The liberal critic; or, Memoirs of Henry Percy, Volume 31812 |
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... soon overthrow - the higher authorities , and instead of being the subjects , must be- come the rulers of the state . Away , then , with these brilliant theories which you cherished in Ireland ; here they have a foundation of sand , and ...
... soon overthrow - the higher authorities , and instead of being the subjects , must be- come the rulers of the state . Away , then , with these brilliant theories which you cherished in Ireland ; here they have a foundation of sand , and ...
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... soon make you laugh at your con- stancy , and bend your affections upon one whom I can recommend . " Ah , Madam ! " replied Henry , with a tear glistening in his eye , " I see you are pleased to divert yourself at the expence of your ...
... soon make you laugh at your con- stancy , and bend your affections upon one whom I can recommend . " Ah , Madam ! " replied Henry , with a tear glistening in his eye , " I see you are pleased to divert yourself at the expence of your ...
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... soon after her father's death , had recourse to the friendship of the Miss Courtneys , and , placing her little sis- ter in a respectable school , she left Wales , and lived in the genteel state of dependence in which you must at ...
... soon after her father's death , had recourse to the friendship of the Miss Courtneys , and , placing her little sis- ter in a respectable school , she left Wales , and lived in the genteel state of dependence in which you must at ...
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... soon gained her universal esteem , and made her be admitted with pleasure to share every advantage of society with the Courtney family , to which she was the most particularly engaged . She had lived in this happy tranquillity till your ...
... soon gained her universal esteem , and made her be admitted with pleasure to share every advantage of society with the Courtney family , to which she was the most particularly engaged . She had lived in this happy tranquillity till your ...
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... soon after for Lon- don , and I hear from her often , but I have not seen her since her last visit to the Wells . " During the continuance of this little nar- rative , the conclusion of which it appeared Mrs. Percy had attained , it is ...
... soon after for Lon- don , and I hear from her often , but I have not seen her since her last visit to the Wells . " During the continuance of this little nar- rative , the conclusion of which it appeared Mrs. Percy had attained , it is ...
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Page 262 - Awake : The morning shines, and the fresh field Calls us ; we lose the prime, to mark how spring Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Page 291 - THIS is the last letter you will ever receive from me, the last assurance I shall give you on earth, of a sincere and...
Page 246 - The heart proves to be only the inert receptacle of the blood, and thofe grofler fpirits which ferve for the animal function : but the pocket is fraught with thofe finer and more fublime fpirits which confiitute the wit, and many other diftinguifhing characters.
Page 292 - ... calmly resign your breath, and enter the confines of unmolested joy. — I am now taking my farewell of you here; but it is a short adieu, with full persuasion that we shall soon meet again.
Page 287 - Towns and cities, like Jericho, without any miracle have fallen flat before it ; it has ftopp'd the mouths of cannons, and more furprizing ftill, of faction and flander.
Page 300 - For feme time after the celebration of the nuptials, they entertained a reciprocal affection. She was all fondnefs, he all indulgence. But their intimacy, inftead of increafing, dimini'fhed their regard. Her beauty, the more it was familiar to his eye, grew lefs attractive to his heart; and his converfation grew lefs engaging, the more fhe partook of the natural levity of her fex.
Page 292 - ... magnify thee. What a dream is mortal life ! What shadows are all the objects of mortal sense ! all the glories of mortality (my much beloved friend) will be nothing in your view at the awful hour of death, when you must be separated from this lower creation, and enter on the borders of the immortal world. Something persuades me this will be the last farewell in this world; Heaven forbid it should be an everlasting parting : may that divine protection, whose care I io>plore, keep you stedfast...
Page 292 - Gentiles trust, in whom all the families of the earth are blessed, is now my glorious, my unfailing confidence ; in His merits alone I expect to stand justified before infinite purity and justice. How poor were my hopes if I depended on those works which my own...
Page 248 - I have remarked a pfyftcian in the chamber of a wealthy patient, clear up his countenance, and write his recipe with infinite vivacity and good humour ; but in the abode »3» SYMfATHY BETWEEN THE BREECHES-POCKET, &C.