Miscellaneous prosePutnam, 1856 |
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... received from a friend at Am- sterdam , where there is a very noble theatre ; though the man- ner of furnishing it with actors is something peculiar to that place , and gives us occasion to admire both the politeness and frugality of ...
... received from a friend at Am- sterdam , where there is a very noble theatre ; though the man- ner of furnishing it with actors is something peculiar to that place , and gives us occasion to admire both the politeness and frugality of ...
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... received a kind admonition in a letter , to take care that I do not omit to show also what is meant by a Very Pretty Fel- low , which is to be allowed as a character by itself , and a person exalted above the other by a peculiar ...
... received a kind admonition in a letter , to take care that I do not omit to show also what is meant by a Very Pretty Fel- low , which is to be allowed as a character by itself , and a person exalted above the other by a peculiar ...
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... received this message with less surprise than I believe Mr. Thrifty imagined ; for I knew the good company too well to feel any palpitations at their approach : but I was in very great con- cern how I should adjust the ceremonial , and ...
... received this message with less surprise than I believe Mr. Thrifty imagined ; for I knew the good company too well to feel any palpitations at their approach : but I was in very great con- cern how I should adjust the ceremonial , and ...
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... receiving the least hurt , except a little scratch by falling on my face , in pushing at one at the lower end of my chamber ; but I recovered so quick , and jumped so nimbly into my guard , that if he had been alive , he could not have ...
... receiving the least hurt , except a little scratch by falling on my face , in pushing at one at the lower end of my chamber ; but I recovered so quick , and jumped so nimbly into my guard , that if he had been alive , he could not have ...
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... receiving preferments . In this case , you cut them off from all support , if you take from them the benefit that may ... received assistance from court . Addi son was a great admirer of his style , which he considered a model of pure ...
... receiving preferments . In this case , you cut them off from all support , if you take from them the benefit that may ... received assistance from court . Addi son was a great admirer of his style , which he considered a model of pure ...
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Términos y frases comunes
according admired agreeable Apartment appear beautiful body brought called character common confess consider continued conversation court dead death delight described desired discourse doctor enter expression face figure gave give given going greatest hand head hear heard heart honour hour human kind King lady late learned leave letter light likewise lived look manner March matter means mention mind morning nature never notes observe occasion particular passed person piece pleased pleasure poet present proper reader reason received represented says seemed sense short side silence soul speak stood taken talk tell thing thought till tion told took turned virtue walk whole woman writing young
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Página 100 - 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...
Página 374 - LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father : and I am but a little child : I know not how to go out or come in.
Página 110 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 100 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Página 93 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Página 438 - What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order, so contrived as not to mix Tastes not well join'd, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change...
Página 219 - As one who long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn, to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoined, from each thing met conceives delight; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Página 374 - Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
Página 237 - That from their noyance he no where can rest, But with his clownish hands their tender wings He brusheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings.
Página 177 - I found him to be the greatest newsmonger in our quarter ; that he rose before day to read the " Postman, and that he would take two or three turns to the other end of the town before his neighbours were up, to see if there were any Dutch mails come in. He had a wife and several children, but was much more inquisitive to know what passed in Poland than in his own family, and was in greater pain and anxiety of mind for King Augustus's welfare than that of his nearest relations.