La Belle Assemblée, Volume 1J. Bell, 1810 |
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... happy father . led a life of some disquietude . In a word , the Colonel was passionately enamoured of Lucilia . Lionel therefore no sooner solicited the indulgence of his creditor than the Colonel offered readily to grant it , but under ...
... happy father . led a life of some disquietude . In a word , the Colonel was passionately enamoured of Lucilia . Lionel therefore no sooner solicited the indulgence of his creditor than the Colonel offered readily to grant it , but under ...
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... happy ; yet my heart is heavy . Oh my father ! my dear , my beloved father ! why did you so cruelly curse me ? why did you consign to misery a daughter who would have died a thousand times to add to your happiness ? This was a thought ...
... happy ; yet my heart is heavy . Oh my father ! my dear , my beloved father ! why did you so cruelly curse me ? why did you consign to misery a daughter who would have died a thousand times to add to your happiness ? This was a thought ...
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... happy talent of endurance : — not only in poverty , but in riches ; not only in sorrow , but in happiness , for the patient spirit is never hurried into that ex- cess of delight which occasions wild de- monstrations of pleasure , more ...
... happy talent of endurance : — not only in poverty , but in riches ; not only in sorrow , but in happiness , for the patient spirit is never hurried into that ex- cess of delight which occasions wild de- monstrations of pleasure , more ...
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... happy , and deserves to be so . With regard to her son , your former favourite , Edward , though you now dis- own him , I need say nothing . You are already informed in what manner he has been adopted for his merit by Captain Oldcastle ...
... happy , and deserves to be so . With regard to her son , your former favourite , Edward , though you now dis- own him , I need say nothing . You are already informed in what manner he has been adopted for his merit by Captain Oldcastle ...
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... happy , it is then . But in order to possess this high prerogative , denied to the lower ranks of mankind , to see nature as she is , through the optics of science , it is necessary that the youthful botanist should understand well the ...
... happy , it is then . But in order to possess this high prerogative , denied to the lower ranks of mankind , to see nature as she is , through the optics of science , it is necessary that the youthful botanist should understand well the ...
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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...