The novels of Samuel Richardson, esq. To which is prefixed, a memoir of the life of the author [by sir W. Scott]. |
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... shew us three of her performances . And now , as it was with some reluctance that she shewed them , is it fair to say anything about them ? I say it only to you , my friends . - One was on the parting of two lovers ; very sensible , and ...
... shew us three of her performances . And now , as it was with some reluctance that she shewed them , is it fair to say anything about them ? I say it only to you , my friends . - One was on the parting of two lovers ; very sensible , and ...
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... shew that he has as corrupt a heart . If I thought anger would not give him consequence , I should hardly forbear to shew myself displeased , when he points , by a leering eye , and by a broad smile , the free jest of the other , to the ...
... shew that he has as corrupt a heart . If I thought anger would not give him consequence , I should hardly forbear to shew myself displeased , when he points , by a leering eye , and by a broad smile , the free jest of the other , to the ...
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... shew pity , where she cannot return love ? What I have said , I have said , replied Mr Reeves . Pity is but one remove from love . Mrs Reeves ( there she sits ) was first brought to pity me ; for never was man more madly in love than I ...
... shew pity , where she cannot return love ? What I have said , I have said , replied Mr Reeves . Pity is but one remove from love . Mrs Reeves ( there she sits ) was first brought to pity me ; for never was man more madly in love than I ...
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... shew you , that the moderns are but pigmies in science , compared with the ancients . And , pray , shall not the knowledge which enables us to under- stand and to digest the wisdom of these immor- tal ancients be accounted learning ...
... shew you , that the moderns are but pigmies in science , compared with the ancients . And , pray , shall not the knowledge which enables us to under- stand and to digest the wisdom of these immor- tal ancients be accounted learning ...
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... shews himself to be a very learned man ? And yet that work is written wholly in the language of his own country , as the ... shew that he is . His knowledge of their mythology , sir ! -His own subject so greatly , so nobly , so divinely ...
... shews himself to be a very learned man ? And yet that work is written wholly in the language of his own country , as the ... shew that he is . His knowledge of their mythology , sir ! -His own subject so greatly , so nobly , so divinely ...
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Página 185 - I am afraid my uncle will think himself justified by them on this occasion, when he asserts, that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to put a woman right, when she sets out wrong.
Página 309 - But let concealment like a worm i' th' bud Feed on her damask cheek: she pin'd in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like Patience on a Monument, Smiling at grief.
Página 353 - Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Página 282 - Great souls by instinct to each other turn, Demand alliance, and in friendship burn ; A sudden friendship, while with stretch'd-out rays They meet each other, mingling blaze with blaze.
Página 279 - Her virtue, and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won...
Página 44 - I do not like thee, Dr. Fell; The reason why, I cannot tell But I don't like thee, Dr. Fell ell— I II.
Página 482 - I should not account the debts incurred debts of honour; and should hardly scruple, had I not indirectly promised payment, by asking time for it, or had they refused to give it, to call in to my aid the laws of my country; and the rather, as the appeal to those laws would be a security to me against ever again being seen in such company. Adversity is the trial of principle: without it, a man hardly knows whether he is an honest man. Two things, my cousin in his present difficulties must guard against;...
Página 166 - For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Página 68 - I did nothing but dream of robbers, rescues, and murders: such an impression had the distress of this young lady made on my mind. They made me a poor report, proceeded she, of the night she had passed. And as I told you, she fainted away this morning, a little before you came, on her endeavouring to give me some account of her affecting story. Let me tell you, Mr. Reeves, I am as curious as you can be, to know the whole of what has befallen her. But her heart is tender and delicate: her spirits are...
Página 36 - And take all lives of things from you; The world depend upon your eye, And when you frown upon it, die: Only our loves shall still survive, New worlds and natures to outlive, And, like to heralds...