt fituation fociety fome foon forrow fortune foul fpirit friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fupport fure gentleman greateſt happineſs happy heart herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe huſband itſelf juft lady laft laſt leaſt lefs loft marriage married ment mind moft Monf moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferve occafion paffed paffion Palemon Peliffon perfon pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion prefent promiſed purpoſe raiſed reafon refidence refpect ſee ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſtate ſtill tafte taſte thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion uſe vifit virtue whofe wife wiſhes Wormwood young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 208 - The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th...
Seite 16 - Tis almost morning. I would have thee gone; And yet no farther than a wanton's bird, That lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk thread plucks it back again, So loving-jealous of his liberty.
Seite 207 - See the sole bliss heaven could on all bestow ! Which who but feels can taste, but thinks can know : Yet poor with fortune, and with learning blind, The bad must miss, the good untaught will find : Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through nature up to nature's God ; Pursues that chain which links th...
Seite 207 - Pursues that chain which links th' immense design, Joins heav'n and earth, and mortal and divine; Sees, that no being any bliss can know, But touches some above, and some below; Learns, from this union of the rising whole, The first, last purpose of the human soul; And knows where faith, law, morals, all began, All end, in love of God, and love of man.
Seite 142 - Conscience cheers; The gen'ral fav'rite as the gen'ral friend: Such age there is, and who shall wish its end? Yet ev'n on this her load Misfortune flings, To press the weary minutes' flagging wings: New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns.
Seite 6 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin that I admire. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Seite 261 - And the red lightning, with a storm of hail, comes Rushing amain down, How the poor sailors stand amaz'd, and tremble ! While the hoarse thunder, like a bloody trumpet. Roars a loud onset to the gaping waters Quick to devour them.
Seite 142 - Av'rice still remains, And dreaded losses aggravate his pains: He turns, with anxious heart and crippled hands...
Seite 205 - When Solon and Lycurgus taught To moralize the human thought Of mad opinion's maze, To erring zeal they gave new laws, Thy charms, O Liberty, the cause That blends congenial rays.
Seite 285 - Tetzel, and afleed him, if he could fell him an indulgence before-hand for a certain crime, which he would not fpecify, and which he intended to commit. Tetzel faid, Yes ; provided they could agree upon the price. The bargain was ftruck, the money paid, and the • abfolution delivered in due form. Soon after this, the gentleman, knowing that Tetzel was going from Leipfic well loaded with...