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... mean time , while the controversy was hottest , I was called out by one of my relations , who , with a face of concern , advised me to give up the dispute , at least till my son's wedding was over . " How ! " cried I , " relinquish the ...
... mean time , while the controversy was hottest , I was called out by one of my relations , who , with a face of concern , advised me to give up the dispute , at least till my son's wedding was over . " How ! " cried I , " relinquish the ...
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... this interval , my thoughts were employed on some future means of supporting them ; and at last a small cure of fifteen pounds a year , was offered C me in a distant neighbourhood , where I could still CHAPTER III. ...
... this interval , my thoughts were employed on some future means of supporting them ; and at last a small cure of fifteen pounds a year , was offered C me in a distant neighbourhood , where I could still CHAPTER III. ...
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... our neighbours . No , my children , " continued I , more gravely , " these gowns may be altered into something of a plainer cut ; for finery is very unbecoming in us , who want the means of decency . I do not know 28 THE VICAR OF.
... our neighbours . No , my children , " continued I , more gravely , " these gowns may be altered into something of a plainer cut ; for finery is very unbecoming in us , who want the means of decency . I do not know 28 THE VICAR OF.
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A Tale Oliver Goldsmith. want the means of decency . I do not know whe- ther such flouncing and shredding is becoming even in the rich , if we consider , upon a moderate calculation , that the nakedness of the indigent world may be ...
A Tale Oliver Goldsmith. want the means of decency . I do not know whe- ther such flouncing and shredding is becoming even in the rich , if we consider , upon a moderate calculation , that the nakedness of the indigent world may be ...
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... means wants sense , which only serves to aggravate his former folly . Poor forlorn creature ! where are now the revellers , the flatterers , that he could once inspire and command ? Gone , perhaps , to attend the bagnio pander , grown ...
... means wants sense , which only serves to aggravate his former folly . Poor forlorn creature ! where are now the revellers , the flatterers , that he could once inspire and command ? Gone , perhaps , to attend the bagnio pander , grown ...
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Page 54 - No flocks, that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn ; Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : " But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. " Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earthborn cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 59 - But mine the sorrow, mine the fault. And well my life shall pay ; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay. " And there, forlorn, despairing, hid. Til lay me down and die ; Twas so for me that Edwin did. And so for him will I.
Page 53 - Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. " Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
Page 57 - But let a maid thy pity share, Whom love has taught to stray ; Who seeks for rest, but finds despair Companion of her way.
Page 90 - you are wrong : he should not have known them at all." " Marry, hang the idiot !" returned she, " to bring me such stuff! if I had them, I would throw them in the fire." " There again you are wrong, my dear...
Page 209 - WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Page 130 - And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man.
Page 4 - As we lived near the road, we often had the traveller or stranger visit us to taste our gooseberry wine, for which we had great reputation; and I profess, with the veracity of an historian, that I never knew one of them find fault with it.
Page 6 - Germany, while other courtiers came with their treasures, brought his thirty-two childreni and presented them to his sovereign, as the most valuable offering he had to bestow. In this manner, though I had but six, I considered them as a very valuable present made to my country, and, consequently, looked upon it as my debtor.
Page 119 - Venus, and the painter was desired not to be too frugal of his diamonds in her stomacher and hair. Her two little ones were to be as Cupids by her side, while I, in my gown and band, was to present her with my books on the Whistonian controversy.