The Vicar of Wakefield: A TaleDetails the romantic intrigues in the family of a country vicar in eighteenth century England. |
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... married and brought up a large family , did more fervice than he who continued fingle , and only talked of population . From this motive , I had fcarce taken orders a year , before I began to think seriously of matrimony , and chofe my ...
... married and brought up a large family , did more fervice than he who continued fingle , and only talked of population . From this motive , I had fcarce taken orders a year , before I began to think seriously of matrimony , and chofe my ...
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... married men to temperance , and the bachelors to matrimony ; fc that in a few years it was a common faying , that there were three ftrange wants at Wakefield , a parfon want- ing pride , young men wanting wives , and alehoufes wanting ...
... married men to temperance , and the bachelors to matrimony ; fc that in a few years it was a common faying , that there were three ftrange wants at Wakefield , a parfon want- ing pride , young men wanting wives , and alehoufes wanting ...
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... marriage fo often recommended , that my eldest fon , juft upon leaving college , fixed his affections upon the daughter of a neighbouring clergyman , who was a dignitary in the church , and in circumstances to give her a large for- tune ...
... marriage fo often recommended , that my eldest fon , juft upon leaving college , fixed his affections upon the daughter of a neighbouring clergyman , who was a dignitary in the church , and in circumstances to give her a large for- tune ...
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... marry great fortunes , and her chil- dren get none . As this laft argument was directed to me , I protefted I could fee no reason for it neither , nor why Mr. Simpkins got the ten thousand pound prize in the lottery , and we fat down ...
... marry great fortunes , and her chil- dren get none . As this laft argument was directed to me , I protefted I could fee no reason for it neither , nor why Mr. Simpkins got the ten thousand pound prize in the lottery , and we fat down ...
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... marriage to Mifs Wilmot , my fon George's former miftrefs , this a good deal damped the heartiness of his recep- tion : but accident , in fome measure , relieved our em- barraffment ; for one of the company happening to mention her name ...
... marriage to Mifs Wilmot , my fon George's former miftrefs , this a good deal damped the heartiness of his recep- tion : but accident , in fome measure , relieved our em- barraffment ; for one of the company happening to mention her name ...
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Page 96 - I had rather be an under-turnkey in Newgate. I was up early and late: I was brow-beat by the master, hated for my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys within, and never permitted to stir out to meet civility abroad.
Page 51 - ... commission; and the next morning I perceived his sisters mighty busy in fitting out Moses for the fair; trimming his hair, brushing his buckles, and cocking his hat with pins. The business of the toilet being over, 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 they call thunder and lightning, which, though grown too short, was much too good to be thrown away.
Page 34 - But let a maid thy pity share, Whom love has taught to stray ; Who seeks for rest, but finds despair Companion of her way.
Page 77 - 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. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain...
Page 78 - And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound. And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad, and bit the man. Around from all the neighbouring streets The wondering neighbours ran, And swore the dog had lost his wits, To bite so good a man.
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 16 - ... 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 33 - 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 53 - Between ourselves, three pounds five shillings and twopence is no bad day's work. Come, let us have it then." "I have brought back no money," cried Moses again. "I have laid it all out in a bargain, and here it is...
Page 2 - ... life, that the poorer the guest the better pleased he ever is with being treated ; and as some men gaze with admiration at the colours of a tulip, or the wing of a butterfly, so I was by nature an admirer of happy human faces.