The midwife: or, The old woman's magazine, Volum 11750 |
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Pàgina iv
... Leave to cloath him with a Suit . Mr. Fathom , a mighty Scholar ! a living Lexicon ! A Gentleman who has read the Great Grammar of the Univerfe , and obtain'd an intimate Acquaintance with Men and Things , fends me Word that there is no ...
... Leave to cloath him with a Suit . Mr. Fathom , a mighty Scholar ! a living Lexicon ! A Gentleman who has read the Great Grammar of the Univerfe , and obtain'd an intimate Acquaintance with Men and Things , fends me Word that there is no ...
Pàgina 12
... leave the Gods the Arbiters of our Lot ; Man , alas is more dear to them than he is to him- felf . Let Prudence regulate our Wishes : Other- wife we fhall have Reason to fear that we shall be- come , like Philemon , the Victims of our ...
... leave the Gods the Arbiters of our Lot ; Man , alas is more dear to them than he is to him- felf . Let Prudence regulate our Wishes : Other- wife we fhall have Reason to fear that we shall be- come , like Philemon , the Victims of our ...
Pàgina 23
... the World . They were now near the Town where the Coach ufually puts up that the Company might Breakfast . They no fooner arrived , than the young Man Man and his Mother retired to a Chamber , leaving The MIDWIFE , 23.
... the World . They were now near the Town where the Coach ufually puts up that the Company might Breakfast . They no fooner arrived , than the young Man Man and his Mother retired to a Chamber , leaving The MIDWIFE , 23.
Pàgina 24
Midwife. Man and his Mother retired to a Chamber , leaving our Country Woman to pursue her Journey , with- out any of her own Sex to accompany her . The first Day was paft without any more than the com- mon Civility of bearing her ...
Midwife. Man and his Mother retired to a Chamber , leaving our Country Woman to pursue her Journey , with- out any of her own Sex to accompany her . The first Day was paft without any more than the com- mon Civility of bearing her ...
Pàgina 26
... Leave to acquaint her Mother with her Happiness , he told her , that Hap- piness was hers no longer than fhe kept it a Secret , and immediately left her . She faw him no more for feveral Days ; and when he came home , was in the Height ...
... Leave to acquaint her Mother with her Happiness , he told her , that Hap- piness was hers no longer than fhe kept it a Secret , and immediately left her . She faw him no more for feveral Days ; and when he came home , was in the Height ...
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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...