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... admires ) tempered the gayety and fire of a Frenchman . e time of night will not suffer me to go on , will write again in a week . My best com- nts to Mrs. Wharton and your family , I am most sincerely yours , T. GRAY . rch 9th , [ 1748 ...
... admires ) tempered the gayety and fire of a Frenchman . e time of night will not suffer me to go on , will write again in a week . My best com- nts to Mrs. Wharton and your family , I am most sincerely yours , T. GRAY . rch 9th , [ 1748 ...
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... admiring every thing that has four legs , and fretting at his own misfortune in having but two ; and cursing his own politic head and feeble constitution , that won't let him be such a beast as he would wish ? Mr. S. Jenyns now and then ...
... admiring every thing that has four legs , and fretting at his own misfortune in having but two ; and cursing his own politic head and feeble constitution , that won't let him be such a beast as he would wish ? Mr. S. Jenyns now and then ...
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... admire him ; for I always maintained , that nobody has occasion for pride , but the poor ; and that every where else it is a sign of folly . My journey was not so bad as usual in a stage- coach . There was a Lady Swinburne , a Roman ...
... admire him ; for I always maintained , that nobody has occasion for pride , but the poor ; and that every where else it is a sign of folly . My journey was not so bad as usual in a stage- coach . There was a Lady Swinburne , a Roman ...
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... admiring Mr. Southcote's Paradise , which whenever you see it again , will improve upon you . Do you know , you may have it , for £ 20,000 , but I am afraid the lands are not very improvable . You don't say enough of Esher , it is my ...
... admiring Mr. Southcote's Paradise , which whenever you see it again , will improve upon you . Do you know , you may have it , for £ 20,000 , but I am afraid the lands are not very improvable . You don't say enough of Esher , it is my ...
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... admire his retreat and his Lemon- Lake no longer than till he finds an opportunity to leave it : However , though there be many parts which I do not like , yet it is in several places ex- cellent , and every where above mediocrity . As ...
... admire his retreat and his Lemon- Lake no longer than till he finds an opportunity to leave it : However , though there be many parts which I do not like , yet it is in several places ex- cellent , and every where above mediocrity . As ...
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Page 142 - Edward, lo! to sudden fate (Weave we the woof; The thread is spun;) Half of thy heart we consecrate. (The web is wove; The work is done.) — Stay, oh stay!
Page 141 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Page 140 - Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to* trace. Mark the year, and mark the night, When Severn shall re-echo with affright The shrieks of death, thro...
Page 143 - He spoke, and headlong from the mountain's height Deep in the roaring tide he plunged to endless night.
Page 143 - A Voice, as of the Cherub-Choir, Gales from blooming Eden bear ; And distant warblings lessen on my ear, That lost in long futurity expire. Fond impious Man, think'st thou, yon sanguine cloud, Rais'd by thy breath, has quench'd the Orb of day?
Page 27 - And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Page 248 - Did you never observe (while rocking winds are piping loud) that pause, as the gust is recollecting itself, and rising upon the ear in a shrill and plaintive note, like the swell of an JEolian harp? I do assure you there is nothing in the world so like the voice of a spirit.
Page 142 - What strings symphonious tremble in the air. What strains of vocal transport round her play ? Hear from the grave, great Taliessin, hear : They breathe a soul to animate thy clay. Bright Rapture calls, and soaring as she sings, Waves in the eye of Heaven her many-colour'd wings. " The verse adorn again Fierce War and faithful Love And Truth severe by fairy Fiction drest.
Page 191 - Nevertheless I interest myself a little in the history of it, and rather wish somebody may accept it that will retrieve the credit of the thing, if it be retrievable, or ever had any credit.
Page 141 - Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare, Reft of a crown, he yet may share the feast: Close by the regal chair Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest. Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to horse ? Long years of havoc urge their destined course, And thro' the kindred squadrons mow their way.