Gleanings Through Wales, Holland and Westphalia: With Views of Peace and War at Home and Abroad. To which is Added Humanity; Or, The Rights of Nature, 3. köideT.N. Longman and L.B. Seeley, 1795 |
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... heart at length confiders as a penitent friend , I am fo far from being guarded , that to ufe the words of one of our old poets , " I lay my fleeping life within his arms . " Thus it was with the feveral inhabitants of Holland . They ...
... heart at length confiders as a penitent friend , I am fo far from being guarded , that to ufe the words of one of our old poets , " I lay my fleeping life within his arms . " Thus it was with the feveral inhabitants of Holland . They ...
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... heart of the bridegroom , who had juft power to gain the apartment of his bride , who was then dancing with one of her husband's friends . Scarcely could he exclaim that he C VOL . III . was was murdered , ere he funk down and expired ...
... heart of the bridegroom , who had juft power to gain the apartment of his bride , who was then dancing with one of her husband's friends . Scarcely could he exclaim that he C VOL . III . was was murdered , ere he funk down and expired ...
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... heart . How many towns , villages , and all that they inherit , have I feen blooming on the one day with beauty , wealth , content , and happy countenances , de- fpoiled , deformed , impoverished , and deluged in tears and in blood ...
... heart . How many towns , villages , and all that they inherit , have I feen blooming on the one day with beauty , wealth , content , and happy countenances , de- fpoiled , deformed , impoverished , and deluged in tears and in blood ...
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... heart . Defcending by degrees , in a ftep that re- ceded in proportion as the enemy advanced , I found myself almost imperceptibly once more in Holland , whofe armies , ftill freezing upon the banks of the Maife and Lower Rhine , muft ...
... heart . Defcending by degrees , in a ftep that re- ceded in proportion as the enemy advanced , I found myself almost imperceptibly once more in Holland , whofe armies , ftill freezing upon the banks of the Maife and Lower Rhine , muft ...
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... heart . In the character of an historical Gleaner I fhall , ere long , be called upon to afflict the reader , and my friend , yet more ; the moft terrifying truths are to be told ; truths , over which I have wept and fhuddered ; but ...
... heart . In the character of an historical Gleaner I fhall , ere long , be called upon to afflict the reader , and my friend , yet more ; the moft terrifying truths are to be told ; truths , over which I have wept and fhuddered ; but ...
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affiftance affure alfo almoſt amongſt beautiful becauſe beſt blood bofom Boxmeer breaft Chriftian Cleves courſe cuftom curiofity Duchy of Cleves Dutch English eyes facred faid falutation fame fave fcarce fcene feel feem feen fettled feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fifters fighs fince fire firft firſt fituation flave fome fometimes foon foul fpirit ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fuppofe fure German Gleaner Gleaning Guelderland hand happineſs heart herſelf himſelf Holland honour houfe houſe human inftance itſelf juft juſt laft leaſt lefs LETTER liberty lover mafter meaſure miſtreſs moft morgen moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary Nimeguen obferve occafion paffed paffion penult perfons pleaſure prefent Pruffian reafon refidence reft Rhine rife ſcene ſhall ſhe Stadtholder ſtate ſtill thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſands tion town uſe vifit Weft Weftphalia whofe wiſh