Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments;: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, Volume 3 |
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... daughter's happiness upon these de- lufive hopes . He offered me her hand ; and as foon as we were acquainted , a mutual attachment rendered our union equally defirable to both.- She is no more ! -If he were ftill alive , and I were ...
... daughter's happiness upon these de- lufive hopes . He offered me her hand ; and as foon as we were acquainted , a mutual attachment rendered our union equally defirable to both.- She is no more ! -If he were ftill alive , and I were ...
Page 79
... indignation at his hafte , I replied that I was quite prepared ; and on the morrow the fortune was returned . But the jewels that I had given his daughter , and the other ar- ticles ticles of value for her own particular use , became ( 79 )
... indignation at his hafte , I replied that I was quite prepared ; and on the morrow the fortune was returned . But the jewels that I had given his daughter , and the other ar- ticles ticles of value for her own particular use , became ( 79 )
Page 81
... daughter , it was their pro- perty he had plundered . In a word , I was re- duced to the neceffity of efcaping from their pur- fuits by blowing out my brains , or of being shut up in a prifon . ' Twas this , Sir , this night , which I ...
... daughter , it was their pro- perty he had plundered . In a word , I was re- duced to the neceffity of efcaping from their pur- fuits by blowing out my brains , or of being shut up in a prifon . ' Twas this , Sir , this night , which I ...
Page 88
... daughter , and brought himself to ruin . After that , " continued he , depend upon the fine promifes which a young man makes you . In eighteen months fifty thousand crowns in debt ; and , to complete the whole , exile and difgrace ! Ah ...
... daughter , and brought himself to ruin . After that , " continued he , depend upon the fine promifes which a young man makes you . In eighteen months fifty thousand crowns in debt ; and , to complete the whole , exile and difgrace ! Ah ...
Page 89
... daughter , I could not refift giving way to my defire of vindicating the honourable absent man ; but without mentioning his retreat , without faying where he was concealed , ( for it was on that head it behoved me to keep filence ...
... daughter , I could not refift giving way to my defire of vindicating the honourable absent man ; but without mentioning his retreat , without faying where he was concealed , ( for it was on that head it behoved me to keep filence ...
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affiftance afked againſt ANEC ANECDOTE anfwered aſked becauſe beſt Cæfar cauſe circumftances confiderable confidered courſe daugh death defire difpofition diſcovered DOCTOR JOHNSON Duke efteem eyes fafe faid Falfhood fame father fave fays fecurity feemed felf fenfe fenfibility fent ferved feven fhall fhew fhort fhould firft fituation flain fleep fome fometimes foon foul Friendſhip ftate ftill fubjects fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport fure furprize greateſt happineſs heart himſelf honour hope horfe houfe houſe intereft itſelf juftice King labour laft lefs lofe Lord louis d'ors mafter Majefty mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary Nervin never obferved occafion paffed paffions perfon pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible praiſe prefent preferve Prince PRINCE OF CONTI promiſed puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reafon refolved reft replied ſaid ſhall ſhe ſpirit thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand Vifier virtue whofe wife wifhed wiſh young
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Page 48 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
Page 8 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 8 - With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 232 - Let me be quickly rich,' said Ortogrul ; ' let the golden stream be quick and violent.' ' Look round thee,' said his father,
Page 8 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...
Page 8 - And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody?
Page 24 - is a voyage, in the progress of which we are perpetually changing our scenes ; we first leave childhood behind us, then youth, then the years of ripened manhood, then the better and more pleasing part of old age.
Page 230 - The dishes of Luxury cover his table, the voice of Harmony lulls him in his bowers; he breathes the fragrance of the groves of Java, and sleeps upon the down of the cygnets of Ganges.
Page 8 - larum bell ? Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast, Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge. And in the visitation of the winds...
Page 175 - To purchase heaven has gold the power ? Can gold remove the mortal hour ? In life can love be bought with gold ? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold ? No— all that's worth a wish — a thought, Fair virtue gives unbrib'd, unbought.