The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. : In Two VolumesHarrison and Company, 1780 - 90 pages |
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... happy friends about us ; for this remark will hold good through life , that the poorer the guest , the better pleased he ever is with being treated ; and as fome men gaze with admiration at the colours of a tulip , or the wing of a ...
... happy friends about us ; for this remark will hold good through life , that the poorer the guest , the better pleased he ever is with being treated ; and as fome men gaze with admiration at the colours of a tulip , or the wing of a ...
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... happy few . Some of my friends called this my weak fide ; but alas ! they had not like me made it the fubject of long contemplation . The more I reflected upon it , the more im- portant it appeared . I even went a step beyond Whifton in ...
... happy few . Some of my friends called this my weak fide ; but alas ! they had not like me made it the fubject of long contemplation . The more I reflected upon it , the more im- portant it appeared . I even went a step beyond Whifton in ...
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... happy . The poor live pleafantly with- out our help , why then fhould not we learn to live without theirs ! No , my children , let us from this moment give up all pretenfions to gentility ; we have ftill enough left for happiness if we ...
... happy . The poor live pleafantly with- out our help , why then fhould not we learn to live without theirs ! No , my children , let us from this moment give up all pretenfions to gentility ; we have ftill enough left for happiness if we ...
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... happy . CHA P. IV . A PROOF THAT EVEN THE HUM- BLEST FORTUNE MAY GRANT HAPPINESS , WHICH DEPENDS NOT ON CIRCUMSTANCE , BUT CON- STITUTION . TH HE place of our retreat was in a little neighbourhood , confifting of farmers , who tilled ...
... happy . CHA P. IV . A PROOF THAT EVEN THE HUM- BLEST FORTUNE MAY GRANT HAPPINESS , WHICH DEPENDS NOT ON CIRCUMSTANCE , BUT CON- STITUTION . TH HE place of our retreat was in a little neighbourhood , confifting of farmers , who tilled ...
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... happy , infifted upon her land- lord's ftepping in , and tafting a glais of her goofeberry . The whole family feemed earnest to pleafe him my girls attempted to entertain him with topicks theythoughtmoft modern ; while Mofes , on the ...
... happy , infifted upon her land- lord's ftepping in , and tafting a glais of her goofeberry . The whole family feemed earnest to pleafe him my girls attempted to entertain him with topicks theythoughtmoft modern ; while Mofes , on the ...
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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.