The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations |
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Page 105
... tell me by whom it was written . " " Some other time I may , " replied Benedict , - " when the proper occasion arises ; meanwhile , have you found any thing else that pleases you ? " " O they all please me , " said Egeria briskly ...
... tell me by whom it was written . " " Some other time I may , " replied Benedict , - " when the proper occasion arises ; meanwhile , have you found any thing else that pleases you ? " " O they all please me , " said Egeria briskly ...
Page 108
... tell me by whom these papers were written , and how it happened that so many really charming things have never been published ? ” " Whether any of these poems have ever been published , " replied the Bachelor , " I do not certainly know ...
... tell me by whom these papers were written , and how it happened that so many really charming things have never been published ? ” " Whether any of these poems have ever been published , " replied the Bachelor , " I do not certainly know ...
Page 109
... tell where the valiant have died , And the spoiler of nations stood check'd in his pride ; Once more shall your echoes redouble from far The sound of pursuit , and the triumph of war . " But , " continued the nymph , " it is in the ...
... tell where the valiant have died , And the spoiler of nations stood check'd in his pride ; Once more shall your echoes redouble from far The sound of pursuit , and the triumph of war . " But , " continued the nymph , " it is in the ...
Page 117
... telling the Dane how to surprise the prince , who , he said , believed himself to be under the protection of a friend , ( shame to manhood , to dare to confess that he could betray such a confidence ! ) he proposed taking a wider ...
... telling the Dane how to surprise the prince , who , he said , believed himself to be under the protection of a friend , ( shame to manhood , to dare to confess that he could betray such a confidence ! ) he proposed taking a wider ...
Page 138
... tell me what that vain fellow Adrian meant , by erecting yonder sumptu- ous heap of stones to that something to which we have given the name of Jupiter ? Piety it was not ; for he as little regarded Jupiter as I do the Bull of Memphis ...
... tell me what that vain fellow Adrian meant , by erecting yonder sumptu- ous heap of stones to that something to which we have given the name of Jupiter ? Piety it was not ; for he as little regarded Jupiter as I do the Bull of Memphis ...
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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