The Parterre, Volume 2E. Wilson, 1835 |
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... thought to resemble a sickle . of it ; since they knew that it tended only to a virtuous and honourable union ; and so I know they often told Leonisa , to dispose her to receive me for her hus- band . But she had fixed her eyes upon ...
... thought to resemble a sickle . of it ; since they knew that it tended only to a virtuous and honourable union ; and so I know they often told Leonisa , to dispose her to receive me for her hus- band . But she had fixed her eyes upon ...
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... thought . The most evident mark of prudence is exhibited by those who , whilst they look forward with hope to the future , and review the past with impartiality , give heed to their present conduct so as to improve from their experience ...
... thought . The most evident mark of prudence is exhibited by those who , whilst they look forward with hope to the future , and review the past with impartiality , give heed to their present conduct so as to improve from their experience ...
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... thought and con- fused imaginings are before me - all this stage and scene are fast vanishing into nought ! My only object of life is bu- ried ; I care no longer for myself . Men will execrate my memory according to their own poverty ...
... thought and con- fused imaginings are before me - all this stage and scene are fast vanishing into nought ! My only object of life is bu- ried ; I care no longer for myself . Men will execrate my memory according to their own poverty ...
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... thought I , it might have been some mistake , ' - " he might have " -At this moment a Gyp of the next staircase , brought me a note from George Smith , intreating pardon , and making every apology for the unpleasant rencontre ...
... thought I , it might have been some mistake , ' - " he might have " -At this moment a Gyp of the next staircase , brought me a note from George Smith , intreating pardon , and making every apology for the unpleasant rencontre ...
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... thought to excel in dress all the other African ladies , not excepting the Algerines with their profusion of pearls . Her face was hidden by a veil of crimson taffety ; upon her ancles , which were uncovered , there shone a pair of ...
... thought to excel in dress all the other African ladies , not excepting the Algerines with their profusion of pearls . Her face was hidden by a veil of crimson taffety ; upon her ancles , which were uncovered , there shone a pair of ...
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Page 65 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray ; What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Page 42 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 218 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Page 390 - He appears, by his modest and unaffected narration, to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination. He meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes; his crocodiles devour their prey without tears; and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants.
Page 275 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest : but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind : and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life...
Page 56 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland...
Page 12 - Urania sings to thee. Oh, let me pierce thy secret cell, And in thy deep recesses dwell ! Perhaps from Norwood's oak-clad hill, When Meditation has her fill, I just may cast my careless eyes Where London's spiry turrets rise, Think of its crimes, its cares, its pain, Then shield me in the woods again.
Page 200 - ... coursing along the sands ; trains of ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful cranes, intent and wading ; clamorous crows, and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature. " High over all these hovers one, whose action instantly arrests his attention.