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... honoured with Miss Sophia's hand as a partner . " To this my girl replied , that she should have no objection if she could do it with honour : " But here , " continued she , " is a gentleman , " looking at Mr. Burchell , " who has been ...
... honoured with Miss Sophia's hand as a partner . " To this my girl replied , that she should have no objection if she could do it with honour : " But here , " continued she , " is a gentleman , " looking at Mr. Burchell , " who has been ...
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... honour as you . Any attempts to injure that , may be attended with very dangerous consequences . Honor , Sir , is our only pos- session , at present , and of that last treasure we must be particularly careful . " I was soon sorry for ...
... honour as you . Any attempts to injure that , may be attended with very dangerous consequences . Honor , Sir , is our only pos- session , at present , and of that last treasure we must be particularly careful . " I was soon sorry for ...
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... honoured by being compared to the writers you men- tion . Dryden's and Rowe's manner , sir , are quite out of fashion ; our taste has gone back a whole century . Fletcher , Ben Johnson , and all the plays of Shakespear , are the only ...
... honoured by being compared to the writers you men- tion . Dryden's and Rowe's manner , sir , are quite out of fashion ; our taste has gone back a whole century . Fletcher , Ben Johnson , and all the plays of Shakespear , are the only ...
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... honour , could be guilty of such deliberate baseness , and thus step into a family , to undo it . My dear Papa , ' returned my daughter , ' you labour un- der a strange mistake ; Mr. Burchell never attempted to de- ceive me . Instead of ...
... honour , could be guilty of such deliberate baseness , and thus step into a family , to undo it . My dear Papa , ' returned my daughter , ' you labour un- der a strange mistake ; Mr. Burchell never attempted to de- ceive me . Instead of ...
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... honour . " What , ' inter- rupted I , and were you indeed married by a priest , and in orders ? ' ' Indeed , Sir , we were , ' replied she , though we were both sworn to conceal his name . ' Why , then , my child , come to my arms again ...
... honour . " What , ' inter- rupted I , and were you indeed married by a priest , and in orders ? ' ' Indeed , Sir , we were , ' replied she , though we were both sworn to conceal his name . ' Why , then , my child , come to my arms again ...
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Page 102 - 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 64 - In Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran, Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree.
Page 46 - no more silver than your saucepan." " And so," returned she, " we have parted with the colt, and have only got a gross of green spectacles, with copper rims and shagreen cases ! A murrain take such trumpery ! The blockhead has been imposed upon, and should have known his company better I " " There, .my dear," cried I, "you are wrong; he should not- have known them at all.
Page 88 - ... could avail me nothing in a country where every peasant was a better musician than I; but by this time I had acquired another talent which answered my purpose as well, and this was a skill in disputation. In all the foreign universities and convents there are, upon certain days, philosophical theses maintained, against every adventitious disputant, for which, if the champion opposes with any dexterity, he can claim a gratuity in money, a dinner, and a bed for one night.
Page 44 - ... we had at last the satisfaction of seeing him mounted upon the colt, with a deal box before him to bring home groceries in. He had on a coat made of that cloth called thunder and lightning, which, though grown too short, was much too good to be thrown away.
Page 16 - Our little habitation was situated at the foot of a sloping hill, sheltered with a beautiful underwood behind, and a prattling river before ; on one side a meadow, on the other a green.
Page 31 - 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 46 - You need be under no uneasiness," cried I, "about selling the rims; for they are not worth sixpence, for I perceive they are only copper varnished over.
Page 5 - We had an elegant house situated in a fine country, and a good neighbourhood. The year was spent in moral or rural amusements, in visiting our rich neighbours, and relieving such as were poor. We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo ; all our adventures were by the fire-side, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown.
Page 69 - This person was no other than the philanthropic bookseller in St. Paul's Church-yard, who has written so many little books for children: he called himself their friend ; but he was the friend of all mankind. He was no sooner alighted, but he was in haste to be gone; for he was ever on business of the utmost. importance, and was at that time actually compiling materials for the history of one Mr.