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... thought convenient to fix a day for the nuptials of the young couple , who seemed earnestly to desire it . During the preparations for the wedding , I need not describe the busy importance of my wife , nor the sly looks of my daughters ...
... thought convenient to fix a day for the nuptials of the young couple , who seemed earnestly to desire it . During the preparations for the wedding , I need not describe the busy importance of my wife , nor the sly looks of my daughters ...
Page 12
... thought not to have left a shil- ling in the pound . I was unwilling to shock you or the family with the account till after the wedding ; but now it may serve to moderate your warmth in the argu- ment ; for I suppose your own prudence ...
... thought not to have left a shil- ling in the pound . I was unwilling to shock you or the family with the account till after the wedding ; but now it may serve to moderate your warmth in the argu- ment ; for I suppose your own prudence ...
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... thoughts were employed on some future means of sup- porting them ; and at last a small cure of fifteen pounds a year was offered me in a distant neighbourhood , where I could still enjoy my principles without molestation . With this ...
... thoughts were employed on some future means of sup- porting them ; and at last a small cure of fifteen pounds a year was offered me in a distant neighbourhood , where I could still enjoy my principles without molestation . With this ...
Page 18
... thoughts were thus employed , the hostess entered the room to inform her husband , that the strange gentleman , who had been two days in the house , wanted money , and could not satisfy them for his reck- oning . " Want money ...
... thoughts were thus employed , the hostess entered the room to inform her husband , that the strange gentleman , who had been two days in the house , wanted money , and could not satisfy them for his reck- oning . " Want money ...
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... thought fit to keep up some mechanical forms of good - breeding , without which freedom ever destroys friendship , we all bent in gratitude to that Being who gave us another day . This duty being performed , my son and I went to pursue ...
... thought fit to keep up some mechanical forms of good - breeding , without which freedom ever destroys friendship , we all bent in gratitude to that Being who gave us another day . This duty being performed , my son and I went to pursue ...
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Page 53 - 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 supply'd, 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 52 - 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 118 - 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. Olivia would be drawn as an Amazon, sitting upon a bank of flowers, dressed in a green Joseph, richly laced with gold, and a whip in her hand. Sophia was to be a shepherdess, with as many sheep as the painter could put in for nothing ; and Moses was to be...
Page 129 - The wound it seem'd both sore and sad To every Christian eye ; And while they swore the dog was mad, They swore the man would die. But soon a wonder came to light, That show'd the rogues they lied, The man recover'd of the bite, The dog it was that died.
Page 2 - I began to think seriously of matrimony, and chose my wife, as she did her wedding-gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well. To do her justice, she was a good-natured notable woman ; and as for breeding, there were few country ladies who could shew more.
Page 210 - 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 54 - Alas! the joys that fortune brings, Are trifling and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Page 56 - 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, I'll lay me down and die; Twas so for me that Edwin did, And so for him will I.
Page 87 - Well done! my good boy," returned she; "I knew you would touch them off. Between ourselves, three pounds five shillings and twopence is no bad day's work. Come, let us have it then." "I have brought back no money," cried Moses again, "I have laid it all out in a bargain, and here it is...
Page 53 - Soft as the dew from heaven descends, His gentle accents fell : The modest stranger lowly bends, And follows to the cell. Far in a wilderness obscure The lonely mansion lay ; A refuge to the neighbouring poor And strangers led astray.