The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale, Volumes 1-2J. Davies; T. Smith; N. Taylor, and and [sic] W. Thompson., 1783 - 128 páginas |
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... feemed to brighten with the expectation of an ap- proaching triumph ; nor was my wife lefs pleased and confident of their allurements and virtue . While our thoughts were thus employed , the hostess entered the room , to inform her ...
... feemed to brighten with the expectation of an ap- proaching triumph ; nor was my wife lefs pleased and confident of their allurements and virtue . While our thoughts were thus employed , the hostess entered the room , to inform her ...
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... , Mr. Bur- chell and I bringing up the rear . We lighten- ed the fatigues of the road with philosophical dif- putes , which he feemed perfectly to understand . But But what surprised me most was , that though he 20 THE VICAR OF.
... , Mr. Bur- chell and I bringing up the rear . We lighten- ed the fatigues of the road with philosophical dif- putes , which he feemed perfectly to understand . But But what surprised me most was , that though he 20 THE VICAR OF.
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... feemed to decay : he grew impro- " vident as he grew poor ; and , though he talked " like a man of sense , his actions were those of a " fool . Still , however , being furrounded with " importunity , and no longer able to fatisfy every ...
... feemed to decay : he grew impro- " vident as he grew poor ; and , though he talked " like a man of sense , his actions were those of a " fool . Still , however , being furrounded with " importunity , and no longer able to fatisfy every ...
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... Sunday waistcoats for Dick and Bill , the two little ones ; and , what was ftill more fatisfactory , the gowns feemed improved by being thus cur- tailed . CHAP . B3 CHAP . V. A new and great acquaintance introduced . WAKEFIELD . 29.
... Sunday waistcoats for Dick and Bill , the two little ones ; and , what was ftill more fatisfactory , the gowns feemed improved by being thus cur- tailed . CHAP . B3 CHAP . V. A new and great acquaintance introduced . WAKEFIELD . 29.
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... feemed highly delighted with their per- formance and choice , and then took up the guitar himfelf . He played but very indifferently ; how- ever , my eldest daughter repaid his former ap- plaufe with intereft , and affured him , that ...
... feemed highly delighted with their per- formance and choice , and then took up the guitar himfelf . He played but very indifferently ; how- ever , my eldest daughter repaid his former ap- plaufe with intereft , and affured him , that ...
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Página 49 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn: Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : "But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. "Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Página 48 - TURN, gentle Hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread, With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds, immeasurably spread, Seem lengthening as I go." " Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom.
Página 50 - And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep : A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Página 50 - To soothe the stranger's woe; For grief was heavy at his heart, And tears began to flow. His rising cares the Hermit spied, With answering care opprest: And, "Whence, unhappy youth," he cried, "The sorrows of thy breast?
Página 48 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, ' To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Página 53 - Twas Edwin's self that press'd. « Turn, Angelina, ever dear, My charmer, turn to see Thy own, thy long-lost Edwin here, ^ ^ Restored to love and thee. « Thus let me hold thee to my heart, And every care resign ; And shall we never, never part, My life — my all that's mine? « No, never from this hour to part, We'll live and love so true; The sigh that rends thy constant heart, Shall break thy Edwin's too.
Página 26 - Our little habitation was situated at the foot of a sloping hill, sheltered with a beautiful underwood behind, and a prattling river before ; on one side a meadow, on the other a green.
Página 51 - But let a maid thy pity share, Whom love has taught to stray ; Who seeks for rest, but finds despair Companion of her way.
Página 111 - Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran, Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes ; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree.
Página 26 - Besides, as it was kept with the utmost neatness, the dishes, plates, and coppers, being well scoured, and all disposed in bright rows on the shelves, the eye was agreeably relieved, and did not want richer...