The Modern Monitor; Or, Flyn's SpeculationsWilliam Flyn, 1771 - 297 páginas |
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... said his young mistress had ordered him to deliver to no perfon but myfe'f . I feized it with transport , and as this is but the second favour I have been honoured with from the Ladies , fhall poftpone all other matters to obey the com ...
... said his young mistress had ordered him to deliver to no perfon but myfe'f . I feized it with transport , and as this is but the second favour I have been honoured with from the Ladies , fhall poftpone all other matters to obey the com ...
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... said examination , but of their being approved of , which should be pro- perly , attefted by the Clerk of the boufe . The Gentlemen ' may laugh at nie , when I talk of ferious confequences attending the omiffion of what they vainly fay ...
... said examination , but of their being approved of , which should be pro- perly , attefted by the Clerk of the boufe . The Gentlemen ' may laugh at nie , when I talk of ferious confequences attending the omiffion of what they vainly fay ...
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... said he , it is very con- fuled , but fententionfly plaufible , and enlivened with a well - told story . The whole is a dangerous error , adopted by that mistaken , zeal , which , to promote the -happiness of man takes pains to degrade ...
... said he , it is very con- fuled , but fententionfly plaufible , and enlivened with a well - told story . The whole is a dangerous error , adopted by that mistaken , zeal , which , to promote the -happiness of man takes pains to degrade ...
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... said , I'll keep the toast myself , " alluding to the custom of putting a toaft into liquor . ' A Gentleman , who is a profeffed admirer of anti- quity , was prefent . He faid the custom of drinking ] healths and toasting was too abfurd ...
... said , I'll keep the toast myself , " alluding to the custom of putting a toaft into liquor . ' A Gentleman , who is a profeffed admirer of anti- quity , was prefent . He faid the custom of drinking ] healths and toasting was too abfurd ...
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... in one volume duodecimo , the first fif- ty - nine numbers of his Speculations ; and that the said WILLIAM FLYN be ordered to fupply each member with the volume fo printed , neatly bound and lettered with 280 No. 59 . THE MODERN MONITOR ;
... in one volume duodecimo , the first fif- ty - nine numbers of his Speculations ; and that the said WILLIAM FLYN be ordered to fupply each member with the volume fo printed , neatly bound and lettered with 280 No. 59 . THE MODERN MONITOR ;
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Página 205 - Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape, and gently creeps Luxuriant; meanwhile murmuring waters fall Down the slope hills, dispersed, or in a lake, That to the fringed bank with myrtle crown'd Her crystal mirror holds, unite their streams.
Página 65 - Canft thou not minifter to a mind difeas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted forrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with fome fweet oblivious antidote, Cleanfe the ftuff'd bofom of that perilous ftuff. Which weighs upon the heart ? DOCT.
Página 202 - The balmy spirit of the western gale Eternal breathes on fruits untaught to fail ; Each dropping pear a following pear supplies, On apples apples, figs on figs arise ; The same mild season gives the blooms to blow, The buds to harden and the fruits to grow. Here order'd vines in equal ranks appear, With all th...
Página 209 - Ne suffred storme nor frost on them to fall, Their tender buds or leaves to violate, Nor scorching heat, nor cold intemperate, T...
Página 205 - Thus was this place A happy rural seat of various view ; Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm, Others whose fruit, burnish'd with golden rind, Hung amiable, Hesperian fables true, If true, here only, and of delicious taste : Betwixt them lawns, or level downs, and flocks Grazing the tender herb, were interpos'd...
Página 208 - Araby the bleft j with fuch delay Well pleas'd they flack their courfe, and many a league Chear'd with the grateful fmell old Ocean fmiles...
Página 202 - The red'ning apple ripens here to gold. Here the blue fig with luscious juice o'erflows, With deeper red the full pomegranate glows, The branch here bends beneath the weighty pear, And verdant olives flourish round the year. The balmy spirit of the...
Página 202 - Four acres was the' allotted space of ground, Fenced with a green enclosure all around : Tall thriving trees confess'd the fruitful mould ; The reddening apple ripens here to gold : Here the blue fig with luscious juice o'erflows, With deeper red the full pomegranate glows, The branch here bends beneath the weighty pear, And verdant olives flourish round the year.
Página 279 - Breaft is open laid, And while the Head's intent, the Heart's betray'd. Then, bafe Defire of Gain, then, Rage appears, Quarrels and Brawls arife, and anxious Fears ; Then, Clamours and Revilings reach the Sky, While lofing Gamefters all the Gods defie.
Página 210 - Was gather'd, which coft Ceres all that pain To feek her through the world ; nor that fweet grove Of Daphne by Orontes, and th...