Memoir of the Life of John Bowdler, EsqLongman & Company, 1825 - 348 pages |
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Page 24
... dear pupil has just carried off his books : very good use ( thank God ) has he made of them ; and good use will he make ( I hope ) of his future , as he has done of past opportunities ; with joy do I own his uncommon good behaviour ...
... dear pupil has just carried off his books : very good use ( thank God ) has he made of them ; and good use will he make ( I hope ) of his future , as he has done of past opportunities ; with joy do I own his uncommon good behaviour ...
Page 30
... dear Bowdler , here is room for medita- tion . This lesson is urged home to our feelings . How soon may one or both of us be called on to pay that debt which has been demanded of him on so short a notice . The long account of follies ...
... dear Bowdler , here is room for medita- tion . This lesson is urged home to our feelings . How soon may one or both of us be called on to pay that debt which has been demanded of him on so short a notice . The long account of follies ...
Page 33
... dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish , her election Hath seal'd thee for herself . ' " Ce que je dis est la verité même , tous les tresors de l'univers n'ont de valeur que par l'objet qu'on aime . To be sure ...
... dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish , her election Hath seal'd thee for herself . ' " Ce que je dis est la verité même , tous les tresors de l'univers n'ont de valeur que par l'objet qu'on aime . To be sure ...
Page 36
... dear pledges of heav'n - hallow'd love , Which absence had still more endear'd . Nor less The father , though by heav'n indued with strength , With fortitude of mind , by heav'n forbid To wear the weakness of a woman's heart , Not less ...
... dear pledges of heav'n - hallow'd love , Which absence had still more endear'd . Nor less The father , though by heav'n indued with strength , With fortitude of mind , by heav'n forbid To wear the weakness of a woman's heart , Not less ...
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... dear To every rhymer in each gazetteer , Whose scatter'd letters , torn from out their place , Now tag the rebus , now th ' acrostic grace ; From him no inspiration I derive , Fruitless alike both Wilkes and Forty - five ? Should I the ...
... dear To every rhymer in each gazetteer , Whose scatter'd letters , torn from out their place , Now tag the rebus , now th ' acrostic grace ; From him no inspiration I derive , Fruitless alike both Wilkes and Forty - five ? Should I the ...
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