Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, Volume 3author, 1795 |
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... wink to the Provost Tristan , who , being accustomed to this kind of language , and thinking that his master wanted . to have the monk dispatched , had him seized , upon upon his retiring , by the Satellites , who tied ( 23 )
... wink to the Provost Tristan , who , being accustomed to this kind of language , and thinking that his master wanted . to have the monk dispatched , had him seized , upon upon his retiring , by the Satellites , who tied ( 23 )
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... master in the city of Ifpahan : his sword had formerly fupported him in his pretenfions to the throne ; and his counfels now guided him in the paths of justice , and rendered him beloved and revered by his subjects , whilst his name was ...
... master in the city of Ifpahan : his sword had formerly fupported him in his pretenfions to the throne ; and his counfels now guided him in the paths of justice , and rendered him beloved and revered by his subjects , whilst his name was ...
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... master , if he has acted a better part ; thus nature and condition are once more brought to a balance . How poor will power , wealth , honour , fame , and titles feem at our laft hour ? and how joyful will that man be , who hath led an ...
... master , if he has acted a better part ; thus nature and condition are once more brought to a balance . How poor will power , wealth , honour , fame , and titles feem at our laft hour ? and how joyful will that man be , who hath led an ...
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... Master of the Revels , and Chief Ma- nager of the Opera - House , in the late King's reign . As to his perfon , though he was tall and well made , it was uncommonly disagreeable , owing to an ugly face , scarcely human . He was the ...
... Master of the Revels , and Chief Ma- nager of the Opera - House , in the late King's reign . As to his perfon , though he was tall and well made , it was uncommonly disagreeable , owing to an ugly face , scarcely human . He was the ...
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... master . But Artabanes was infen- fible of the advantages which he enjoyed ; his heart glowed not with gratitude and refpe & t ; he avoided the fociety of his benefactor , and abufed his bounty . I detest such a character , said Alexis ...
... master . But Artabanes was infen- fible of the advantages which he enjoyed ; his heart glowed not with gratitude and refpe & t ; he avoided the fociety of his benefactor , and abufed his bounty . I detest such a character , said Alexis ...
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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...