The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations |
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Page 52
... humanity ; society poison'st ; Cozen'st with virtue : with religion Betray'st and massacre'st ; so vile thyself , That thou suspect'st perfection in others : A man must think of all the villanies He knows in all men to decipher thee ...
... humanity ; society poison'st ; Cozen'st with virtue : with religion Betray'st and massacre'st ; so vile thyself , That thou suspect'st perfection in others : A man must think of all the villanies He knows in all men to decipher thee ...
Page 54
... human noblesse shamed ; the mansions Of their cold spirits eaten down with cares , And all their ornaments of wit and valour , Learning and judgment , cut from all their fruits . " “ Lafin , being brought over by the Duke of Sa- voy ...
... human noblesse shamed ; the mansions Of their cold spirits eaten down with cares , And all their ornaments of wit and valour , Learning and judgment , cut from all their fruits . " “ Lafin , being brought over by the Duke of Sa- voy ...
Page 55
... human , Can do the service you may hope on me , In sounding my displeased integrity . Stand for the king , as much in policy As you have stirr'd for him in deeds of arms , And make yourself his glory , and your country's , Till you be ...
... human , Can do the service you may hope on me , In sounding my displeased integrity . Stand for the king , as much in policy As you have stirr'd for him in deeds of arms , And make yourself his glory , and your country's , Till you be ...
Page 66
... human body , believing that angels cannot enter the house where these are . The pilgrim- age to Mecca is well known ; they believe that it cures all former transgressions , and hold that a man should set about it as soon as his means ...
... human body , believing that angels cannot enter the house where these are . The pilgrim- age to Mecca is well known ; they believe that it cures all former transgressions , and hold that a man should set about it as soon as his means ...
Page 70
... human mind shrinks from contemplation , and cowers in its own imbecility ; it re- poses in the belief of predestination , which enables us to bear up against every misery , and solves those awful doubts which are scarcely less tolerable ...
... human mind shrinks from contemplation , and cowers in its own imbecility ; it re- poses in the belief of predestination , which enables us to bear up against every misery , and solves those awful doubts which are scarcely less tolerable ...
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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