| 1780 - 740 sivua
...Edward ftood fixed in aftonifliment and confufion. — " I come not to upbraid you," Caid V'cnoni, " I am a poor, weak, old man, unable for upbraidings;...find my child, to forgive her, and to die! When you law us firil, Sir Edward, we were not thus. You found us virtuous and happy; we danced and we fung,... | |
| 1781 - 364 sivua
...Ed-ward ftood fixed in aftonifhment and confufion. — " I come not to upbraid you," faid Vcnoni ; " I am a poor, weak, old man, " -unable for upbraidings...my child, to forgive her, and to die ! " When you faw us. firft, Sir Edward, we " were not thus. You found us virtuous "and happy; we danced and we fung,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 260 sivua
...would have spiung to embrace him ; he turned aside for a few moments, and would not receive her into his arms. But Nature at last overcame his resentment...said Venoni; ' I am a poor, weak, old man, unable for upbraid' ings ; 1 am come but to find my child, to forgive ' her, and to die! When you saw us first,... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 244 sivua
...would have spiung to embrace him ; he turned aside for a few moments, and would not receive her into his arms. But Nature at last overcame his resentment...Edward stood fixed in astonishment and confusion. — ' 1 come not to upbraid you,' said Vcnoni ; ' I am a poor, weak, old man, unable for upbraid '... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 380 sivua
...would have sprung to embrace him; he turned aside for a few moments, and would not receive her into his arms. But Nature at last overcame his resentment...confusion. — ' I come not to upbraid you,' said Vemni; ' I am a poor, weak, old man, unable for upbraid' ings ; I am come but to find my child, to... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 356 sivua
...accordingly, and feated at the door of the apartment. aside for a few moments, and would not receive her into his arms. But Nature at last overcame his resentment...daughter. Sir Edward stood fixed in. astonishment and con« fusion.—' I come not to upbraid you,' said Venont; f I am a poor, weak, old man, unable for... | |
| Henry Mackenzie - 1815 - 302 sivua
...would have sprung to embrace him; he turned aside for a few moments, and would not receive her into his arms. But Nature at last overcame his resentment;...confusion.—' I come not to upbraid you,' said Venoni; ' 1 am a poor, weak, old man, unable for upbraidings; I am come but to find my child, to forgive her,... | |
| Henry Mackenzie - 1815 - 290 sivua
...would have sprung to tmbrace him ; he turned aside for a few moments, and would not receive her into his arms. But nature at last overcame his resentment...he burst into tears, and pressed to his bosom his long lost daughter. Sir Edward stood fixed in astonishment and confusion. " I come not to upbraid you,"... | |
| James Ferguson - 1819 - 358 sivua
...would have sprung to embrace him ; he turned aside for a few moments, and would not receive her into his arms. But Nature at last overcame his resentment...poor, weak, old man, unable for upbraidings; I am corne but to find my child, to forgive her, and to die i When .you saw us first. Sir Edward, we were... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 340 sivua
...would have sprung to embrace him; he turned aside for a few moments, and would not receive her into his arms. But Nature at last overcame his resentment...tears, and pressed to his bosom his long-lost daughter. One evening, while he sat in a little parlour with Louisa, his mind alternately agitated and softened... | |
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