The Stranger: A Literary Paper ..., Volume 1John Cook, 1813 - 424 pages |
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... passed between the for- ester and his wife , but could only hear the enquiry " is he now asleep ? " which was answered by the woman in the negative.— Though Mr. M. was by no means deficient in courage , yet the sit- uation he was in ...
... passed between the for- ester and his wife , but could only hear the enquiry " is he now asleep ? " which was answered by the woman in the negative.— Though Mr. M. was by no means deficient in courage , yet the sit- uation he was in ...
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... passed through life without many incidents to vary its course , and indeed was one of those men , of whom it has been aptly observed , that they appear better every where , than on the narrative page . His publick life however , was ...
... passed through life without many incidents to vary its course , and indeed was one of those men , of whom it has been aptly observed , that they appear better every where , than on the narrative page . His publick life however , was ...
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... passed in inactiv- ity , or will a few years cause sufficient alteration to justify such conduct ? We answer , the studies of a few years at this time of life , are all - important , so valuable , that no exertion at any future day can ...
... passed in inactiv- ity , or will a few years cause sufficient alteration to justify such conduct ? We answer , the studies of a few years at this time of life , are all - important , so valuable , that no exertion at any future day can ...
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... passing the sands from Cumberland . The west wind blew a tempest , and according to the common expression , brought in the water , three feet abreast . The travel- ler got upon a standing net , a little way from the shore . There he ...
... passing the sands from Cumberland . The west wind blew a tempest , and according to the common expression , brought in the water , three feet abreast . The travel- ler got upon a standing net , a little way from the shore . There he ...
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... passed his youth . In the year 1715 , he was a clerk in the post - office at Bath , and conducted himself while in that situation with correctness and fidelity . In the year above named , it will be recollected , that a civil war was ...
... passed his youth . In the year 1715 , he was a clerk in the post - office at Bath , and conducted himself while in that situation with correctness and fidelity . In the year above named , it will be recollected , that a civil war was ...
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Page 139 - When at length Hyder Ali found that he had to do with men who either would sign no convention, or whom no treaty, and no signature could bind, and who were the determined enemies of human intercourse itself, he decreed to make the country possessed by these incorrigible and predestinated criminals...
Page 108 - Proud prelate, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement : but I would have you know, that I, who made you what you are, can unmake you ; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your engagement, by God I will immediately unfrock you. Yours, as you demean yourself, Elizabeth.
Page 284 - Gul in her bloom; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute: Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In color though varied, in beauty may vie...
Page 411 - The Hag. THE hag is astride This night for to ride, The devil and she together ; Through thick and through thin, Now out and then in, Though ne'er so foul be the weather. A thorn or a burr She takes for a spur ; With a lash of a bramble she rides now, Through brakes and through briars, O'er ditches and mires, She follows the spirit that guides now.
Page 140 - A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function, fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity in an unknown and hostile land.
Page 139 - Arcot, he drew from every quarter whatever a savage ferocity could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and compounding all the materials of fury, havock, and desolation, into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains. Whilst the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor, which blackened all their horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic.
Page 158 - Though singularity and pride Be call'd our choice, we'll step aside, Nor join the giddy dance. From the gay world we'll oft retire To our own family and fire, Where love our hours employs ; No noisy neighbour enters here, No intermeddling stranger near, To spoil our heart-felt joys..
Page 138 - Here, Hermes, says Jove, who with nectar was mellow, Go fetch me some clay— I will make an odd fellow: Right and wrong shall be jumbled, much gold and some dross, Without cause be he...
Page 159 - Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's part, This is that incense of the heart, Whose fragrance smells to Heaven.
Page 208 - I called it forth, and drew it into your service, a hardy and intrepid race of men ! men, who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey to the artifices of your enemies, and had gone nigh to have overturned the state in the war before the last. These men, in the last war, were brought to combat on your side ; they served with fidelity, as they fought with valour, and conquered for you in every part of the world.