The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. : In Two VolumesHarrison and Company, 1780 - 90 pàgines |
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Pàgina 6
... thousand pounds . Our fecond child , a girl , I intended to call after her aunt Griffel ; but my wife , who during her pregnancy had been read- ing romances , infifted upon her being called Olivia . In lefs than another year we had ...
... thousand pounds . Our fecond child , a girl , I intended to call after her aunt Griffel ; but my wife , who during her pregnancy had been read- ing romances , infifted upon her being called Olivia . In lefs than another year we had ...
Pàgina 9
... thousand pounds we had but four hundred remaining . My chief attention therefore was now to bring down the pride of my family to their circumftances ; for I well knew that afpiring beggary is wretchedness itself . You cannot be ignorant ...
... thousand pounds we had but four hundred remaining . My chief attention therefore was now to bring down the pride of my family to their circumftances ; for I well knew that afpiring beggary is wretchedness itself . You cannot be ignorant ...
Pàgina 18
... thousand vicious thoughts , which arife without his power to fup- < · prefs . Thinking freely of religion · may be involuntary with this gentle- man fo that allowing his fentiments to be wrong , yet as he is purely paf- five in his ...
... thousand vicious thoughts , which arife without his power to fup- < · prefs . Thinking freely of religion · may be involuntary with this gentle- man fo that allowing his fentiments to be wrong , yet as he is purely paf- five in his ...
Pàgina 23
... thousand times ob- ferved , and I must obferve it once more , that the hours we pafs with happy prospects in view , are more pleasing than thofe crowned with fruition . In the firft cafe , we cook the dish to our own appetite ; in the ...
... thousand times ob- ferved , and I must obferve it once more , that the hours we pafs with happy prospects in view , are more pleasing than thofe crowned with fruition . In the firft cafe , we cook the dish to our own appetite ; in the ...
Pàgina 36
... thousand schemes to entrap him ; or , to fpeak it more tenderly , ufed every art to magnify the merit of her daugh- ter . If the cakes at tea eat fhort and crifp , they were made by Olivia ; if the goofeberry wine was well knit , the ...
... thousand schemes to entrap him ; or , to fpeak it more tenderly , ufed every art to magnify the merit of her daugh- ter . If the cakes at tea eat fhort and crifp , they were made by Olivia ; if the goofeberry wine was well knit , the ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 19 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn: Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : "But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. "Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Pàgina 19 - The crackling faggot flies. But nothing could a charm impart To soothe the stranger's woe; For grief was heavy at his heart, And tears began to flow. His rising cares the Hermit spied, With answering care opprest : " And whence, unhappy youth," he cried, " The sorrows of thy breast ? " From better habitations spurn'd, Reluctant dost thou rove?
Pàgina 28 - Welcome, welcome, Moses; well, my boy, what have you brought us from the fair?' 'I have brought you myself,' cried Moses, with a sly look, and resting the box on the dresser.
Pàgina 28 - I have brought back no money," cried Moses again. "I have laid it all out in a bargain, and here it is," pulling out a bundle from his breast ; "here they are : a gross of green spectacles with silver rims and shagreen cases.
Pàgina 28 - Never mind our son," cried my wife; " depend upon it he knows what he is about. I'll warrant we'll never see him sell his hen of a rainy day.