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... once that her son was a genius and a poet . From that time she beset her husband with solicitations to give the boy an education suitable to his talents . The worthy man was already straitened by the costs of instruction of his eldest ...
... once that her son was a genius and a poet . From that time she beset her husband with solicitations to give the boy an education suitable to his talents . The worthy man was already straitened by the costs of instruction of his eldest ...
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... once obliged to raise funds for his immediate wants by pawning his books . At times he sank into despondency , but he had what he termed " a knack at hoping , " which soon buoyed him up again . He began now to resort to his poetical ...
... once obliged to raise funds for his immediate wants by pawning his books . At times he sank into despondency , but he had what he termed " a knack at hoping , " which soon buoyed him up again . He began now to resort to his poetical ...
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... once it grew , See it panting flies to you . Take it , fair one , to your breast , Soothe the fluttering thing to rest ; Let the gentle , spotless toy , Be your sweetest , greatest joy ; Every night when wrapp'd in sleep , Next your ...
... once it grew , See it panting flies to you . Take it , fair one , to your breast , Soothe the fluttering thing to rest ; Let the gentle , spotless toy , Be your sweetest , greatest joy ; Every night when wrapp'd in sleep , Next your ...
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... its own cure , or rather its own punishment , by strip- ping him of every shilling . Ellis once more stepped in to his relief with a true Irishman's generosity , but with more considerateness than generally charac- terizes.
... its own cure , or rather its own punishment , by strip- ping him of every shilling . Ellis once more stepped in to his relief with a true Irishman's generosity , but with more considerateness than generally charac- terizes.
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... once my amusement into a present means of subsistence . I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders , and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry , for I ever found them sprightly in proportion to their wants ...
... once my amusement into a present means of subsistence . I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders , and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry , for I ever found them sprightly in proportion to their wants ...
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Página 247 - ... bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Página 21 - More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train...
Página 159 - I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated.
Página 288 - Lusiad," and I, went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil.
Página 221 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Página 79 - Why, why was I born a man, and yet see the sufferings of wretches I cannot relieve ! Poor houseless creatures ! the world will give you reproaches, but will not give you relief.
Página 134 - Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all power and all authority.
Página 194 - By this time my curiosity began to abate, and my appetite to increase ; the company of fools may at first make us smile, but at last never fails of rendering us melancholy. I therefore pretended to recollect a prior engagement, and after having...
Página 189 - Johnson, to be sure, has a roughness in his manner; but no man alive has a more tender heart. He has nothing of the bear but his skin.
Página 167 - I could say nothing but that I had a brother there, a clergyman, that stood in need of help: as for myself, I have no dependence on the promises of great men: I look to the booksellers for support; they are my best friends, and I am not inclined to forsake them for others.