 | 1785 - 772 pages
...diftrefs by the whine of condolance, and minute companion of what they had loll with what they pofleflcd ; yet from others they were continually receiving prefents, which ftill enabled them to live with a gentie.1 frugality; they were ftill coufidcred as people of famion, and treated by thofe of a lower... | |
 | John Adams - English fiction - 1791 - 500 pages
...whine of condolence, • and a minute comparifon of what they had loft with what they once poflefled j yet from others they were continually receiving prefents,...frugality ; they were ftill confidered as people of fafliion, and treated by* thofe of a lower clafs with diftant refpect. Flavilla thus continued to move... | |
 | Mr. Addison - Anecdotes - 1797 - 842 pages
...diftrefs by the whine of condolence, and minute comparifon of what they had loft with what they pofieired; yet from others they were continually receiving prefents,...caprice of others, like the rod of an enchanter, could diffipate in a moment, and leave her to regret the lofs of enjoyments, which fhe could neither hope... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...in a sphere, to which she had no claim ; she was perpetually surrounded with elegance and splendour, which the caprice of others, like the rod of an enchanter, could dissipate in a moment, and leave her to regret the loss of enjoyments, which she could neither hope... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 332 pages
...in a sphere to which she had no claim; she was perpetually surrounded with elegance and splendour, which the caprice of others, like the rod of an enchanter, could dissipate in a moment, and leave her to regret the loss of enjoyments, which she could neither hope... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...in a sphere to which she had no claim; she was perpetually surrounded with elegance and splendour, which the caprice of others, like the rod of an enchanter, could dissipate in a moment, and leave her to regret the loss of enjoyments, which she could neither hope... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 636 pages
...in a sphere to which she had no claim ; she was perpetually surrounded with elegance and splendour, which the caprice of others, like the rod of an enchanter, could dissipate in a moment, and leave her to regret the loss of enjoyments, which she could neither hope... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 322 pages
...in a sphere to which she had no claim; she was perpetually surrounded with elegance and splendour, which the caprice of others, like the rod of an enchanter, could dissipate in a moment, and leave her to regret the loss of enjoyments, which she could neither hope... | |
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... yet from others they were continually receiving prefents, which ftill enabled them to live with a genteel frugality: they were ftill confidered as people of fafhion, and treated by thofe of a lower clafs with diftant refpect. 