The Vicar of Wakefield: A TaleDetails the romantic intrigues in the family of a country vicar in eighteenth century England. |
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... myself , which , as they never fold , I have the confolation of thinking are read only by the happy Few . Some of my friends called this my weak fide ; but , alas ! they had not like me made it the fubject of long contemplation . The ...
... myself , which , as they never fold , I have the confolation of thinking are read only by the happy Few . Some of my friends called this my weak fide ; but , alas ! they had not like me made it the fubject of long contemplation . The ...
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... myself alone would have been trifling : the the only uneafinefs I felt was for my family , THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD . A migration The fortunate circumftances of our lives generally found at laft to be our own procuring CHA P IV.
... myself alone would have been trifling : the the only uneafinefs I felt was for my family , THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD . A migration The fortunate circumftances of our lives generally found at laft to be our own procuring CHA P IV.
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... myself , having been detained here two days by the floods , which I hope by to- morrow will be found paffable . ' I teftified the pleasure I fhould have in his company , and my wife and daughters joining in entreaty , he was prevailed ...
... myself , having been detained here two days by the floods , which I hope by to- morrow will be found paffable . ' I teftified the pleasure I fhould have in his company , and my wife and daughters joining in entreaty , he was prevailed ...
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... myself to the benefit . ' I was not such a ftranger to the world as to be ignorant that this was the fashionable cant to disguise the infolence of the bafest propofal ; but I made an effort to fupprefs my refentment . Sir , ' cried I ...
... myself to the benefit . ' I was not such a ftranger to the world as to be ignorant that this was the fashionable cant to disguise the infolence of the bafest propofal ; but I made an effort to fupprefs my refentment . Sir , ' cried I ...
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... are very fine to be fure , and I think myself fome- thing of a judge ; at least I know what pleases my- felf . Indeed I was ever an admirer of all Dr. • Burdock's Burdock's little pieces ; for except what he does , THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD .
... are very fine to be fure , and I think myself fome- thing of a judge ; at least I know what pleases my- felf . Indeed I was ever an admirer of all Dr. • Burdock's Burdock's little pieces ; for except what he does , THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD .
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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.