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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... object of humiliation than triumph . But , were you difpofed to felect , from the diverfified works of nature , any specimen of her wonderful variety and irregu- larity , could you fix on any thing fo proper to difplay that irregularity ...
... object of humiliation than triumph . But , were you difpofed to felect , from the diverfified works of nature , any specimen of her wonderful variety and irregu- larity , could you fix on any thing fo proper to difplay that irregularity ...
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... objects of their attack . Our British infurrections are , no doubt , marked like others , by fome of the prominent features of rebellion in all countries , devaftation , flames , and un- timely death . But I did not know , how great an ...
... objects of their attack . Our British infurrections are , no doubt , marked like others , by fome of the prominent features of rebellion in all countries , devaftation , flames , and un- timely death . But I did not know , how great an ...
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... object of filent , yet obvious , hate , and one which menaces cap- tivity is welcome . Along the banks of the Maife , as of the Rhine , even though their waves may be almost said , from the alchemy of commerce , to flow with gold , the ...
... object of filent , yet obvious , hate , and one which menaces cap- tivity is welcome . Along the banks of the Maife , as of the Rhine , even though their waves may be almost said , from the alchemy of commerce , to flow with gold , the ...
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... objects go to the heart of our hero . On the contrary , he intimates that there is no way left to pacify his fears on this curious point of delicacy , but the death of this beloved miftrefs . Hereupon the poet makes her obligingly take ...
... objects go to the heart of our hero . On the contrary , he intimates that there is no way left to pacify his fears on this curious point of delicacy , but the death of this beloved miftrefs . Hereupon the poet makes her obligingly take ...
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... objects always fresh and always charming , and a profpect of great abundance . I am fpeak- ing here of the Duchy of Cleves in a circum- ference of its beft poffeffions , a coup d'œil of more than fifty miles ; for , on a clear day ...
... objects always fresh and always charming , and a profpect of great abundance . I am fpeak- ing here of the Duchy of Cleves in a circum- ference of its beft poffeffions , a coup d'œil of more than fifty miles ; for , on a clear day ...
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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