Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, Volume 1 |
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... young Englishman , of whom it will be now neceffary to give fome account . The name of this youth was Saunders . He had a very pretty eftate in the weft of England , and was so much in love with Mifs Denbigh , that upon upon her ...
... young Englishman , of whom it will be now neceffary to give fome account . The name of this youth was Saunders . He had a very pretty eftate in the weft of England , and was so much in love with Mifs Denbigh , that upon upon her ...
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... young lady of fafhion , to whom my father introduced me for a husband , made me abandon for ever one of the gentleft creatures that man can be bleft with . I left a bank note of 500l . on her toilet one morning , with a letter , wherein ...
... young lady of fafhion , to whom my father introduced me for a husband , made me abandon for ever one of the gentleft creatures that man can be bleft with . I left a bank note of 500l . on her toilet one morning , with a letter , wherein ...
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... young friend , to whom my father had been guardian : but he dying before my friend was of age , an uncle of mine was cho- fen in his ftead . He was much younger than myfelf , and became not my intimate till I had quitted my follies . We ...
... young friend , to whom my father had been guardian : but he dying before my friend was of age , an uncle of mine was cho- fen in his ftead . He was much younger than myfelf , and became not my intimate till I had quitted my follies . We ...
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... young lady , a tight lafs conduc- ted me into a little parlour , where a venerable old lady , with another much younger , were ready to receive me . They were both dreffed plain , but neat . The elder , rofe with great dignity , to ac ...
... young lady , a tight lafs conduc- ted me into a little parlour , where a venerable old lady , with another much younger , were ready to receive me . They were both dreffed plain , but neat . The elder , rofe with great dignity , to ac ...
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... young , and fufceptible of the impreffi- ons of a fair face , he was fo captivated with El- frida's charms , that he proved false to his trust , and made his addreffes to the lady . On his re- turn to the king , he defcribed her in fuch ...
... young , and fufceptible of the impreffi- ons of a fair face , he was fo captivated with El- frida's charms , that he proved false to his trust , and made his addreffes to the lady . On his re- turn to the king , he defcribed her in fuch ...
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Page 236 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Page 290 - Tis almost morning. I would have thee gone; And yet no farther than a wanton's bird, That lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk thread plucks it back again, So loving-jealous of his liberty.
Page 110 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
Page 236 - What makes all physical or moral ill ? There deviates nature, and here wanders will. God sends not ill ; if rightly understood, Or partial ill is universal good, Or change admits, or nature lets it fall, Short, and but rare, till man improv'd it all.
Page 170 - Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th...
Page 235 - Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence But health consists with temperance alone ; And peace, oh virtue ! peace is all thy own.
Page 280 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin that I admire. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 208 - Discourses of morality, and reflections upon human nature, are the best means we can make use of to improve our minds, and gain a true knowledge of ourselves, and consequently to recover our souls out of the vice, ignorance, and prejudice, which naturally cleave to them. I have all along...
Page 108 - But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime; An age that melts...
Page 108 - Av'rice still remains, And dreaded losses aggravate his pains: He turns, with anxious heart and crippled hands...