Edward; various views of human nature, chiefly in EnglandStirling & Slade, 1820 - English literature |
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... person dressed as this poor woman was , far beneath her answering - there- fore surveying the woman's russet gown with contempt , and at the same time brushing the dust from the sleeves of her own , with was of silk , which an elevated ...
... person dressed as this poor woman was , far beneath her answering - there- fore surveying the woman's russet gown with contempt , and at the same time brushing the dust from the sleeves of her own , with was of silk , which an elevated ...
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... person of this work , that we might have begun with it , and never mentioned the workhouse boy until we arrived at the time when Mrs. Barnet pick- ed him up on the road , had we not always had an unsur- mountable dislike to that ...
... person of this work , that we might have begun with it , and never mentioned the workhouse boy until we arrived at the time when Mrs. Barnet pick- ed him up on the road , had we not always had an unsur- mountable dislike to that ...
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... person in the situation of a clerk , that it was not in her husband's power to prevail on her to behave with any appearance of kindness to her daughter from the time it took place . She never heard the name of Barnet mentioned with ...
... person in the situation of a clerk , that it was not in her husband's power to prevail on her to behave with any appearance of kindness to her daughter from the time it took place . She never heard the name of Barnet mentioned with ...
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... person of infinitely more importance than he had been before . - He was now treated as the heir of an immense fortune ; he was informed that every thing was provided for him , and that all kind of diligence or exertion on his part was ...
... person of infinitely more importance than he had been before . - He was now treated as the heir of an immense fortune ; he was informed that every thing was provided for him , and that all kind of diligence or exertion on his part was ...
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... person , Mr. George gave a striking proof that a greatful recollection of her remained in his ; for one day at his own table , on tasting a dish of stewed carp , he exclaimed that the EDWARD . 37 lady in a very comfortable manner, to ...
... person , Mr. George gave a striking proof that a greatful recollection of her remained in his ; for one day at his own table , on tasting a dish of stewed carp , he exclaimed that the EDWARD . 37 lady in a very comfortable manner, to ...
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Page 124 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 466 - Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Page 72 - Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 142 - Their only labour was to kill the time (And labour dire it is, and weary woe); They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme; Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter forth, with...
Page 78 - See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn.
Page 395 - Returning he proclaims by many a grace, By shrugs and strange contortions of his face, How much a dunce that has been sent to roam Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
Page 32 - Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Page 337 - She, who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting sways, Yet has her humour most, when she obeys...
Page 117 - Upbraid, ye ravening tribes, our wanton rage, ,For hunger kindles you, and lawless want ^ But lavish fed, in Nature's bounty roll'd, To joy at anguish, and delight in blood, Is what your horrid bosoms never knew.
Page 107 - Which, by remembrance, will assuage Grief, sickness, poverty, and age; And strongly shoot a radiant dart To shine through life's declining part. Say, Stella, feel you no content, Reflecting on a life well spent?