The Works of Anna Lætitia Barbauld: Correspondence. Miscellaneous piecesLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825 |
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... tion the tenderness and care of the parents we take it from . Though we should be content with either , yet of the two we shall like better Charles , if you determine to give him us , than the unborn ; - perhaps , however , by this time ...
... tion the tenderness and care of the parents we take it from . Though we should be content with either , yet of the two we shall like better Charles , if you determine to give him us , than the unborn ; - perhaps , however , by this time ...
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... tion , this , I suppose , will be employed in can- vassing her faults , and the third settle her in her proper degree of reputation . MY DEAR BROTHER , Palgrave , Jan. 21 , 1784 . WE arrived at Palgrave yesterday . I much wished to have ...
... tion , this , I suppose , will be employed in can- vassing her faults , and the third settle her in her proper degree of reputation . MY DEAR BROTHER , Palgrave , Jan. 21 , 1784 . WE arrived at Palgrave yesterday . I much wished to have ...
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... tion is far more delightful than Versailles ; but that , by force of expense , has a magnificence which no palace I have seen can compare with . We saw it on Whitsunday , when the waters play , The environs of Paris are now very ...
... tion is far more delightful than Versailles ; but that , by force of expense , has a magnificence which no palace I have seen can compare with . We saw it on Whitsunday , when the waters play , The environs of Paris are now very ...
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... tion ; if we had you here , Patty and I should be as happy as the day is long . We have a knot of lasses just after your own heart , -as merry , blithe and gay as you would wish them , and very smart and clever , two of them are the ...
... tion ; if we had you here , Patty and I should be as happy as the day is long . We have a knot of lasses just after your own heart , -as merry , blithe and gay as you would wish them , and very smart and clever , two of them are the ...
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... tion to do the same ; and a glorious concert it is , for the weather is already severe , and people have got colds . I am told , too , that he takes this time to refresh his memory by peeping at his sermon , which lies behind him in the ...
... tion to do the same ; and a glorious concert it is , for the weather is already severe , and people have got colds . I am told , too , that he takes this time to refresh his memory by peeping at his sermon , which lies behind him in the ...
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Page 428 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 429 - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth : for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit : and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Page 453 - When out of twenty I can please not two ; When this Heroics only deigns to praise, Sharp Satire that, and that Pindaric lays ? One likes the pheasant's wing, and one the leg; The vulgar boil, the learned roast an egg.
Page 244 - This day is called the feast of Crispian. He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say "Tomorrow is Saint Crispian." Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say "These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Page 26 - FAIR stood the wind for France When we our sails advance, Nor now to prove our chance Longer will tarry; But putting to the main, At Caux, the mouth of Seine, With all his martial train, Landed King Harry.
Page 134 - I WAS just going to write to you when I received your kind letter; for I had heard of your son's marriage, and wished to congratulate you on the event : but I do it with much more pleasure, now that I learn from your letter the full satisfaction and pleasure that you feel in the match. You are fortunate, my dear friend, in having so excellent and well-principled a son ; fortunate in having him married agreeably to your wishes ; and very fortunate in having him and your other children within a walk...
Page 189 - And why can you not ? What hinders you from discarding this troublesome scrupulosity of yours which stands so grievously in your way ? If it be a small thing to enjoy a healthful mind, sound at the very core, that does not shrink from the keenest inspection; inward freedom from remorse and perturbation; unsullied whiteness and simplicity of manners; a genuine integrity, " Pure in the last recesses of the mind ; " if you think these advantages an inadequate recompense for what you resign, dismiss...
Page 213 - Till, by degrees, the floating mirror shines, Reflects each flower that on the border grows, And a new heaven in its fair bosom shows.
Page 165 - I saw that the only regular approach to the mountain was by a gate, called the Gate of Languages. It was kept by a woman of a pensive and thoughtful appearance, whose lips were continually moving, as though she repeated something to herself. Her name was Memory. On entering this first...
Page 399 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death ; which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and hydras, and chimeras dire.