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... Court of Judicature on the Petticoat ADDISON 117 On the Pleasure derived from the Deliverance of the Good from .... Danger The Author's Dream 118 Irregular Conduct of the Dead- Letters from Partridge . & c . - Peti- tion Undergraduate.
... Court of Judicature on the Petticoat ADDISON 117 On the Pleasure derived from the Deliverance of the Good from .... Danger The Author's Dream 118 Irregular Conduct of the Dead- Letters from Partridge . & c . - Peti- tion Undergraduate.
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... Pleasures of the Theatre - Charac- ters of Wilks and Cibber ............... ...... 183 Decay of Public Spirits - Charac- ter of Regulus 184 On Marriage , and the customary Ceremonies Wags .......... Impertinence of 185 Cruelty of ...
... Pleasures of the Theatre - Charac- ters of Wilks and Cibber ............... ...... 183 Decay of Public Spirits - Charac- ter of Regulus 184 On Marriage , and the customary Ceremonies Wags .......... Impertinence of 185 Cruelty of ...
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... pleasure I saw her take in my sufferings . " I considered the distress she brought upon me the greatest that could befal an human creature . the same time that she did not inflict this un N ° 108. SATURDAY , DECEMBER 17 , 1709 . 107 . 9 ...
... pleasure I saw her take in my sufferings . " I considered the distress she brought upon me the greatest that could befal an human creature . the same time that she did not inflict this un N ° 108. SATURDAY , DECEMBER 17 , 1709 . 107 . 9 ...
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... pleasure in seeing its own figure turned to ridicule , and distorted into forms that raise horror and aver- sion ? There is something disingenuous and immo- ral in the being able to bear such a sight . Men of elegant and noble minds are ...
... pleasure in seeing its own figure turned to ridicule , and distorted into forms that raise horror and aver- sion ? There is something disingenuous and immo- ral in the being able to bear such a sight . Men of elegant and noble minds are ...
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... pleasures of life , lost in show , imposture , and im- pertinence . As for my part , I think most of the misfortunes in families arise from the trifling way the women have in spending their time , and grati- fying only their eyes and ...
... pleasures of life , lost in show , imposture , and im- pertinence . As for my part , I think most of the misfortunes in families arise from the trifling way the women have in spending their time , and grati- fying only their eyes and ...
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Page 41 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Page 41 - With thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons and their change, all please alike : Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page viii - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Page viii - Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth ! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman! A little month, or ere those shoes were old With which she follow'd my poor father's body...
Page 56 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page vii - So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Page 42 - Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 24 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 192 - Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is cursed indeed; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven.
Page 360 - Papa could not hear me, and would play with me no more, for they were going to put him under ground, whence he could never come to us again.