The vicar of Wakefield. Whittingham's ed1815 |
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... desired to get rid of , upon his leaving my house , I ever took care to lend him a riding - coat , or a pair of boots , or sometimes a horse of small value , and I always had the satis- faction to find he never came back to return them ...
... desired to get rid of , upon his leaving my house , I ever took care to lend him a riding - coat , or a pair of boots , or sometimes a horse of small value , and I always had the satis- faction to find he never came back to return them ...
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... night at an obscure inn in a village by the way . When we were shown a room , I desired the landlord , in my usual way , to let us have his company , with which he complied , as what he drank would increase the bill next morning . He 14.
... night at an obscure inn in a village by the way . When we were shown a room , I desired the landlord , in my usual way , to let us have his company , with which he complied , as what he drank would increase the bill next morning . He 14.
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... desired to know little more of the world than its pleasures , being particularly remarkable for his attachment to the fair sex . He observed , that no virtue was able to resist his arts and assiduity , and that scarce a farmer's ...
... desired to know little more of the world than its pleasures , being particularly remarkable for his attachment to the fair sex . He observed , that no virtue was able to resist his arts and assiduity , and that scarce a farmer's ...
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... desired my girls the preceding night to be dressed early the next day ; for I always loved to be at church a good while before the rest of the congregation . They punc- tually obeyed my directions ; but when we were to assemble in the ...
... desired my girls the preceding night to be dressed early the next day ; for I always loved to be at church a good while before the rest of the congregation . They punc- tually obeyed my directions ; but when we were to assemble in the ...
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... desired to borrow twenty pounds upon these , saying that he wanted money , and would dispose of them for a third of the value . The first gentleman , who pretended to be my friend , whispered me to buy them , and cautioned me not to let ...
... desired to borrow twenty pounds upon these , saying that he wanted money , and would dispose of them for a third of the value . The first gentleman , who pretended to be my friend , whispered me to buy them , and cautioned me not to let ...
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Página 45 - Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they ; "And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep...
Página 104 - And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man.
Página 104 - In Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes ; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes.
Página 170 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray ; What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Página 46 - Turn, Angelina, ever dear, My charmer, turn to see Thy own, thy long-lost Edwin here, Restored to love and thee ! " Thus let me hold thee to my heart, And every care resign !" " And shall we never, never part, My life — my all that's mine ?" " No, never from this hour to part, We'll live and love so true ; The sigh that rends thy constant heart Shall break thy Edwin's too.
Página 44 - The crackling faggot flies. But nothing could a charm impart To soothe the stranger's woe; For grief was heavy at his heart, And tears began to flow. His rising cares the Hermit spied, With answering care opprest : " And whence, unhappy youth," he cried, " The sorrows of thy breast ? " From better habitations spurn'd, Reluctant dost thou rove?
Página 44 - Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
Página 1 - I WAS ever of opinion, that the honest man who married, and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
Página 144 - ... could avail me nothing in a country where every peasant was a better musician than I ; but by this time I had acquired another talent which answered my purpose as well, and this was a skill in disputation. In all the foreign universities and convents...
Página 2 - To do her justice she was a good-natured notable woman; and as for breeding, there were few country ladies who could show more. She could read any English book without much spelling; but for pickling, preserving, and cookery none could excel her.