 | 1788 - 524 páginas
...areferved with profulion. Thus do they endeavour to charm away the duineb of captivity. Not that thcyare wholly prifoners; once or twice a week they are permitted...likewife a duty they are allowed to perform. I have often fern dillraacd mothers round Grand Cairo, reciting funeral hymns over the tombs they had ftrewed with... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1788 - 556 páginas
...day, there is a repaft, iri which exquiiite fruits and perfumes are fer ved with profulion. Thus de they endeavour to charm away the dulnefs of captivity....twice a week they are permitted to go to the bath, and viftt female relations and friends. To bewail the dead is likewife a duty they are allowed to perform.... | |
 | John Adams - 1792 - 382 páginas
...and by relating amorous romances; and at the clofe of the day there is a repaft, in which exquifite fruits and perfumes are ferved with profufion. Thus...captivity. . Not that they are wholly prifoners ; once of twice a week they are permitted to go to the bath, and vifit female relations and friends. To bewail... | |
 | John Adams - 1816 - 346 páginas
...Thus do they endeavour to charm away the dullness, of captivity. Not that they are wholly prisoners ; once or twice a week they are permitted to go to the bath, and visit female relations anil friends. To bewail the dead is, likewise, a duty they are allowed to perform.... | |
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Thus do they endeavour to charm away the dulnefs of captivity. • . Not that they are wholly prifoners ; once or twice a week they are permitted to go to the bath, and vifit female relations and friends. To bewail the dead is, likewife, a duty they are... 