The Weekly Miscellany; Or, Instructive Entertainer: Containing a Collection of Select Pieces, Both in Prose and Verse; Curious Anecdotes, Instructive Tales, and Ingenious Essays on Different Subjects, Volumen7R. Goadby, 1776 |
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... lady lived next door W to my father in Smithfield , and the two families were intimate . Being a lively , prating thing , Mrs. Eu- ftace was fond of me , and , by tarts and fruit , en- couraged me to run into her parlour as often as I ...
... lady lived next door W to my father in Smithfield , and the two families were intimate . Being a lively , prating thing , Mrs. Eu- ftace was fond of me , and , by tarts and fruit , en- couraged me to run into her parlour as often as I ...
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... lady for whom she had a fincere regard , did all in her power to weaken the Duke's attach- ́ment to him , and had , upon his abrupt departure from Court , af- ter the mortifying reprimand he had received , made a spirited effort to ...
... lady for whom she had a fincere regard , did all in her power to weaken the Duke's attach- ́ment to him , and had , upon his abrupt departure from Court , af- ter the mortifying reprimand he had received , made a spirited effort to ...
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... lady coiled Lucilia , who was upon a visit to an aunt , ) no lefs amiable for 2 woman than Pierre was for a man . To this lady he , at his de- . parture from her , promised to come back as foon as he had in- formed his parents of his ...
... lady coiled Lucilia , who was upon a visit to an aunt , ) no lefs amiable for 2 woman than Pierre was for a man . To this lady he , at his de- . parture from her , promised to come back as foon as he had in- formed his parents of his ...
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... lady explained , by defiring to know how her daughter was to live in cafe of his death . The gentleman calmly answered , " I have one Indian wife , who intends to burn herself when I die ; but , Ma- dam , I will not infift on your ...
... lady explained , by defiring to know how her daughter was to live in cafe of his death . The gentleman calmly answered , " I have one Indian wife , who intends to burn herself when I die ; but , Ma- dam , I will not infift on your ...
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... lady , do you already think of feparating your in- terests from mine ? And muft I be obliged to pay my wife for liv- ing ill with me , as much as I should for living well ? No ; I will never wed a woman who is fo determined to rebel ...
... lady , do you already think of feparating your in- terests from mine ? And muft I be obliged to pay my wife for liv- ing ill with me , as much as I should for living well ? No ; I will never wed a woman who is fo determined to rebel ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 295 - I saw him pale and feverish ; in thirty years the western breeze had not once fanned his blood ; he had seen no sun, no moon, in all that time, nor had the voice of friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice ; his children — but here my heart began to bleed, and I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait.
Página 30 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good. and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is a minister of God to thee for good.
Página 222 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Página 295 - I took a single captive, and having first shut him up in his dungeon, I then looked through the twilight of his grated door to take his picture.
Página 222 - Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright : At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Página 222 - When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Página 222 - Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Página 130 - ... by voluntary aggravations. We may charge to design the effects of accident; we may think the blow violent only...
Página 295 - He had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of misery to add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction.
Página 130 - ... insulted by his adversary, or despised by the world. It may be laid down as an unfailing and universal axiom, that " all pride is abject and mean.