 ... and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld through the brambles the glimmer of a taper. He advanced towards the light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door,...  The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Rambler - Page 305by Samuel Johnson - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Periodicals - 1788 - 404 pages
...eagernefs and gratitude. When the repaft was over, 'Tell me, faid the hermit, by what chance thou haft been brought hither ; I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of thewildernefs, in which I never faw a man before. Obidah then related the occurrences of his journey,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...gratitude. When the repaft was over, « Tc'l me,' faid the hermit, ' by what chance thou hall J)een brought hither ; I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of the wilder-? nefs, in which 1 never faw a man before.' Obidah then related the occurrences of his journey,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1799 - 408 pages
...eagernefs and gratitude. When the repaft was over, " Tell me," faid the hermit, " by what chance thou haft been brought hither? I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of the wildernefs, in which I never faw a man before."— Obidah then related the occurrences of his journey,... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 290 pages
...light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such...I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of the 1 wilderness, in which I never saw a man before.' Obidah then related .the occurrences of his journey,... | |
 | Gleaner - 1805 - 426 pages
...light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such...over. ' Tell me/ said the hermit, 'by what chance thou has been brought hither ; I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of the wilderness, in which I... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...cottage' of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before hina such provisions as he had collected 'for himself,...gratitude. When the repast was over, " Tell me," said ths hermit, " by what chance thou hast been brought " hither ; I have been now twenty years an inha"... | |
 | 1806 - 346 pages
...light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such...hermit, " by what chance thou hast been brought " hither ; 1 have been now twenty years an in" habitant of the wilderness, in which 1 never saw " man before."... | |
 | Solomon Hodgson - Conduct of life - 1806 - 362 pages
...and gratitude. When the repaft was over, « Tell me,' faid the hermit, « by what chance thou haft been brought hither ; I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of this wildernefs, in which I never faw a man before.' Obidah then related the occurrences of his journey,... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1806 - 360 pages
...original intention, and When the repaft was over, «Tell me,' faid the hermit, « by what chance thou haft been brought hither ; I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of this wildernefs, in which I never faw a man before.' Obidah then related the occurrences of his journey,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 308 pages
...light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him, such..." Tell me," said the hermit, " by what chance thou bast been brought hj*' ther ; I have been now twenty years an inhabitant !' of the wilderness, in which... | |
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