An Essay on Light Reading: As it May be Supposed to Influence Moral Conduct and Literary TasteJ. Carpenter, 1808 - 213 páginas |
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... she is a beauty ; and when the fairy - tales have lost their zest , the novel is at hand . The fair student sees her own picture in the charming and sorrowful heroine ; and very naturally tries , as far as it is in her power 13.
... she is a beauty ; and when the fairy - tales have lost their zest , the novel is at hand . The fair student sees her own picture in the charming and sorrowful heroine ; and very naturally tries , as far as it is in her power 13.
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... hands , a por » tion of skill in dancing , and the Chris- tian - name of Charles , or Henry . Now it is that the poison begins to 3 work ; and several destinies await the lady ; some of which she must choose ; and the least formidable ...
... hands , a por » tion of skill in dancing , and the Chris- tian - name of Charles , or Henry . Now it is that the poison begins to 3 work ; and several destinies await the lady ; some of which she must choose ; and the least formidable ...
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... hand . But the goodly work is , alas ! marred , and its efficacy counteracted , by its being interlarded with scenes perfectly inexcusable ; and very unseemly , as the labour of a head white with the snows of time , and crowned , as it ...
... hand . But the goodly work is , alas ! marred , and its efficacy counteracted , by its being interlarded with scenes perfectly inexcusable ; and very unseemly , as the labour of a head white with the snows of time , and crowned , as it ...
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... hands what would require at least three on the part of any body else ! The admirers of Werter boast chiefly of the simplicity which pervades the work ; and , in proof of this , cite many passages in which solemn mention is made of ...
... hands what would require at least three on the part of any body else ! The admirers of Werter boast chiefly of the simplicity which pervades the work ; and , in proof of this , cite many passages in which solemn mention is made of ...
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... hands in the blood of more than three fellow- creatures , and , by his success at the ha- zard - table , reduced several to beggary ; who by his arts had betrayed many fe- males to ruin ; by filial disobedience had deprived his parents ...
... hands in the blood of more than three fellow- creatures , and , by his success at the ha- zard - table , reduced several to beggary ; who by his arts had betrayed many fe- males to ruin ; by filial disobedience had deprived his parents ...
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Página 175 - Ah, turn thine eyes Where the poor houseless shivering female lies. She once, perhaps, in village plenty blest, Has wept at tales of innocence distrest ; Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn ; Now lost to all, her friends, her virtue fled, Near her betrayer's door she lays her head...
Página 176 - And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart or strike for honest fame...
Página 189 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him; no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down; no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of Slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust...
Página 188 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Página 142 - She, wretched matron, forced in age, for bread, To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn; She only left of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain.
Página 168 - ... Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore. While the pent ocean rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated...
Página 167 - Far to the right, where Apennine ascends, Bright as the summer, Italy extends ; Its uplands sloping deck the mountain's side, Woods over woods in gay theatric pride; While oft some temple's mould'ring tops between With venerable grandeur mark the scene.
Página 173 - His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side : But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Página 174 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were giv'n, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heav'n. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Tho' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Página 183 - Tis morning ; and the sun, with ruddy orb Ascending, fires the horizon ; while the clouds, That crowd away before the driving wind, More ardent as the disk emerges more, Resemble most some city in a blaze, Seen through the leafless wood.