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... believe what I have written ; that I have taken all possible pains , in my country excursions , for these four or five years past , to be certain of what I allege , and that all my views and enquiries have led me to believe those ...
... believe what I have written ; that I have taken all possible pains , in my country excursions , for these four or five years past , to be certain of what I allege , and that all my views and enquiries have led me to believe those ...
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... believe I have taken a poetical license to transplant the jackal from Asia . In Greece I never saw nor heard these animals ; but among the ruins of Ephesus I have heard them by hundreds . They haunt ruins and follow armies . " - LORD ...
... believe I have taken a poetical license to transplant the jackal from Asia . In Greece I never saw nor heard these animals ; but among the ruins of Ephesus I have heard them by hundreds . They haunt ruins and follow armies . " - LORD ...
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... believe I shall battle the rest out at Barton some day next week . - I don't value you all . - O. G. INTENDED EPILOGUE ΤΟ " SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER . " 1 Enter MRS . BULKLEY , who curtsies very low as beginning to speak ; then enter MISS ...
... believe I shall battle the rest out at Barton some day next week . - I don't value you all . - O. G. INTENDED EPILOGUE ΤΟ " SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER . " 1 Enter MRS . BULKLEY , who curtsies very low as beginning to speak ; then enter MISS ...
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... believe that if I had put a bit into my mouth , it would have strangled me on the spot , I was so excessively ill ; but I made more noise than usual to cover all that ; and so they never perceived my not eating , nor I believe at all ...
... believe that if I had put a bit into my mouth , it would have strangled me on the spot , I was so excessively ill ; but I made more noise than usual to cover all that ; and so they never perceived my not eating , nor I believe at all ...
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... believe it impossible . I have tried to fret him myself every morning these three years ; but instead of being angry , he sits as calmly to hear me scold , as he does to his hair - dresser . Sir Wm . We must try him once more , however ...
... believe it impossible . I have tried to fret him myself every morning these three years ; but instead of being angry , he sits as calmly to hear me scold , as he does to his hair - dresser . Sir Wm . We must try him once more , however ...
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Page 46 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Page 45 - Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 42 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...
Page 43 - But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown footway tread, For all the bloomy flush of life is fled...
Page 44 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place.
Page 43 - But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend; Bends to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His Heaven commences ere the world be past!
Page 40 - While secret laughter tittered round the place; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance that would those looks reprove. These were thy charms, sweet village; sports like these, With sweet succession, taught even toil to please; These round thy bowers their cheerful influence shed, These were thy charms - but all these charms are fled.
Page 50 - Tumultuous grandeur crowds the blazing square, The rattling chariots clash, the torches glare. Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy ! Are these thy serious thoughts ? — Ah, turn thine eyes Where the poor houseless shivering female lies.
Page 51 - Ah, no! To distant climes, a dreary scene, Where half the convex world intrudes between, Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go, Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.
Page 83 - Twas only that when he was off he was acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turn'd and he varied full ten times a day. Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick : He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.