The Author's Jewel: Consisting of Essays, Miscellaneous, Literary and MoralM. and S. Thomas, 1823 - 251 páginas |
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... innocent hiliarity , and crowds into the period of a year , the labour or the enjoyment which the indolent only can accomplish , in the same peri . od doubly protracted . " The morn is up again , the dewy morn , With breath all incense ...
... innocent hiliarity , and crowds into the period of a year , the labour or the enjoyment which the indolent only can accomplish , in the same peri . od doubly protracted . " The morn is up again , the dewy morn , With breath all incense ...
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... the tomb by a single thread ; she was frail and weak but not less innocent on account of her misfortune The anxious and sorrowful parent gazed upon her , with heart - breaking tenderness and grief . She at Emily Hood . 59.
... the tomb by a single thread ; she was frail and weak but not less innocent on account of her misfortune The anxious and sorrowful parent gazed upon her , with heart - breaking tenderness and grief . She at Emily Hood . 59.
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... innocent imagina . tion . One thing may be set down as certain , accord- ing to the Constitution of our society , by which I mean its want of a Constitution , no man proud either in mind , or purse , can possibly find entrance into our ...
... innocent imagina . tion . One thing may be set down as certain , accord- ing to the Constitution of our society , by which I mean its want of a Constitution , no man proud either in mind , or purse , can possibly find entrance into our ...
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... innocence , she conceived to be the most prudent and expedient , if not the most fortunate course of conduct to pursue ; for candour and confidence , might win the forgiveness of her mother , when reserve and concealment 104 The Story ...
... innocence , she conceived to be the most prudent and expedient , if not the most fortunate course of conduct to pursue ; for candour and confidence , might win the forgiveness of her mother , when reserve and concealment 104 The Story ...
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... innocent is . sue of her shame A kiss of anguish , and a burst of despair , were the signal of eternal separation ! Lucinda now returned to town , and gave out that she was perfectly recovered from a dangerous con . sumption . She was ...
... innocent is . sue of her shame A kiss of anguish , and a burst of despair , were the signal of eternal separation ! Lucinda now returned to town , and gave out that she was perfectly recovered from a dangerous con . sumption . She was ...
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Página ii - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Página 175 - Aside for ever: it may be a sound — A tone of music — summer's eve — or spring — A flower — the wind — the ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound...
Página 212 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Página 79 - And live there men who slight immortal fame ? Who then with incense shall adore our name ? But, mortals ! know, 'tis still our greatest pride To blaze those virtues which the good would hide. Rise ! Muses, rise ! add all your tuneful breath ; These must not sleep in darkness and in death.
Página 41 - O God! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run: How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finish up the year, How many years a mortal man may live.
Página 205 - Morn ; all Heaven, And happy constellations, on that hour Shed their selectest influence ; the earth Gave sign of gratulation, and each hill ; Joyous the birds ; fresh gales and gentle airs Whispered it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub, Disporting, till the amorous bird of night Sung spousal, and bid haste the evening star On his hill top to light the bridal lamp.
Página 38 - But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire ; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest ; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore.
Página 161 - Not always actions show the man : we find Who does a kindness, is not therefore kind : Perhaps prosperity becahn'd his breast, Perhaps the wind just shifted from the east : Not therefore humble he who seeks retreat, Pride guides his steps, and bids him shun the great : Who combats bravely is not therefore brave...
Página 149 - The provision, then, which we have here made is no other than Human Nature. Nor do I fear that my sensible reader, though most luxurious in his taste, will start, cavil, or be offended, because I have named but one article.
Página 147 - To the kind reader of our sober clime This way of writing will appear exotic ; Pulci was sire of the half-serious rhyme, Who sang when chivalry was more Quixotic, And revell'd in the fancies of the time, True knights, chaste dames, huge giants, kings despotic, But all these, save the last, being obsolete, I chose a modern subject as more meet.