The liberal critic; or, Memoirs of Henry Percy, Volume 31812 |
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... thousand deaths than that my heart should have once conceived such a thought ! " " I thought proper here to interrupt her , " said Mrs. Percy to Henry , " by ob- serving-- I assure you , Clara , you enjoy more solid felicity with your ...
... thousand deaths than that my heart should have once conceived such a thought ! " " I thought proper here to interrupt her , " said Mrs. Percy to Henry , " by ob- serving-- I assure you , Clara , you enjoy more solid felicity with your ...
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... thousand lies . This conduct of the people misguides the rectors , and pre- vents their reformation ; they would have fewer faults if they had less of this shame- ful incense given them . ' Tis their flatterers that make them uncivil ...
... thousand lies . This conduct of the people misguides the rectors , and pre- vents their reformation ; they would have fewer faults if they had less of this shame- ful incense given them . ' Tis their flatterers that make them uncivil ...
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... thousand imaginary intrigues , were sent in- to circulation for the purpose of forcing them back to a rigid obedience to the decrees of the ' Change , or to drive them out of the city as dangerous in their example to the morals ...
... thousand imaginary intrigues , were sent in- to circulation for the purpose of forcing them back to a rigid obedience to the decrees of the ' Change , or to drive them out of the city as dangerous in their example to the morals ...
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... thousand , it qualifies her for a birth in a citizen's shop . And if it extend beyond two thousand , it elevates her to a ' counting , or tradesman's desk . But on no account is she to marry a stranger , especially one of the ...
... thousand , it qualifies her for a birth in a citizen's shop . And if it extend beyond two thousand , it elevates her to a ' counting , or tradesman's desk . But on no account is she to marry a stranger , especially one of the ...
Page 99
... curate - she possessed one thousand pounds !!! These matches made as much strife and commo- tion in Bristol , as if the ladies were en- dowed F 2 dowed with the property of Miss Tinley Long ; and MEMOIRS OF HENRY PERCY . 99.
... curate - she possessed one thousand pounds !!! These matches made as much strife and commo- tion in Bristol , as if the ladies were en- dowed F 2 dowed with the property of Miss Tinley Long ; and MEMOIRS OF HENRY PERCY . 99.
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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.