The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. : In Two VolumesHarrison and Company, 1780 - 90 pages |
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... give her a large fortune : but fortune was her smallest accomplishment . Mifs Arabella Wil- mot was allowed by all ( except my two daughters ) to be compleatly pretty . Her youth , health , and innocence , were ftill heightened by a ...
... give her a large fortune : but fortune was her smallest accomplishment . Mifs Arabella Wil- mot was allowed by all ( except my two daughters ) to be compleatly pretty . Her youth , health , and innocence , were ftill heightened by a ...
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... give up the dispute , at least till my fon's wedding was over . ' How , ' cried I , relinquish the cause of truth , and let him be an husband , already driven to the very verge of abfurdity . • You might as well advise me to give up my ...
... give up the dispute , at least till my fon's wedding was over . ' How , ' cried I , relinquish the cause of truth , and let him be an husband , already driven to the very verge of abfurdity . • You might as well advise me to give up my ...
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... give up those splendours with which numbers are wretched , and feek in humbler circumstances that peace with which all may be happy . The poor live pleafantly with- out our help , why then fhould not we learn to live without theirs ! No ...
... give up those splendours with which numbers are wretched , and feek in humbler circumstances that peace with which all may be happy . The poor live pleafantly with- out our help , why then fhould not we learn to live without theirs ! No ...
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... gives pain : what fome have thus fuffered in their perfons , this gentleman felt in his mind . The flightest diftrefs , whether real or fic- titious , touched him to the quick , and his foul laboured under a fickly fen- 6 ( 6 ...
... gives pain : what fome have thus fuffered in their perfons , this gentleman felt in his mind . The flightest diftrefs , whether real or fic- titious , touched him to the quick , and his foul laboured under a fickly fen- 6 ( 6 ...
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... give any man pain by a denial . By this he drew round him crowds of dependants whom he was fure to difappoint ; yet wifhed to re- lieve . These hung upon him for a time , and left him with merited re- proaches and contempt . But in pro ...
... give any man pain by a denial . By this he drew round him crowds of dependants whom he was fure to difappoint ; yet wifhed to re- lieve . These hung upon him for a time , and left him with merited re- proaches and contempt . But in pro ...
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Page 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.
Page 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?
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.