The vicar of Wakefield [by O. Goldsmith]. 2 vols. [in 1].1792 |
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... took care to lend him a riding - coat , or a pair of boots , or fometimes an horse of fmall value , and I always had the fatisfaction of finding he never came back to return them . By this the house was cleared of fuch as we did not ...
... took care to lend him a riding - coat , or a pair of boots , or fometimes an horse of fmall value , and I always had the fatisfaction of finding he never came back to return them . By this the house was cleared of fuch as we did not ...
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... took them entirely under my own direction . The profits of my living , which amounted to about thirty - five pounds a year , I made over to the orphans and widows of the clergy of our diocefe ; for having a fufficient fortune of my own ...
... took them entirely under my own direction . The profits of my living , which amounted to about thirty - five pounds a year , I made over to the orphans and widows of the clergy of our diocefe ; for having a fufficient fortune of my own ...
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... took the lead ; for , as she always infift- ed upon carving every thing herself , it being her mother's way , fhe gave us upon thefe occafions the hiftory of every difh . When we had dined , to prevent the ladies leaving us , I ...
... took the lead ; for , as she always infift- ed upon carving every thing herself , it being her mother's way , fhe gave us upon thefe occafions the hiftory of every difh . When we had dined , to prevent the ladies leaving us , I ...
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... the flattery of his friends be- gan to dwindle into fimple approbation . Approbation ' foon took the more friendly form of advice , and advice , • " " C ' when rejected , produced their reproaches . He VICAR OF WAKEFIELD . 15.
... the flattery of his friends be- gan to dwindle into fimple approbation . Approbation ' foon took the more friendly form of advice , and advice , • " " C ' when rejected , produced their reproaches . He VICAR OF WAKEFIELD . 15.
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... took leave ; and we pursued our journey . My wife obferving as we went , that fhe liked him extremely , and protesting , that if he had birth and fortune to entitle him to match into fuch a family as ours , the knew no man fhe would ...
... took leave ; and we pursued our journey . My wife obferving as we went , that fhe liked him extremely , and protesting , that if he had birth and fortune to entitle him to match into fuch a family as ours , the knew no man fhe would ...
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Page 37 - 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 60 - We all followed him several paces from the door, bawling after him, Good luck! good luck!
Page 147 - 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 90 - 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 42 - Turn, Angelina, ever dear, My charmer, turn to see Thy own, thy long-lost Edwin here, ^ ^ Restored to love and thee. « Thus let me hold thee to my heart, And every care resign ; And shall we never, never part, My life — my all that's mine? « No, never from this hour to part, We'll live and love so true; The sigh that rends thy constant heart, Shall break thy Edwin's too.
Page 38 - The crackling faggot flies. But nothing could a charm impart To soothe the stranger's woe; For grief was heavy at his heart, And tears began to flow. His rising cares the Hermit spied, With answering care opprest : " And whence, unhappy youth," he cried, " The sorrows of thy breast ? " From better habitations spurn'd, Reluctant dost thou rove?
Page 18 - ... the walls on the inside were nicely white-washed, and my daughters undertook to adorn them with pictures of their own designing. Though the same room served us for parlour and kitchen, that only made it the warmer.
Page 18 - 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 125 - Upon asking how he had been taught the art of a cognoscente so very suddenly, he assured me that nothing was more easy. The whole secret consisted in a strict adherence to two rules: the one always to observe, that the picture might have been better if the painter had taken more pains ; and the other, to praise the works of Pietro Perugino. But...
Page 62 - 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." " There, my dear," cried I, "you are wrong; he should not have known them at all.