The History of Sir Charles Grandison: In a Series of Letters, Volume 2John Donaldson, 1776 |
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... pray , may I not ask , if the taste of the age , among the men , is not drefs , equipage , and foppery ? Is the cultivation of the mind any part of their study . ? The men , in fhort , are funk , my dear ; and the women but barely fwim ...
... pray , may I not ask , if the taste of the age , among the men , is not drefs , equipage , and foppery ? Is the cultivation of the mind any part of their study . ? The men , in fhort , are funk , my dear ; and the women but barely fwim ...
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... prayer ; which he , occafionally , gave us on the antient Perfians being talked of .. Looking up to the rifing fun , which it was fup- pofed they worshipped , thefe were the words of the Brachman : VOL . II . B " O THOU ( meaning the ...
... prayer ; which he , occafionally , gave us on the antient Perfians being talked of .. Looking up to the rifing fun , which it was fup- pofed they worshipped , thefe were the words of the Brachman : VOL . II . B " O THOU ( meaning the ...
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... Pray Lady L. don't antici- pate me : I propofe to give our new filter the hif- tory of us all : And is not Dr Bartlett one of us ? She has already given me the hiftory of all her friends , and of herfelf : And I have communicated to you ...
... Pray Lady L. don't antici- pate me : I propofe to give our new filter the hif- tory of us all : And is not Dr Bartlett one of us ? She has already given me the hiftory of all her friends , and of herfelf : And I have communicated to you ...
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... Pray , fay fomething encouraging to Lord G. He is plea- fed with every body ; but no body fays any thing to him ; and he , I fee , both loves and fears you . Hufh , child , whispered fhe again . The man's best when he is filent . If it ...
... Pray , fay fomething encouraging to Lord G. He is plea- fed with every body ; but no body fays any thing to him ; and he , I fee , both loves and fears you . Hufh , child , whispered fhe again . The man's best when he is filent . If it ...
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... pray do quiet ! I fear nobody elfe . you be Mifs Byron , faid the Counters , pray spare her not : I fee you can make Charlotte be afraid of two . Then it must be of three , Lady L. - You know my reverence for my elder fifter . Indeed ...
... pray do quiet ! I fear nobody elfe . you be Mifs Byron , faid the Counters , pray spare her not : I fee you can make Charlotte be afraid of two . Then it must be of three , Lady L. - You know my reverence for my elder fifter . Indeed ...
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Page 166 - For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Page 112 - Yet, with a sigh o'er all mankind, I grant, In this our day of proof, our land of hope, The good man has his clouds that intervene ; Clouds, that obscure his sublunary day, But never conquer : ev'n the best must own, Patience, and resignation, are the pillars Of human peace on earth.
Page 55 - That young men, in their warm blood, are often forward to think they have in vain learned to fence if they never show their skill in a duel.
Page 216 - Oldham's economy in several of his letters. He had a right to do what he would with his own fortune. It was not ours till now. Whatever he has left us, he might have still lessened it. That economy is all that concerns us in interest ; and that is in her favour.