English 18th Century Dances, Volume 11812 - Akeroyde's padd (Dance) |
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... happy yourself , but communicate inexpressible delight to the grateful circle of your relatives and friends . Be the mild evangelist of Benevolence - teach your fair sisters how to gain happy captives ; how to secure lovers and admirers ...
... happy yourself , but communicate inexpressible delight to the grateful circle of your relatives and friends . Be the mild evangelist of Benevolence - teach your fair sisters how to gain happy captives ; how to secure lovers and admirers ...
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... happy age in which we love , and in which we please , too frequently felt the sparks of that fire which blazed under their hands ! -Nevertheless woe to them who violated their oaths ! They were buried alive . Touched by their youth ...
... happy age in which we love , and in which we please , too frequently felt the sparks of that fire which blazed under their hands ! -Nevertheless woe to them who violated their oaths ! They were buried alive . Touched by their youth ...
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... Happy ages of simplicity , innocence , and goodness ! during which frankness and equity had yet a temple in Normandy ... Happy ages , in which every fortunate lover was discreet ; and without letters , jewels , or picture of the beloved ...
... Happy ages of simplicity , innocence , and goodness ! during which frankness and equity had yet a temple in Normandy ... Happy ages , in which every fortunate lover was discreet ; and without letters , jewels , or picture of the beloved ...
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... happy fate hath matched my natal star with a brighter luminary than that which shines in your whole constellation ! -Move on then , fair planet of my destiny ; exert thy influence over my thoughts , my words , and my actions ; command ...
... happy fate hath matched my natal star with a brighter luminary than that which shines in your whole constellation ! -Move on then , fair planet of my destiny ; exert thy influence over my thoughts , my words , and my actions ; command ...
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... happy , contented , and by prudence and good management the Colambre estate produced a regular income without disparagement to the estate itself ; whilst Nicholas O'Garraghty , the corrupt agent , had impoverished and oppressed the ...
... happy , contented , and by prudence and good management the Colambre estate produced a regular income without disparagement to the estate itself ; whilst Nicholas O'Garraghty , the corrupt agent , had impoverished and oppressed the ...
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Page 91 - All nature is but art, unknown to thee ; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see ; All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 173 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 210 - Her lips were red, and one was thin ; Compared to that was next her chin, Some bee had stung it newly ; But Dick, her eyes so guard her face, I durst no more upon them gaze, Than on the sun in July.
Page 141 - Thou smil'st as if thy soul were soaring To heaven, and heaven's God adoring! And who can tell what visions high May bless an infant's sleeping eye! What brighter throne can brightness find To reign on than an infant's mind, Ere sin destroy or error dim The glory of the seraphim?
Page 217 - Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables. Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio!
Page 12 - Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal nature lifts her changeful form, Mounts from her funeral pyre on wings of flame, And soars and shines, another and the same...
Page 288 - Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs, Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And few can save or serve, but all can please, Oh! let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. Large bounties to bestow, we wish in vain, But all may shun the guilt of giving pain.
Page 194 - The first discovery of their being affected, was to see the white gutters made by their tears, which plentifully fell down their black cheeks, as they came out of their coal-pits. Hundreds and hundreds of them were soon brought under deep convictions, which (as the event proved) happily ended in a sound and thorough conversion.
Page 142 - How bright the unchanging morn appears! Farewell, inconstant world, farewell ! 5 Life's labor done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies, While heaven and earth combine to say, " How blest the righteous when he dies !
Page 231 - After a solemn pause, Mr. Whitefield thus addressed his numerous audience ; — ' The attendant angel is just about to leave the threshold, and ascend to heaven. And shall he ascend and not bear with him the news of one sinner...