Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, Volume 3author, 1795 |
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... Some of his acquaintance , who were in fearch of him , had obferved this filent adventure , but at too great a diftance to difcover that the highly favoured party in it was our illuftrious bard . Approaching nearer , they faw their ...
... Some of his acquaintance , who were in fearch of him , had obferved this filent adventure , but at too great a diftance to difcover that the highly favoured party in it was our illuftrious bard . Approaching nearer , they faw their ...
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... some ac- cident intercepts his journey . He whose pene- tration extends to remote confequences , and who , whenever he applies his attention to any defign , discovers new profpects of advantage and poffibi- lities of improvement , will ...
... some ac- cident intercepts his journey . He whose pene- tration extends to remote confequences , and who , whenever he applies his attention to any defign , discovers new profpects of advantage and poffibi- lities of improvement , will ...
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... the English or French ladies ? " — " Upon my word , " replied his Lordship , with his ufual prefence of mind , " I am no connoiffeur in paintings . cr Some time after this , Voltaire being in London , In 1 14 14 ) ANECDOTE ...
... the English or French ladies ? " — " Upon my word , " replied his Lordship , with his ufual prefence of mind , " I am no connoiffeur in paintings . cr Some time after this , Voltaire being in London , In 1 14 14 ) ANECDOTE ...
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Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality Addison (pseud.) Some time after this , Voltaire being in London , happened to be at a Nobleman's route with Lord Chesterfield . A lady in company , prodigiously painted , directed her ...
Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality Addison (pseud.) Some time after this , Voltaire being in London , happened to be at a Nobleman's route with Lord Chesterfield . A lady in company , prodigiously painted , directed her ...
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... SOME custom of widows burning themselves on the funeral pile of their husbands , no longer exifts . There are fome recent infances of it tranfmitted by Europeans , who were witneffes of the tranf- actions they related . Not many years ...
... SOME custom of widows burning themselves on the funeral pile of their husbands , no longer exifts . There are fome recent infances of it tranfmitted by Europeans , who were witneffes of the tranf- actions they related . Not many years ...
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Página 229 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Página 231 - Is more than hospitably good. Then, led to rest, the day's long toil they drown, Deep sunk in sleep, and silk, and heaps of down. At length 'tis morn, and at the dawn of day Along the wide canals the zephyrs play ; Fresh o'er the gay parterres the breezes creep.
Página 140 - cease your pother ; The creature's neither one nor t'other. I caught the animal last night And viewed it o'er by candle-light : I marked it well ; 'twas black as jet — You stare — but, sirs, I've got it yet, And can produce it.' — ' Pray, sir, do ; I'll lay my life the thing is blue.
Página 191 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day. No more the rising sun shall gild the morn, Nor evening Cynthia fill her silver horn; But lost, dissolved in thy superior rays, One tide of glory, one unclouded blaze O'erflow thy courts; the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd, and God's eternal day be thine!
Página 139 - gainst a post ; Yet round the world the blade has been, To see whatever could be seen. Returning from his...
Página 191 - See, a long race thy spacious courts adorn; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies ! See barbarous nations at thy gates attend, Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend...
Página 177 - ... they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain. How many sink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame.
Página 227 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Página 20 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Página 233 - Slow creaking turns the door with jealous care, And half he welcomes in the shivering pair...