The Wandering Islander, Or, The History of Mr. Charles NorthJ. Ridgway, 1792 - 263 Seiten |
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... must know , that the report is , that you are about to turn author , which , in this critical age , though it can- not be properly called the age of criticism , is only another word for a madman . AUTHOR . Even fo , " there is a ...
... must know , that the report is , that you are about to turn author , which , in this critical age , though it can- not be properly called the age of criticism , is only another word for a madman . AUTHOR . Even fo , " there is a ...
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... must run the gauntelope of criticism , and be pardoned perhaps after execution . Can I expect to please a lady after a bad run at cards ; particularly if detected in flip- ping one , of tipping à fignal ? neither if rouge hath been laid ...
... must run the gauntelope of criticism , and be pardoned perhaps after execution . Can I expect to please a lady after a bad run at cards ; particularly if detected in flip- ping one , of tipping à fignal ? neither if rouge hath been laid ...
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... - ings are fo intricate that it is not fafe to enter without a guide , particularly one of the towers , which is entirely covered with ivy . - Tradi- tion Instead of reading books , I must now learn to THE WANDERING ISLANDER . 23.
... - ings are fo intricate that it is not fafe to enter without a guide , particularly one of the towers , which is entirely covered with ivy . - Tradi- tion Instead of reading books , I must now learn to THE WANDERING ISLANDER . 23.
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Charles Henry Wilson. Instead of reading books , I must now learn to read the planets , as the vulgar tion fays , that this structure was planned by the Princess ELL or ELLA , in order to conceal her lover from the refentment of her ...
Charles Henry Wilson. Instead of reading books , I must now learn to read the planets , as the vulgar tion fays , that this structure was planned by the Princess ELL or ELLA , in order to conceal her lover from the refentment of her ...
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... must have been fome in the motley lift worth boaft- ing of , if I took any pride in the re- flected panegyric of genealogy , the good Bishop of Llandaff's faying on this this fubject * for me , and the more ef- 36 THE WANDERING ISLANDER .
... must have been fome in the motley lift worth boaft- ing of , if I took any pride in the re- flected panegyric of genealogy , the good Bishop of Llandaff's faying on this this fubject * for me , and the more ef- 36 THE WANDERING ISLANDER .
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 188 - ... beasts of prey by the mountains which confined them. On one part were flocks and herds feeding in the...
Seite 188 - From the mountains on every side rivulets descended that filled all the valley with verdure and fertility, and formed a lake in the middle inhabited by fish of every species, and frequented by every fowl whom Nature has taught to dip the wing in water. This lake discharged its superfluities by a stream which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice till it was heard no more.
Seite 188 - The sides of the mountains were covered with trees; the banks of the brooks were diversified with flowers; every blast shook spices from the rocks and every month dropped fruits upon the ground.
Seite 226 - My love, my life, said I, explain This change of humour : pr'ythee, tell : That falling tear — What does it mean ? She sigh'd ; she smil'd : and to the flowers Pointing, the lovely moralist said : See, friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder, what a change is made. Ah me! the blooming pride of May, And that of beauty are but one: At morn both flourish bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale, and gone; At dawn poor Stella...
Seite 51 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Seite 124 - Love, the most generous passion of the mind, The softest refuge innocence can find, The safe director of unguided youth, Fraught with kind wishes, and secured by truth; That cordial drop heaven in our cup has thrown To make the nauseous draught of life go down...
Seite 226 - Both fade at evening, pale, and gone. IX. At dawn poor Stella danc'd and fung ; The amorous youth around her bow'd ; At night her fatal knell was rung ; I faw, and kifs'd her in her fhrowd. X. Such as fhe is, who dy'd to-day : Such I, alas ! may be to-morrow : Go, Damon, bid thy Mufe difplay The juftice of thy Cloe's forrow.
Seite 188 - This lake difcharged its fujae'tfluities by a ftream which entered a dark cleft, of the mountain on the northern fide, and fell 'with 'dreadful noife from precipice to precipice, till it was heard .no more.
Seite 194 - I have not thought it fo, becaufe my time's Spent pleafantly, My Lord's not haughty nor imperious, Nor I gravely whimfical ; he has good nature, And I have manners : His Sons too are civil to me, becaufe I do not pretend to be wifer than they are; I meddle with no...
Seite 32 - As for the wondrous works of the Lord, there may nothing be taken from them, neither may any thing be put unto them, neither can the ground of them be found out. 7 When a man hath done, then he beginneth; and when he leaveth off, then he shall be doubtful.