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Page 11
The Marquis of B― was at that time Lord - pride , put his boy , the infant Lionel , in his arms , adding , - Yes , my dear , we shall be happy ; yet my heart is heavy . Oh my father ! my dear , my beloved father ! why did you so cruelly ...
The Marquis of B― was at that time Lord - pride , put his boy , the infant Lionel , in his arms , adding , - Yes , my dear , we shall be happy ; yet my heart is heavy . Oh my father ! my dear , my beloved father ! why did you so cruelly ...
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If in these sensations we are enabled to say not only with our lips , but from our hearts , God's will be done ! thus may , and will , our sorrow be truly turned into joy ! -But let me conclude my melancholy narrative .
If in these sensations we are enabled to say not only with our lips , but from our hearts , God's will be done ! thus may , and will , our sorrow be truly turned into joy ! -But let me conclude my melancholy narrative .
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... religion languishes without vital warmth , and morality is seldom nearer to the heart than the tongue , in such an age , we say , the MAXIMS of Sir Mathew Hale may be deemed a suitable staff for a declining virtue to repose upon .
... religion languishes without vital warmth , and morality is seldom nearer to the heart than the tongue , in such an age , we say , the MAXIMS of Sir Mathew Hale may be deemed a suitable staff for a declining virtue to repose upon .
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She lived , on the contrary , among females who being themselves ardent votaries of pleasure , took great pains to poison her heart also . They failed not in particular to repeat to her every day , that a poor girl ought to direct all ...
She lived , on the contrary , among females who being themselves ardent votaries of pleasure , took great pains to poison her heart also . They failed not in particular to repeat to her every day , that a poor girl ought to direct all ...
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He ap - having brought you such a one as renders you Meanwhile she began to be sensible that her own heart was preparing dangers , which she could not surmount , as the utmost she could do would be to avoid them .
He ap - having brought you such a one as renders you Meanwhile she began to be sensible that her own heart was preparing dangers , which she could not surmount , as the utmost she could do would be to avoid them .
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Page 16 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 30 - They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her amorous descant sung: Silence was pleased.
Page 30 - 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 5 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, • — which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 61 - Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 86 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | La Belle Assemblée, Volume 1 History of women |
| Publisher | J. Bell, 1810 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Mar 2007 |
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