The Wandering Islander, Or, The History of Mr. Charles NorthJ. Ridgway, 1792 - 263 oldal |
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... Night - cap -- The Gold Finder , a poem , infcribed to Jamie B ---- Common Senfe , com- mon placed , for the ufe of Men of uncommon Senfe , fuch as Heads of Colleges & c .-- A Treatise on Jew Bail , in answer to John Doe and Richard Roe ...
... Night - cap -- The Gold Finder , a poem , infcribed to Jamie B ---- Common Senfe , com- mon placed , for the ufe of Men of uncommon Senfe , fuch as Heads of Colleges & c .-- A Treatise on Jew Bail , in answer to John Doe and Richard Roe ...
35. oldal
... night ; but why fhould I detain you in defcanting on what you are fo capable of enjoying yourfelf ? Having now done with all your letter cafuifts , I hope I fhall be in- dulged in my own manner : you know I am not positive , but I will ...
... night ; but why fhould I detain you in defcanting on what you are fo capable of enjoying yourfelf ? Having now done with all your letter cafuifts , I hope I fhall be in- dulged in my own manner : you know I am not positive , but I will ...
55. oldal
... a bird's neft - Come , there is a time for all things ; but I am very much afraid he will never catch the old mower by the forelock . " Ꭰ Ꮞ Good Night . LETTER IV . MY DEAR FRIEND , YOU are perfectly THE WANDERING ISLANDER . 55.
... a bird's neft - Come , there is a time for all things ; but I am very much afraid he will never catch the old mower by the forelock . " Ꭰ Ꮞ Good Night . LETTER IV . MY DEAR FRIEND , YOU are perfectly THE WANDERING ISLANDER . 55.
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... night ; -the young men were all arranged on one fide of the fire , and the young girls on the other , fpinning . Once upon a time , a man and his wife had twelve fons and a little girl , all born in wedlock ; Jack was the name of the ...
... night ; -the young men were all arranged on one fide of the fire , and the young girls on the other , fpinning . Once upon a time , a man and his wife had twelve fons and a little girl , all born in wedlock ; Jack was the name of the ...
88. oldal
... night in it , you shall be well rewarded . " Jack in an instant accepted the offer ; for though he had heard a great deal of ghofts and hob- goblins , and that the old gentleman in black entertained a felect party of witches once a year ...
... night in it , you shall be well rewarded . " Jack in an instant accepted the offer ; for though he had heard a great deal of ghofts and hob- goblins , and that the old gentleman in black entertained a felect party of witches once a year ...
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againſt almoſt amuſe anfwer Author beauty becauſe beſt bleffed called caſtle Cloacina compofed confequence converfation DEAR FRIEND delightful diſtance dreffed Elvina expreffion eyes faid fame father fcarce fcold fecond feemed feen fenfible fent fhade fhall fhort fhould fide fifter firft firſt fituation fleep fmile fome fomething fond fong foon forrow ftand ftill ftudy fubject fuch fure gentleman Governor greateſt happineſs heart himſelf hope houſe iſland Jack juft juſt laft leaſt lefs LETTER LETTER look meaſure moſt mufic muſt myſelf never night notwithſtanding obferved occafion paffed perfon perfuade perhaps pleafed pleaſed pleaſure poet poffible prefent promiſed puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reader reft rofe roſe Saint Kieran ſay ſeems ſhall ſhe ſmall ſtep taſte tears tell thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thought trees unifon uſed vifit whofe wiſh word worfe writer
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188. oldal - ... beasts of prey by the mountains which confined them. On one part were flocks and herds feeding in the...
188. oldal - From the mountains on every side rivulets descended that filled all the valley with verdure and fertility, and formed a lake in the middle inhabited by fish of every species, and frequented by every fowl whom Nature has taught to dip the wing in water. This lake discharged its superfluities by a stream which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice till it was heard no more.
188. oldal - The sides of the mountains were covered with trees; the banks of the brooks were diversified with flowers; every blast shook spices from the rocks and every month dropped fruits upon the ground.
226. oldal - My love, my life, said I, explain This change of humour : pr'ythee, tell : That falling tear — What does it mean ? She sigh'd ; she smil'd : and to the flowers Pointing, the lovely moralist said : See, friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder, what a change is made. Ah me! the blooming pride of May, And that of beauty are but one: At morn both flourish bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale, and gone; At dawn poor Stella...
51. oldal - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
124. oldal - Love, the most generous passion of the mind, The softest refuge innocence can find, The safe director of unguided youth, Fraught with kind wishes, and secured by truth; That cordial drop heaven in our cup has thrown To make the nauseous draught of life go down...
226. oldal - Both fade at evening, pale, and gone. IX. At dawn poor Stella danc'd and fung ; The amorous youth around her bow'd ; At night her fatal knell was rung ; I faw, and kifs'd her in her fhrowd. X. Such as fhe is, who dy'd to-day : Such I, alas ! may be to-morrow : Go, Damon, bid thy Mufe difplay The juftice of thy Cloe's forrow.
188. oldal - This lake difcharged its fujae'tfluities by a ftream which entered a dark cleft, of the mountain on the northern fide, and fell 'with 'dreadful noife from precipice to precipice, till it was heard .no more.
194. oldal - I have not thought it fo, becaufe my time's Spent pleafantly, My Lord's not haughty nor imperious, Nor I gravely whimfical ; he has good nature, And I have manners : His Sons too are civil to me, becaufe I do not pretend to be wifer than they are; I meddle with no...
32. oldal - As for the wondrous works of the Lord, there may nothing be taken from them, neither may any thing be put unto them, neither can the ground of them be found out. 7 When a man hath done, then he beginneth; and when he leaveth off, then he shall be doubtful.