Instructive Rambles: In London, and the Adjacent Villages. Designed to Amuse the Mind, and Improve the Understanding of Youth. By Elizabeth HelmeT.N. Longman, and O. Rees; and E. Newbery, 1800 - 284 Seiten |
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... Should I be happy enough to awaken in the susceptible bosom of uncor- rupted childhood any of the former , how greatly will my efforts be repaid ! Nor will a . 3 my my recompence be less , should I crush in the.
... Should I be happy enough to awaken in the susceptible bosom of uncor- rupted childhood any of the former , how greatly will my efforts be repaid ! Nor will a . 3 my my recompence be less , should I crush in the.
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... should I crush in the bud any of the hydras last mentioned ; the least of which gives existence to as many crimes , as that fictitious serpent is said to have possessed heads . In my choice of the historical sketches , I have selected ...
... should I crush in the bud any of the hydras last mentioned ; the least of which gives existence to as many crimes , as that fictitious serpent is said to have possessed heads . In my choice of the historical sketches , I have selected ...
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... should be proud of them . - Pride ,. my love , would destroy the whole merit of « 66 your work ; and to and to tell your good deeds , " muft argue a very weak mind ; nay , do you not recollect the immediate words of our Bleffed Saviour ...
... should be proud of them . - Pride ,. my love , would destroy the whole merit of « 66 your work ; and to and to tell your good deeds , " muft argue a very weak mind ; nay , do you not recollect the immediate words of our Bleffed Saviour ...
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... should not rest in her grave ; to learn to labour , and to love my fifter , and God would blefs us : for " he loved the poor , and was the father of " orphans .--- Don't cry , Patty " -- faid he , interrupting his story to comfort his ...
... should not rest in her grave ; to learn to labour , and to love my fifter , and God would blefs us : for " he loved the poor , and was the father of " orphans .--- Don't cry , Patty " -- faid he , interrupting his story to comfort his ...
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... should " be fent to fea , and poor Patty , who was " not ten years old , put prentice to the 66 very man who feized our father's goods , " and kept a pot - house .--- Patty cried , and " I cried to fee her cry ; not that I dif- " liked ...
... should " be fent to fea , and poor Patty , who was " not ten years old , put prentice to the 66 very man who feized our father's goods , " and kept a pot - house .--- Patty cried , and " I cried to fee her cry ; not that I dif- " liked ...
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Seite 179 - ... when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Seite 190 - LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done.
Seite 191 - E'en such is man ; whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers ; the blossom blasteth ; The flower fades ; the morning hasteth ; The sun sets, the shadow flies ; The gourd consumes; the man he dies...
Seite 104 - As by their choice collections may appear Of what is rare in Land, in Sea, in Air, Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) A world of wonders in one closet shut. These famous Antiquarians that had been Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen...
Seite 104 - As by their choice collections may appear, Of what is rare, in land, in sea in air ; Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) A world of wonders in one closet shut ; These famous Antiquarians that had been Both...
Seite iii - Let us consider that youth is of no long duration, and that in maturer age, when the enchantments of fancy shall cease, and Phantoms of delight dance no more about us, we shall have no comforts but the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing Good.
Seite 178 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...