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Page 7
In Persia , where the rose blooms all the year round , -where the sun shines and the zephyrs blow , there may be some reason in the wish for length of years . But in England , in this land of fogs , damps , and perpetual rains , surely ...
In Persia , where the rose blooms all the year round , -where the sun shines and the zephyrs blow , there may be some reason in the wish for length of years . But in England , in this land of fogs , damps , and perpetual rains , surely ...
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There is no solitude to him , he is always surrounded with agreeable companions which interest him , as those who take the circuit round the world , and observe new inhabitants , new manners , and new customs ; and in this pursuit he ...
There is no solitude to him , he is always surrounded with agreeable companions which interest him , as those who take the circuit round the world , and observe new inhabitants , new manners , and new customs ; and in this pursuit he ...
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Isessé , not a little astonished , looked round the room , and perceived a brace of pistols , which threw him into such a fright that he was seized with a violent trembling , and obliged to sit down on one ...
Isessé , not a little astonished , looked round the room , and perceived a brace of pistols , which threw him into such a fright that he was seized with a violent trembling , and obliged to sit down on one ...
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For twenty miles round the neighbourhood of Darmstadt , Mary was the toast of the young and old ; and the " Maid of the Inn " was a name almost as constantly repeated over the wine as the names of the Elector and the Archduke Charles of ...
For twenty miles round the neighbourhood of Darmstadt , Mary was the toast of the young and old ; and the " Maid of the Inn " was a name almost as constantly repeated over the wine as the names of the Elector and the Archduke Charles of ...
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A jacket of pale buff Merino cloth , with antique stomacher , richly embroidered in green chenille , finished with silk tassels ; a fine India muslin petticoat and train , embroidered round the bottom with a trimming to correspond ...
A jacket of pale buff Merino cloth , with antique stomacher , richly embroidered in green chenille , finished with silk tassels ; a fine India muslin petticoat and train , embroidered round the bottom with a trimming to correspond ...
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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...
Page 62 - 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, 1810 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Mar 2007 |
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