The wanderer: or, A collection of original tales and essays, Nide 1 |
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... various purposes of aggrandise- ment ; or the minister , who industriously plun- ders the people and cheats his master ; or the ecclesiastic , who battens on the wealth of his superstitious followers ; or the lawyer , who consumes the ...
... various purposes of aggrandise- ment ; or the minister , who industriously plun- ders the people and cheats his master ; or the ecclesiastic , who battens on the wealth of his superstitious followers ; or the lawyer , who consumes the ...
Sivu v
... various purposes of aggrandise- ment ; or the minister , who industriously plun- ders the people and cheats his master ; or the ecclesiastic , who battens on the wealth of his superstitious followers ; or the lawyer , who consumes the ...
... various purposes of aggrandise- ment ; or the minister , who industriously plun- ders the people and cheats his master ; or the ecclesiastic , who battens on the wealth of his superstitious followers ; or the lawyer , who consumes the ...
Sivu vii
... various titles of romances , novels , adventures , & c . & c . in pursuit of ( what is to them ) pleasurable stimulus ; I must observe to these , that notwith- standing fiction may be clothed in the magic garb of enchantment , and her ...
... various titles of romances , novels , adventures , & c . & c . in pursuit of ( what is to them ) pleasurable stimulus ; I must observe to these , that notwith- standing fiction may be clothed in the magic garb of enchantment , and her ...
Sivu 9
... various news of the village , with an occasional remark or two upon the state of public affairs ; all which I was obliged to hear till my meal was over , which was no sooner finished , and a jug of fine nut - brown ale set before me ...
... various news of the village , with an occasional remark or two upon the state of public affairs ; all which I was obliged to hear till my meal was over , which was no sooner finished , and a jug of fine nut - brown ale set before me ...
Sivu 15
... various subjects ; amongst which , the antiquity of the house was canvassed , and the long period of ser- vitude the old Mrs. Parsons had undergone in the family of the Beaumonts was likewise discussed , with many more subjects of the ...
... various subjects ; amongst which , the antiquity of the house was canvassed , and the long period of ser- vitude the old Mrs. Parsons had undergone in the family of the Beaumonts was likewise discussed , with many more subjects of the ...
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Abdallah able acquainted adventure affection Agra Ahmedabad amidst amongst amusement Andalusia appeared ardour Arrah arrived beams beautiful beheld blooming Bombay bosom captain cavern CHARLES FOTHERGILL charms contemplate countenance dare dark daugh dear death degree delight desolated wilderness dreadful dulcinea earth endeavour eternal eyes favoured fear female finer feelings flowers Frederick gentleman girl gloom glowing grief happiness heart heav'n Hibernian Hindoos honour hope hour human imagination immortal bard India Indian shore interesting JAMES WALLIS Jasus Julia labour luxuriant mankind manner Matlock melan melancholy mighty mind neral never night o'er object once painful Parsees passions Persian language person pleasure possessed present render scarcely scene shade shew silent smiled soft solitude soon sorrow soul stood storms suffered Surat sweet tears thee thou thought tion trees ture Tyburn unfortunate vast vice WANDERER whilst wretched youth
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Sivu 78 - In shape and gesture proudly eminent, " Stood like a tower; his form had yet not lost " All her original brightness, nor appear'd " Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and th' excess " Of glory obscur'd ! as when the sun new risen " Looks through the horizontal misty air " Shorn of hi* beams, or from behind the moon.
Sivu 7 - And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; " Careless their merits or their faults to scan, " His pity gave ere charity began. " Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, " And ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's side;
Sivu 6 - he was, to all the country dear, " And passing rich with forty pounds a-year; " Remote from towns he ran his godly race, " Nor ere had chang'd, nor wish'd to change, his place; " Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for pow'r,
Sivu 183 - I cannot tell what you and other men " Think of this life ; but, for my single self, " I had as lief not be, as live to be " In awe of such a thing as I myself. " I was born free as Caesar ; so were you: • " We both have fed as well j and we can both " Endure the winter's cold as well as he.
Sivu 7 - Claim'd kindred there, and had his claims allow'd; " The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, " Sat by his fire, and talk'd the night away, " Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Sivu 6 - By doctrines fashion'd to the varying hour; ** Far other aims his heart had learn'd to prize, " More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. " His house was known to all the vagrant train;
Sivu 130 - O curse of marriage, " That we can call these delicate creatures ours, " And not their appetites! I had rather be a toad» " And live upon the vapour of a dungeon, "Than keep a corner in the thing
Sivu 123 - Teach nothing but to name his tools. " But, when he pleas'd to shew't, his speech " In loftiness of sound was rich ; "A Babylonish dialect, " Which learned pedants much affect : " It was a party-colour'd dress " Of patch'd and pieball'd languages: " 'Twas English cut on Greek and Latin, " Like fustian heretofore on satin:
Sivu 95 - Withal, as large a charter as the wind, " To blow on whom I please ; for so fools have: " And they that are most galled with my folly, " They most must laugh.'