The wanderer: or, A collection of original tales and essays, Volume 1 |
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... thoughts and opinions to the world . It is from a painful knowledge of the incalculable injury that has been sustained by thousands from the perusal of the generality of fictious productions , that has in- duced INTRODUCTION . ix.
... thoughts and opinions to the world . It is from a painful knowledge of the incalculable injury that has been sustained by thousands from the perusal of the generality of fictious productions , that has in- duced INTRODUCTION . ix.
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... thoughts in a sufficiently energetic or descriptive manner without having recourse to another . In such a case , I think no one will deny the utility of such an assistance in writing : besides , setting aside the importance of such aid ...
... thoughts in a sufficiently energetic or descriptive manner without having recourse to another . In such a case , I think no one will deny the utility of such an assistance in writing : besides , setting aside the importance of such aid ...
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... thought ; « And , with a green and yellow melancholy , " She sat like Patience on a monument , " Smiling at Grief . ” - IT was toward the close of the finest autumnal day I ever beheld when I arrived at the foot of the highest mountain ...
... thought ; « And , with a green and yellow melancholy , " She sat like Patience on a monument , " Smiling at Grief . ” - IT was toward the close of the finest autumnal day I ever beheld when I arrived at the foot of the highest mountain ...
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... thought ; and , in a moment , a thousand melan- choly ideas rushed into my mind , which , in some degree ... thoughts are borne upon the lofty wings of imagination to the confines of perfect felicity . Thus it was with a bard , whose ...
... thought ; and , in a moment , a thousand melan- choly ideas rushed into my mind , which , in some degree ... thoughts are borne upon the lofty wings of imagination to the confines of perfect felicity . Thus it was with a bard , whose ...
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... thought I saw the shadowy form of a female glide into the gloom that obscured the further end of the apartment ; but my candle , which was dying away in the socket , left me in the most painful suspense , as without it I could . not ...
... thought I saw the shadowy form of a female glide into the gloom that obscured the further end of the apartment ; but my candle , which was dying away in the socket , left me in the most painful suspense , as without it I could . not ...
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Abdallah able acquainted adventure affection Agra Ahmedabad amidst amongst amusement Andalusia appeared ardour Arrah arrived beams beautiful beheld blooming Bombay bosom captain cavern CHARLES FOTHERGILL charms contemplate countenance dare dark daugh dear death degree delight desolated wilderness dreadful dulcinea earth endeavour eternal eyes favoured fear female finer feelings flowers Frederick gentleman girl gloom glowing grief happiness heart heav'n Hibernian Hindoos honour hope hour human imagination immortal bard India Indian shore interesting JAMES WALLIS Jasus Julia labour luxuriant mankind manner Matlock melan melancholy mighty mind neral never night o'er object once painful Parsees passions Persian language person pleasure possessed present render scarcely scene shade shew silent smiled soft solitude soon sorrow soul stood storms suffered Surat sweet tears thee thou thought tion trees ture Tyburn unfortunate vast vice WANDERER whilst wretched youth
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Page 78 - In shape and gesture proudly eminent, " Stood like a tower; his form had yet not lost " All her original brightness, nor appear'd " Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and th' excess " Of glory obscur'd ! as when the sun new risen " Looks through the horizontal misty air " Shorn of hi* beams, or from behind the moon.
Page 7 - And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; " Careless their merits or their faults to scan, " His pity gave ere charity began. " Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, " And ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's side;
Page 6 - he was, to all the country dear, " And passing rich with forty pounds a-year; " Remote from towns he ran his godly race, " Nor ere had chang'd, nor wish'd to change, his place; " Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r,
Page 183 - I cannot tell what you and other men " Think of this life ; but, for my single self, " I had as lief not be, as live to be " In awe of such a thing as I myself. " I was born free as Caesar ; so were you: • " We both have fed as well j and we can both " Endure the winter's cold as well as he.
Page 7 - Claim'd kindred there, and had his claims allow'd; " The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, " Sat by his fire, and talk'd the night away, " Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Page 6 - By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour; ** Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize, " More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. " His house was known to all the vagrant train;
Page 130 - O curse of marriage, " That we can call these delicate creatures ours, " And not their appetites! I had rather be a toad» " And live upon the vapour of a dungeon, "Than keep a corner in the thing
Page 123 - Teach nothing but to name his tools. " But, when he pleas'd to shew't, his speech " In loftiness of sound was rich ; "A Babylonish dialect, " Which learned pedants much affect : " It was a party-colour'd dress " Of patch'd and pieball'd languages: " 'Twas English cut on Greek and Latin, " Like fustian heretofore on satin:
Page 95 - Withal, as large a charter as the wind, " To blow on whom I please ; for so fools have: " And they that are most galled with my folly, " They most must laugh.'