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... rhapsody of nonsense about flames , darts , killing eyes , wounds , and death . It is enough that I was able to comprehend his meaning ; and therefore putting on an air of seriousness and con- cern 126 N ° 77 . WORLD .
... rhapsody of nonsense about flames , darts , killing eyes , wounds , and death . It is enough that I was able to comprehend his meaning ; and therefore putting on an air of seriousness and con- cern 126 N ° 77 . WORLD .
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Lionel Thomas Berguer. therefore putting on an air of seriousness and con- cern , I assured him " That I was most prodigiously sorry to see him so flustered : I supposed that he had been drinking before he came to my house ; for ...
Lionel Thomas Berguer. therefore putting on an air of seriousness and con- cern , I assured him " That I was most prodigiously sorry to see him so flustered : I supposed that he had been drinking before he came to my house ; for ...
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... cern at the ladies being from home , but foolishly suffered myself to be persuaded to go along with him into the gallery , after having been laughed at for my objections , and told that I ought to have a better opinion of him than to ...
... cern at the ladies being from home , but foolishly suffered myself to be persuaded to go along with him into the gallery , after having been laughed at for my objections , and told that I ought to have a better opinion of him than to ...
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Page 53 - ... and better breakfasted than he whose morning appetite would have gladly fed on green figs between Bethany and Jerusalem, his religion walks abroad at eight, and leaves his kind entertainer in the shop trading all day without his religion.
Page 97 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple.
Page 2 - To advise the ignorant, relieve the needy, comfort the afflicted, are duties that fall in our way almost every day of our lives. A man has frequent opportunities of mitigating the fierceness of a party; of doing justice to the character of a...
Page 229 - It must be owned, that our language is, at present, in a state of anarchy, and hitherto, perhaps, it may not have been the worse for it. During our free and open trade, many words and expressions have been imported, adopted, and naturalized from other languages, which have greatly enriched our own. Let it still preserve what...
Page 219 - The handcuffs and fetters in which the hero commonly appears at the end of the second, or the beginning of the third...
Page 82 - They are both of them women in years, and alike in birth, fortune, education, and accomplishments. They were originally alike in temper too ; but by different management are grown the reverse of each other. Arachne has accustomed herself to look only on the dark side of every object. If a new...
Page 35 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Page 20 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 52 - What does he therefore, but resolves to give over toiling, and to find himself out some factor, to whose care and credit he may commit the whole managing of his religious affairs; some divine of note and estimation that must be.
Page 158 - Roger's; it is usual in all other places, that servants fly from the parts of the house through which their master is passing; on the contrary, here they industriously place themselves in his way; and it is on both sides, as it were, understood as a visit, when the servants appear without calling.