Edward; various views of human nature, chiefly in EnglandStirling & Slade, 1820 |
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Página 172
... officer of the artillery , who had died in the West Indies ; that she had one son , a youth of about thirteen , who was at school in London ; that she had hardly any thing to maintain herself and this ... Colonel Snug , of whom 172 EDWARD .
... officer of the artillery , who had died in the West Indies ; that she had one son , a youth of about thirteen , who was at school in London ; that she had hardly any thing to maintain herself and this ... Colonel Snug , of whom 172 EDWARD .
Página 173
John Moore, Robert Anderson. 179 ready mentioned , and Colonel Snug , of whom the reader will know more hereafter , stood before the fire ; they waited for fresh horses to their chaise . If that creature comes hither , ' cried the colonel ...
John Moore, Robert Anderson. 179 ready mentioned , and Colonel Snug , of whom the reader will know more hereafter , stood before the fire ; they waited for fresh horses to their chaise . If that creature comes hither , ' cried the colonel ...
Página 174
... Colonel Snug . 6 • A woman under misfortunes has a right to be pitied , please your honours , ' said the coachman ... Colonel Snug , sneeringly . • Brave men are generally humane , ' replied Mr. Tem- ple , fixing his eyes on the colonel ...
... Colonel Snug . 6 • A woman under misfortunes has a right to be pitied , please your honours , ' said the coachman ... Colonel Snug , sneeringly . • Brave men are generally humane , ' replied Mr. Tem- ple , fixing his eyes on the colonel ...
Página 175
... Colonel Snug , when she was stripped ; for I think you told us she stripped herself at last ? " When the rain began , ' answered the coachman , she stripped herself of part of her clothes to shelter her child ; and without disparagement ...
... Colonel Snug , when she was stripped ; for I think you told us she stripped herself at last ? " When the rain began , ' answered the coachman , she stripped herself of part of her clothes to shelter her child ; and without disparagement ...
Página 177
... Colonel Snug was seated in Royston's carriage , which had arrived the moment before . When Sir Charles was stepping in after him , he was followed to the door of the chaise by the young woman , who with an air of modesty and gratitude ...
... Colonel Snug was seated in Royston's carriage , which had arrived the moment before . When Sir Charles was stepping in after him , he was followed to the door of the chaise by the young woman , who with an air of modesty and gratitude ...
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acquaintance agreeable Anguish answered apothecary arrived Barnet-hall beauty Carnaby Caroline CHAPTER child Clifton Colonel Snug conversation cried daugh daughter dear declared desired dinner doctor Edward England father favour Fillagree fond footman fortune Frankvil gave gentleman give gout Grafton Grimstone guineas happy heard heart honour hope husband imagined informed knew Lady Bab Lady Virginia ladyship letter lived London look Lord lordship Louisa madam maid manner marriage married Mawkish mentioned mind Miss Barnet Miss Huntly morning mother nature neral never Nevile obliged observed occasion opinion perceived person pleasure poor port wine postillion Pray present racter reason received rejoined rendered replied resumed seemed shew Shuffle Sir Charles Royston Sir Mathew Sir Robert soldier soon spect taste Temple thing thought tion told took uneasiness valet Waller wife wish Wormwood young lady young lord youth
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Página 124 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Página 466 - Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Página 72 - Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Página 142 - Their only labour was to kill the time (And labour dire it is, and weary woe); They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme; Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter forth, with...
Página 78 - See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn.
Página 395 - Returning he proclaims by many a grace, By shrugs and strange contortions of his face, How much a dunce that has been sent to roam Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
Página 32 - Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Página 337 - She, who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting sways, Yet has her humour most, when she obeys...
Página 117 - Upbraid, ye ravening tribes, our wanton rage, ,For hunger kindles you, and lawless want ^ But lavish fed, in Nature's bounty roll'd, To joy at anguish, and delight in blood, Is what your horrid bosoms never knew.
Página 107 - Which, by remembrance, will assuage Grief, sickness, poverty, and age; And strongly shoot a radiant dart To shine through life's declining part. Say, Stella, feel you no content, Reflecting on a life well spent?