The midwife: or, The old woman's magazine, Volum 11750 |
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Pàgina 10
... she went in Search of chimerical Projects , receiv'd them into her Retinue , and brought them into Philemon's Cottage , who was foon infected by the Contagion of their Company . The offended Gods , withdrew their Influence ; he was ...
... she went in Search of chimerical Projects , receiv'd them into her Retinue , and brought them into Philemon's Cottage , who was foon infected by the Contagion of their Company . The offended Gods , withdrew their Influence ; he was ...
Pàgina 13
... She tore her Hair , and beat her Breast to that Degree , that they were obliged to tie her Hands behind her ; and on the Friday following , died stark raving mad ; and left feven Children , ( poor innocent Lambs ! ) to the merciless ...
... She tore her Hair , and beat her Breast to that Degree , that they were obliged to tie her Hands behind her ; and on the Friday following , died stark raving mad ; and left feven Children , ( poor innocent Lambs ! ) to the merciless ...
Pàgina 17
... She felt , for fome : time , all the Sorrow which Nature calls forth , upon the final Seperation of Perfons dear to one another ; and as her Grief was exhaufted by its : own Violence , it fubfided into Tendernefs for me and my Brother ...
... She felt , for fome : time , all the Sorrow which Nature calls forth , upon the final Seperation of Perfons dear to one another ; and as her Grief was exhaufted by its : own Violence , it fubfided into Tendernefs for me and my Brother ...
Pàgina 18
... She was at one time alarmed with Cenfure , and at another fired with Praife . She was told of Balls , where others fhone only becaufe fhe was abfent ; of new Come- dies to which all the Town was crowding , and of many ingenious Ironies ...
... She was at one time alarmed with Cenfure , and at another fired with Praife . She was told of Balls , where others fhone only becaufe fhe was abfent ; of new Come- dies to which all the Town was crowding , and of many ingenious Ironies ...
Pàgina 19
... she pleased . I was ftill favoured with fome incidental Pre cepts , and tranfient Endearments , and was now and then fondly kiffed for fmiling like my Papa : but most Part of her Morning was fpent in com → paring the Opinion of her ...
... she pleased . I was ftill favoured with fome incidental Pre cepts , and tranfient Endearments , and was now and then fondly kiffed for fmiling like my Papa : but most Part of her Morning was fpent in com → paring the Opinion of her ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 64 - ... to his fate, when he beheld through the brambles the glimmer of a taper. He advanced towards the light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected for himself, on which Obidah fed with eagerness and gratitude. When the repast was over —
Pàgina 64 - by what chance thou hast been brought hither ; I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of the wilderness, in which I never saw a man before.
Pàgina 219 - Tis almost morning. I would have thee gone; And yet no farther than a wanton's bird, That lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk thread plucks it back again, So loving-jealous of his liberty. ROMEO. I would I were thy bird.
Pàgina 65 - Here the heart softens, and vigilance subsides; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not...
Pàgina 64 - At length, not fear, but labour, began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld through the brambles the glimmer of a taper.
Pàgina 137 - At length a glimmering light appeared, which we imagined to be rather the forerunner of an approaching burst of flames, as in truth it was, than the return of day. However, the fire fell at a distance from us : then again we were immersed in thick darkness, and a heavy shower of ashes rained upon us, which we were obliged every now and then to...
Pàgina 62 - ... in compliance with the varieties of the ground, and to end at last in the common road. Having thus calmed his solicitude, he renewed his pace, though he suspected that he was not gaining ground.
Pàgina 135 - As soon as it was light again, which was not till the third day after this melancholy accident, his body was found entire, and without any marks of violence upon it, exactly in the same posture that he fell, and looking more like a man asleep than dead.
Pàgina 134 - The court which led to his apartment being now almost filled with stones and ashes, if he had continued there any time longer, it would have been impossible for him to have made his way out; it was thought proper therefore to awaken him.
Pàgina 136 - Though it was now morning, the light was exceedingly faint and languid, the buildings all around us tottered, and though we stood upon open...