The Spiritual Quixote: Or, The Summer's Ramble of Mr. Geoffry Wildgoose. A Comic Romance, Volume 2F. C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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Page 29 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 329 - And forced himself to drive: but loved to draw. For fear but freezes minds; but love, like heat, Exhales the soul sublime, to seek her native seat. To threats the stubborn sinner oft is hard, Wrapp'd in his crimes, against the storm prepared; But, when the milder beams of mercy play, He melts, and throws his cumbrous cloak away...
Page 30 - He had not a proper faith in his own superstitious principles. I remember, when I was at Oxford, I used to pray seven times a day, and fasted myself to a skeleton. I powdered my wig, and went every month to the sacrament, with the Companion to the Altar in my pocket.
Page 232 - The servants, and a tradesman that was in the house upon business, ran immediately up, and forcing open the door whence the smoke seemed to proceed they found that Sir William had set fire to a large heap of fine linen, piled up in the middle of the room, which had been given by some old lady, a relation, as a legacy to his eldest son. While the attention of the servants was entirely taken up with extinguishing the flames in this room, Sir William had made his escape into an adjoining chamber, where...
Page 136 - As they ascended the hill,' writes Richard Graves, in The Spiritual Quixote, speaking of his hero Wildgoose and Jeremy Tugwell, 'through a shady lane, they observed a gentleman, in his own hair, giving directions to some labourers, who were working beyond the usual hour, in order to finish a receptacle for a cataract of water, a glimpse of which appeared through the trees on the side of the road.
Page 72 - I would to God that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were not only almost, but altogether such as I am — except these bonds.
Page 230 - What is a kite without wings ?" I mention these particulars, because I believe the expense of finishing this place (which was at least ten thousand pounds) was the first cause of Sir W.'s encumbering his estate; and the difficulties in which he was involved making him uneasy, he, as is too natural, had recourse to the bottle for relief.
Page 136 - This is a name, which, with some sort of propriety, the common people give to any work of taste, the utility of which exceeds the level of their comprehension.
Page 232 - ... reflect upon without some remorse ; he had wronged his innocent children, whom he could not think upon without the tenderest sentiments of compassion. His son, who had been a sort of companion to him for several years, had now left him through his ill usage, and as Mrs. Jones had for some time been useful to him, he was shocked at being deserted even by the woman for whose sake he had brought this distress upon his family ; and he found himself almost alone in that magnificent but fatal mansion,...
Page 229 - ... her husband, who, notwithstanding this temporary defection, was known to have a sincere regard and esteem for his lady. The affair being now publicly known in the family, and all restraints of shame or fear of discovery being quite removed, things were soon carried to extremity between Sir William and his lady, and a separation became unavoidable. Sir William left lady Kyte with the two younger children, in possession of the mansion-house in...