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... persons . I WAS ever of opinion that the honest man who married , and brought up a large family , did more service than he that continued single , and only talked of population . From this motive I had scarce orders a year , before I ...
... persons . I WAS ever of opinion that the honest man who married , and brought up a large family , did more service than he that continued single , and only talked of population . From this motive I had scarce orders a year , before I ...
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... person of very bad character , a troublesome guest , or one we desired to get rid of , upon his leaving my house for the first time , I ever took care to lend him a riding coat , or a pair of boots , or sometimes an horse of small value ...
... person of very bad character , a troublesome guest , or one we desired to get rid of , upon his leaving my house for the first time , I ever took care to lend him a riding coat , or a pair of boots , or sometimes an horse of small value ...
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... person was well formed , though his face was marked with the lines of thinking . He had something short and dry in his address , and seemed not to understand ceremony , or to despise it . Upon the landlord's leaving the room , I could ...
... person was well formed , though his face was marked with the lines of thinking . He had something short and dry in his address , and seemed not to understand ceremony , or to despise it . Upon the landlord's leaving the room , I could ...
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... persons more , who seemed in equal haste . At last , a young gentleman of a more genteel appearance than the rest , came forward , and for a while regarding us , instead of pursuing the chase , stopt short , and giving his horse to a ...
... persons more , who seemed in equal haste . At last , a young gentleman of a more genteel appearance than the rest , came forward , and for a while regarding us , instead of pursuing the chase , stopt short , and giving his horse to a ...
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... person may not be acquainted with this primeval past - time , it may be necessary to observe that the company , at this play , plant themselves in a ring upon the ground , all except one , who stands in the middle , whose business it is ...
... person may not be acquainted with this primeval past - time , it may be necessary to observe that the company , at this play , plant themselves in a ring upon the ground , all except one , who stands in the middle , whose business it is ...
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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.