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... Flatter well could not be one of the gang , or that if he was , the robbers themselves could not be such monsters as his master had described , and therefore it was a folly to be afraid of them . Flatterwell began , like a true adept in ...
... Flatter well could not be one of the gang , or that if he was , the robbers themselves could not be such monsters as his master had described , and therefore it was a folly to be afraid of them . Flatterwell began , like a true adept in ...
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... Flatterwell . Afraid of me ? Impossible , dear Mr. Parley . You see I do not look like an en- emy . I am unarmed : what harm can a plain man like me do ? Parley . Why , that is true enough . Yet my master says , that if we were once to ...
... Flatterwell . Afraid of me ? Impossible , dear Mr. Parley . You see I do not look like an en- emy . I am unarmed : what harm can a plain man like me do ? Parley . Why , that is true enough . Yet my master says , that if we were once to ...
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Flatterwell . Do not believe him : the worst we should do , perhaps , is , we might drink a friendly glass with you , to your master's health , or play an innocent game of cards just to keep you awake , or sing a cheerful song with the ...
Flatterwell . Do not believe him : the worst we should do , perhaps , is , we might drink a friendly glass with you , to your master's health , or play an innocent game of cards just to keep you awake , or sing a cheerful song with the ...
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Flatterwell . Yes , I can point out to you how you may be a richer , a merrier , and a happier man . If you will admit me to - night under the window , I will convince you that ' tis prejudice and not wisdom which makes your master bar ...
Flatterwell . Yes , I can point out to you how you may be a richer , a merrier , and a happier man . If you will admit me to - night under the window , I will convince you that ' tis prejudice and not wisdom which makes your master bar ...
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... Flatterwell , who knew it would make all the difference in the world . So they parted with mutual protestations of re- gard . Parley went home charmed with his new friend . His eyes were now clearly opened as to his master's prejudices ...
... Flatterwell , who knew it would make all the difference in the world . So they parted with mutual protestations of re- gard . Parley went home charmed with his new friend . His eyes were now clearly opened as to his master's prejudices ...
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Page 20 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Page 38 - Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by ; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, By forms unfashion'd fresh from Nature's hand, Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True to imagin'd right, above control, While e'en the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man.
Page 43 - Vain, very vain my weary search to find That bliss which only centres in the mind. Why have I stray'd from pleasure and repose, To seek a good each government bestows ? In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure...
Page 29 - No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword ; No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May ; No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest.
Page 37 - War in each breast, and freedom on each brow : How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fir'd at the sound, my genius spreads her wing...
Page 33 - To kinder skies, where gentler manners reign, I turn ; and France displays her bright domain. Gay sprightly land of mirth and social ease, Pleas'd with thyself, whom all the world can please, How often have I led thy sportive choir, With tuneless pipe, beside the murmuring Loire...
Page 27 - While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ; Though poor, luxurious ; though submissive, vain ; Though grave, yet trifling; zealous, yet untrue; And even in penance planning sins anew.
Page 11 - Then talk'd of virtue till the time of bed, When the grave household round his hall repair, Warn'd by a bell, and close the hours with prayer. At length the world, renew'd by calm...
Page 20 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale...
Page 4 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...