... case now appears to me, who can be here and there, and wherever they please. What a miserable state, I say, am I fallen to. I should have been glad to have had human converse, and to have found inhabitants in this place; but there being none, as I... The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins - Page 146by Robert Paltock - 1884 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
| Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...consoled himself with the thought, that he was, at last, safe from the ills to which man, in society, is obnoxious to. But now — " what may be the consequence of the next hour, I know not." — Though at a distance, these aerial beings may perceive his thoughts and discontent, and be hatching... | |
| Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...consoled himself with the thought, that he was, at last, safe from the ills to which man, in society, is obnoxious to. But now — " what may be the consequence of the next hour, I know not." — Though at a distance, these aerial beings may perceive his thoughts and discontent, and be hatching... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1823 - 426 pages
...consoled himself with the thought, that he was, at last, safe from the ills to which man, in society, is obnoxious to. But now — " what may be the consequence of the next hour, I know not." — Though at a distance, these aerial beings may perceive his thoughts and discontent, and be hatching... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 578 pages
...inhabitants in this place ; but there being none, as I supposed hitherto, I contented myself with thinking I was at least safe from all those evils mankind in...they may at a distance conceive my thoughts, and be hatchtug revenge against me for my dislike of them. The pressure of my spirits inclining me to repose,... | |
| 1869 - 330 pages
...inhabitants in this place; but there being none, as I supposed hitherto, I contented myself with thinking I was at least safe from all those evils mankind in...The pressure of my spirits inclining me to repose, l laid me down, but could get no rest; nor could all my serious thoughts, even of the Almighty Providence,... | |
| 1870 - 322 pages
...inhabitants in this place; but there being none, as I supposed hitherto, I contented myself with thinking I was at least safe from all those evils mankind in...laid me down, but could get no rest; nor could all my serious thoughts, even of the Almighty Providence, give me relief under my present anxiety; and all... | |
| Garland - Poetry - 1872 - 170 pages
...inhabitants in this place; but there being none, as I supposed hitherto, I contented myself with thinking I was at least safe from all those evils mankind in...laid me down, but could get no rest; nor could all my serious thoughts, even of the Almighty Providence, give me relief under my present anxiety; and all... | |
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