The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations |
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Page 15
... once irresistible and irresponsible , in whose name they might ravage at pleasure , and being thus freed from all restraint , they indulged themselves in the most extra- vagant speculations of plunder . The cabal of creditors who have ...
... once irresistible and irresponsible , in whose name they might ravage at pleasure , and being thus freed from all restraint , they indulged themselves in the most extra- vagant speculations of plunder . The cabal of creditors who have ...
Page 23
... once by piety and the dread of in- fection . It being impossible to inter so many thousand corpses , half - buried under the ruins , commissaries were appointed to burn the bodies ; and for this purpose funeral piles were erected ...
... once by piety and the dread of in- fection . It being impossible to inter so many thousand corpses , half - buried under the ruins , commissaries were appointed to burn the bodies ; and for this purpose funeral piles were erected ...
Page 37
... once simple and dignified . Seated on the couch , sweetmeats , coffee , and a pipe , are presented to him ; and these form , in fact , the only articles of entertainment . " " Truly , " said Egeria , " that does not indeed look very ...
... once simple and dignified . Seated on the couch , sweetmeats , coffee , and a pipe , are presented to him ; and these form , in fact , the only articles of entertainment . " " Truly , " said Egeria , " that does not indeed look very ...
Page 38
... once on our arrival , with the peculiar airs of their several chiefs ; the horns flourished their defiances , with the beating of innumerable drums and metal instruments , and then yielding for a while to the soft breathings of their ...
... once on our arrival , with the peculiar airs of their several chiefs ; the horns flourished their defiances , with the beating of innumerable drums and metal instruments , and then yielding for a while to the soft breathings of their ...
Page 48
... Once every night I'll dew thy funeral hearse With my religious tears . O blessed father of a cursed son ! Thou diedst most happy , since thou livedst not To see thy son most wretched , and thy wife Pursued by him that seeks my guiltless ...
... Once every night I'll dew thy funeral hearse With my religious tears . O blessed father of a cursed son ! Thou diedst most happy , since thou livedst not To see thy son most wretched , and thy wife Pursued by him that seeks my guiltless ...
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ancient appear Bachelor beauty Benedict breath caboceer called cataract Catiline CHAP character church Demonax Devil Don Quixote Dr Johnson dreadful Duke of Burgundy earth EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE effect English equal eyes fall FAUST feel fire friends genius Gil Blas give gold Greek hand hath hear heard heart heaven holy honour human Hyder Ali imagination Ioannina Jaffa king less live look Lord magnificent manner MARGARET ment Mephistopheles merits mind morning nature never night o'er object observed Odoacer opinion ornaments palaces passages peculiar perhaps persons pleasure poet poetical poetry possess principles racter replied the Nymph respect Roman round scarcely scene sentiments Shirley Sibylline books side song Sotheby's soul spirit steam stood style sweet taste thee thing thou thought tion Tom Jones truth Warburton whole