The Vicar of Wakefield: A TaleJesper Harding, 1847 - 288 pages |
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... expecting family , where smiling looks , a neat hearth , and pleasant fire , were prepared for our re- ception . Nor were we without guests : sometimes farmer Flamborough , our talk- ative neighbor , and often the blind piper , would ...
... expecting family , where smiling looks , a neat hearth , and pleasant fire , were prepared for our re- ception . Nor were we without guests : sometimes farmer Flamborough , our talk- ative neighbor , and often the blind piper , would ...
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... expect for my re- ward to be honored with Miss Sophia's hand as a partner . ' To this my girl re- plied , that she should have no objection , if she could do it with honor : But here , continued she , is a gentleman , ' looking at Mr ...
... expect for my re- ward to be honored with Miss Sophia's hand as a partner . ' To this my girl re- plied , that she should have no objection , if she could do it with honor : But here , continued she , is a gentleman , ' looking at Mr ...
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... expect , ' returned she ; think , my dear , we ought to appear there as decently as possible ; for who knows what may happen ? ' Your precautions , ' replied I , are highly commendable . A decent behavior and appearance at church is ...
... expect , ' returned she ; think , my dear , we ought to appear there as decently as possible ; for who knows what may happen ? ' Your precautions , ' replied I , are highly commendable . A decent behavior and appearance at church is ...
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... expect a visit from him shortly . ' ' My friend's first care , ' continued my son , was to alter my appearance by a fine suit of his own clothes ; and then I was admitted to his table upon the footing of half friend , half underling ...
... expect a visit from him shortly . ' ' My friend's first care , ' continued my son , was to alter my appearance by a fine suit of his own clothes ; and then I was admitted to his table upon the footing of half friend , half underling ...
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... ; and so you would expect a reward from me for being the instru ment of his vices . I wish , sincerely wish , that m esent refusal may be some pun « ishment for your guilt ; but still more , that VICAR OF WAKEFIELD . 151.
... ; and so you would expect a reward from me for being the instru ment of his vices . I wish , sincerely wish , that m esent refusal may be some pun « ishment for your guilt ; but still more , that VICAR OF WAKEFIELD . 151.
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Page 253 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please...
Page 256 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee, \ At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Page 254 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Page 255 - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise.
Page 255 - The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Page 48 - 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 earth-born cares are wrong ; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 257 - Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where gray-beard mirth, and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talked with looks profound And news much older than their ale went round.
Page 258 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Page 258 - But when those charms are past, for charms are frail, When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then shines forth, solicitous to bless, In all the glaring impotence of dress...
Page 257 - These simple blessings of the lowly train; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art; Spontaneous joys, where Nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested...