The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volumen1Nathan Drake Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811 |
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... beauty , and be queen of a mighty empire ; but , with all , unhappy : or , if you had rather , she shall be an ordinary , ugly , country creature , like yourself ; but contented with her condition . The mother immediately chose wit and ...
... beauty , and be queen of a mighty empire ; but , with all , unhappy : or , if you had rather , she shall be an ordinary , ugly , country creature , like yourself ; but contented with her condition . The mother immediately chose wit and ...
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... beauty . Her mother , who relied on the predictions of the fairy , began already to treat her as a queen , and spoiled her by flatteries . The young dam- sel would neither sew , nor spin , nor look after the sheep ; her whole amusement ...
... beauty . Her mother , who relied on the predictions of the fairy , began already to treat her as a queen , and spoiled her by flatteries . The young dam- sel would neither sew , nor spin , nor look after the sheep ; her whole amusement ...
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... beauty was not very extraordinary , were refused admittance ; and only thirty picked out , who infinitely surpassed all others . These thirty virgins were ranged in a great hall , in the figure of a half moon , that the king and his son ...
... beauty was not very extraordinary , were refused admittance ; and only thirty picked out , who infinitely surpassed all others . These thirty virgins were ranged in a great hall , in the figure of a half moon , that the king and his son ...
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... beauty multiplied on all sides , and that the prince might admire her wherever he cast his eyes . Florio in a few days quitted the chace , and all the manly exercises in which before he delighted , that he might be perpetually with his ...
... beauty multiplied on all sides , and that the prince might admire her wherever he cast his eyes . Florio in a few days quitted the chace , and all the manly exercises in which before he delighted , that he might be perpetually with his ...
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... likeness of one of Invidessa's attendants . She desired the company to retire a while , and then spoke thus to Florella in secret : " Are symme- you willing to renounce that beauty which has proved 2 No. 4 . 27 THE GLEANER.
... likeness of one of Invidessa's attendants . She desired the company to retire a while , and then spoke thus to Florella in secret : " Are symme- you willing to renounce that beauty which has proved 2 No. 4 . 27 THE GLEANER.
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Página 260 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Página 182 - Where — taming thought to human pride !The mighty chiefs sleep side by side. Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er PITT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to cry, ' Here let their discord with them die. Speak not for those a separate doom, Whom Fate made Brothers in the tomb ; But search the land of living men, Where wilt thou find their like agen...
Página 328 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd, — It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd, — It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown...
Página 122 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
Página 53 - With quicken'd step, Brown night retires. Young day pours in apace, And opens all the lawny prospect wide. The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top, Swell on the sight, and brighten with the dawn.
Página 4 - ... the Scriptures, and turning his thoughts upon the study of navigation, after the space of eighteen months he grew thoroughly reconciled to his condition.
Página 182 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Página 182 - Here, where the end of earthly things Lays heroes, patriots, bards, and kings ; Where stiff the hand, and still the tongue, Of those who fought, .and spoke, and sung ; Here, where the fretted aisles prolong The distant notes of holy song, As if some angel spoke agen, All peace on earth, good-will to men...
Página 194 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.