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Such of our Subscri ' ers as have not completed their Sets , are requested to make early application for all ODD NUMBERS which they may want ; for as the First Series will never be Re - printed , if they are late in their application ...
Such of our Subscri ' ers as have not completed their Sets , are requested to make early application for all ODD NUMBERS which they may want ; for as the First Series will never be Re - printed , if they are late in their application ...
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I never was presented at the English Court , and therefore have no idea of what may be its degree of magnificence . But I have already attended the Earl to the Court of the Emperor Alexander , and therefore have it in my power to say ...
I never was presented at the English Court , and therefore have no idea of what may be its degree of magnificence . But I have already attended the Earl to the Court of the Emperor Alexander , and therefore have it in my power to say ...
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... one moment deprived of his beloved Lucilia , bis child , and all his former respectability ; for such is the injustice of the world that , confounding misfortune with guilt , the infamy of a prison is a stain never to be erased .
... one moment deprived of his beloved Lucilia , bis child , and all his former respectability ; for such is the injustice of the world that , confounding misfortune with guilt , the infamy of a prison is a stain never to be erased .
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The death of that relation has restored to me the letter of Lionel , written in the midst of his bitter distress , and which had hitherto never met my eyes . I hastened to repair my error ; alas , it is in some respect too late ...
The death of that relation has restored to me the letter of Lionel , written in the midst of his bitter distress , and which had hitherto never met my eyes . I hastened to repair my error ; alas , it is in some respect too late ...
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a continually shifted scene , which never cloys , and always delights , must have at the first struck man , even the more barbarous , or least instructed . How much more then must be the satisfaction of virtuous and cultivated minds .
a continually shifted scene , which never cloys , and always delights , must have at the first struck man , even the more barbarous , or least instructed . How much more then must be the satisfaction of virtuous and cultivated minds .
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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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