The refusal, by the author of the Tale of the times, Volume 11810 |
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Page 58
... consider as a foul defamer of your species , endeavouring to contract your charity and impugn your candour . " " " Unquestionably , " said I , " the deeds of such miscreants as you allude to are better concealed from the world , and I ...
... consider as a foul defamer of your species , endeavouring to contract your charity and impugn your candour . " " " Unquestionably , " said I , " the deeds of such miscreants as you allude to are better concealed from the world , and I ...
Page 68
... re- signing the comforts of singleness for the chance of giving a legal heir to an ancient and expiring race of worthies . Whoever considers , that though Sir 1 Walter's temper was in a continual state of irritation 68.
... re- signing the comforts of singleness for the chance of giving a legal heir to an ancient and expiring race of worthies . Whoever considers , that though Sir 1 Walter's temper was in a continual state of irritation 68.
Page 82
... consider calamity as no longer one of the trials that virtue is doomed to undergo in this probationary state . Among the oblations which we daily offer to the god Prosperity , we now sacrifice the reputations of the mis- erable , and we ...
... consider calamity as no longer one of the trials that virtue is doomed to undergo in this probationary state . Among the oblations which we daily offer to the god Prosperity , we now sacrifice the reputations of the mis- erable , and we ...
Page 89
... consider herself as mis- tress of the mansion , while she honour- ed it with her residence . A transient cloud passed over Lady Mackintosh's face during this address , and on their return to the saloon , she redoubled her efforts to ...
... consider herself as mis- tress of the mansion , while she honour- ed it with her residence . A transient cloud passed over Lady Mackintosh's face during this address , and on their return to the saloon , she redoubled her efforts to ...
Page 120
... consider truth as a Jupiter , and pile Pelion on Ossa and Ossa on Olympus till they erect a pile to defy its omnipotence . If , to avoid sinking into total insigni- ficance in such company , you venture to sport what you think a ...
... consider truth as a Jupiter , and pile Pelion on Ossa and Ossa on Olympus till they erect a pile to defy its omnipotence . If , to avoid sinking into total insigni- ficance in such company , you venture to sport what you think a ...
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Page 222 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 255 - Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn; happier than this, She is not bred so dull but she can learn; Happiest of all is that her gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed, As from her lord, her governor, her king.
Page 192 - You hate me, you despise me ! you do well ; For what I've done I hate and scorn myself. Oh, night, fall on me ! I shall blush to death.
Page 202 - Prince! I blush to think what I have said, But fate has wrested the confession from me; Go on, and prosper in the paths of honour, Thy virtue will excuse my passion for thee, And make the Gods propitious to our love.
Page 239 - Alas ! from the day that we met, What hope of an end to my woes ? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain : The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.