The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. : In Two VolumesHarrison and Company, 1780 - 90 páginas |
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... fortune : but fortune was her smallest accomplishment . Mifs Arabella Wil- mot was allowed by all ( except my two daughters ) to be compleatly pretty . Her youth , health , and innocence , were ftill heightened by a complexion fo ...
... fortune : but fortune was her smallest accomplishment . Mifs Arabella Wil- mot was allowed by all ( except my two daughters ) to be compleatly pretty . Her youth , health , and innocence , were ftill heightened by a complexion fo ...
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... fortune as my argument . " Your fortune , ' returned my friend , I am now forry to inform you , is al- moft nothing . The merchant in town , in whofe hands your money was lodg- ed , has gone off , to avoid a ftatute of bankruptcy , and ...
... fortune as my argument . " Your fortune , ' returned my friend , I am now forry to inform you , is al- moft nothing . The merchant in town , in whofe hands your money was lodg- ed , has gone off , to avoid a ftatute of bankruptcy , and ...
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... fortune ; and all debts collected and paid , out of fourteen thousand pounds we had but four hundred remaining . My chief attention therefore was now to bring down the pride of my family to their circumftances ; for I well knew that ...
... fortune ; and all debts collected and paid , out of fourteen thousand pounds we had but four hundred remaining . My chief attention therefore was now to bring down the pride of my family to their circumftances ; for I well knew that ...
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... fortune , though entirely de- pendant on the will of his uncle , Sir William Thornhill , a gentleman , who content with a little himself , per- mits his nephew to enjoy the reft , and chiefly refides in town . What ! ' cried I , is my ...
... fortune , though entirely de- pendant on the will of his uncle , Sir William Thornhill , a gentleman , who content with a little himself , per- mits his nephew to enjoy the reft , and chiefly refides in town . What ! ' cried I , is my ...
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... fortune , but not his good - nature ; that , indeed , was feen to increafe as the other feemed to decay : he grew improvident as he grew poor ; and though he talked like a man of fenfe , his actions were thofe of a fool . Still ...
... fortune , but not his good - nature ; that , indeed , was feen to increafe as the other feemed to decay : he grew improvident as he grew poor ; and though he talked like a man of fenfe , his actions were thofe of a fool . Still ...
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Página 19 - 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 19 - The crackling faggot flies. But nothing could a charm impart 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 ? " From better habitations spurn'd, Reluctant dost thou rove?
Página 28 - Welcome, welcome, Moses; well, my boy, what have you brought us from the fair?' 'I have brought you myself,' cried Moses, with a sly look, and resting the box on the dresser.
Página 28 - I have brought back no money," cried Moses again. "I have laid it all out in a bargain, and here it is," pulling out a bundle from his breast ; "here they are : a gross of green spectacles with silver rims and shagreen cases.
Página 28 - Never mind our son," cried my wife; " depend upon it he knows what he is about. I'll warrant we'll never see him sell his hen of a rainy day.