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The general fault of this Pantomime :) recied , and all leading to discoveries
which place is , that it wants that kind , and small portion of the parties in absurd
situations . mature , which is necessary in every thing .--- ' ànii Such is the plot of
this ...
The general fault of this Pantomime :) recied , and all leading to discoveries
which place is , that it wants that kind , and small portion of the parties in absurd
situations . mature , which is necessary in every thing .--- ' ànii Such is the plot of
this ...
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rissa , as I have told you , had that kind of “ Well , ” said my aunt , say what you
temper which , having more vivacity than | please , I have my own taste , and I
should sensibility , could extract content and bap- prefer a man of this kind to all
your ...
rissa , as I have told you , had that kind of “ Well , ” said my aunt , say what you
temper which , having more vivacity than | please , I have my own taste , and I
should sensibility , could extract content and bap- prefer a man of this kind to all
your ...
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Of all the events of not express the strength of his conception , le this kind ,
nothing is to be more regretted never liesitated to borrow the stronger name of
than the loss of Mr. Windham ; who was at any object which it resembled ; and , in
thus ...
Of all the events of not express the strength of his conception , le this kind ,
nothing is to be more regretted never liesitated to borrow the stronger name of
than the loss of Mr. Windham ; who was at any object which it resembled ; and , in
thus ...
Page 280
It was a kind of paradoxical , the truth , and having so done , lived and died
epigrammatic imagery , whichi , however just in its failb.- We believe that he
likewise owed wlien thoroughly understood , had a kind of much on this score to
Mr. Burke ...
It was a kind of paradoxical , the truth , and having so done , lived and died
epigrammatic imagery , whichi , however just in its failb.- We believe that he
likewise owed wlien thoroughly understood , had a kind of much on this score to
Mr. Burke ...
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... wings mantling proudly , Soul living , each that crept , which plenteously Her
state with oary feet ; yet uft they quit The waters generated by their kinds , The
dank , and rising on stiff pinions , tower And every bird of wing after his kind ; The
mid ...
... wings mantling proudly , Soul living , each that crept , which plenteously Her
state with oary feet ; yet uft they quit The waters generated by their kinds , The
dank , and rising on stiff pinions , tower And every bird of wing after his kind ; The
mid ...
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Page 4 - They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their general's voice they soon obey'd, Innumerable.
Page 3 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Page 20 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 34 - 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 34 - 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 9 - 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 65 - 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 4 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 90 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Page 66 - What if the sun Be centre to the world ; and other stars, By his attractive virtue and their own Incited, dance about him various rounds...
Bibliographic information
| Title | La Belle Assemblée, Volume 1 History of women |
| Publisher | J. Bell, 1806 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Mar 2007 |
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