 Mr. enjoyed the beauty of the scene ; but to his companions it recalled the memory of a wife and parent they had lost. The old man's sorrow was silent; his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw...  The British Essayists;: Mirror - Page 222by Alexander Chalmers - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Periodicals - 1781 - 392 pages
...5 his daughter fobb'd and wept. Her father took her hand, kifled it twice, pref&d it to his bofom, threw up his eyes to heaven. ; and, having wiped off a tear that was juft about to drop from each, began to point out to his gueft fotne of the moft ftriking objects which... | |
 | English literature - 1787 - 470 pages
...filent; his daughter fobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, killed it twice, prefled it to his hoibm, threw up his eyes to Heaven; and, having wiped off a tear that was jult about to drop from each, began to point out to his gueft fome of the moft (triking objeih which... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 308 pages
...— The old man's sorrow was silent ; his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes...striking objects which the prospect afforded. The philo• . 3 sopher interpreted all this ; and he could but slightly censure the creed from which it... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...lost. The old man's sorrow was silent; bis daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes...but slightly censure the creed from which it arose. 25. They had not been long arrived, when a number of in jRoc/ie's parishioners, who had heard of his... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 232 pages
...; his daughter fobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kiffed it twice, preffed it to his bofom, threw up his eyes to heaven ; and having wiped off a tear that was juft about to drop from each, began to point out to his gueft fome of the mod (hiking objecls which... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 434 pages
...— The old man's sorrow was silent ; his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes...They had not been long arrived, when a number of La Roche's parishioners, who had heard of his return, came to the house to see and welcome him. The honest... | |
 | Noah Webster - Readers - 1809 - 202 pages
...' The old man's sorrow was silent ; his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took bef hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes to heaven ; and having wiped oft' a tear that was just ubout to drop from each, began to point out to his guest some of the most... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...lost. The old man's sorrow was silent : his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes...from which it arose. They had not been long arrived, whon a number of La Roche's parishioners, who had heard of his return, came to the house, to see and... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1814 - 240 pages
...The old man's sorrow was silent ; his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kissed jt twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes...slightly ' censure the creed from which it arose. 25. They had not been long arrived, when a number, of La Roche's parishioners, who had heard of his... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1815 - 290 pages
...— The old man's sorrow was sifent ; hfe daughter sobbed and wept. Her father feofe her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes...; and, having wiped off a tear that was just about te- drop from each, began to point out to his guest some of the most striking objects which the prospect... | |
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