Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments; Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, Volumen1author, 1794 - 1078 páginas |
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... perfon whatfoever . He ordered Fleming , ( a fervant of the Earl of Wig- ton ) who was in his fervice , and of whofe fidelity he neither then nor ever after did doubt , fecretly to provide a couple of good horfes , and have them ready ...
... perfon whatfoever . He ordered Fleming , ( a fervant of the Earl of Wig- ton ) who was in his fervice , and of whofe fidelity he neither then nor ever after did doubt , fecretly to provide a couple of good horfes , and have them ready ...
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... an hour ) was no fooner returned to the King , ( finding him in the room . where he had left him , and where he had been ftill alone ) than an unknown perfon came and afked 1 afked of the landlord , if two Frenchmen had ( 2 )
... an hour ) was no fooner returned to the King , ( finding him in the room . where he had left him , and where he had been ftill alone ) than an unknown perfon came and afked 1 afked of the landlord , if two Frenchmen had ( 2 )
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... perfon.- Fleming oppofed it ; but the King being pofitive , the person was introduced , being an old reverend- like man , with a long beard and ordinary grey cloaths ; who looking and fpeaking to the perfon of the King , told him he was ...
... perfon.- Fleming oppofed it ; but the King being pofitive , the person was introduced , being an old reverend- like man , with a long beard and ordinary grey cloaths ; who looking and fpeaking to the perfon of the King , told him he was ...
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... perfon with the fecret . He then propofed that his Ma- jefty would immediately mount his horfes , and make all the difpatch imaginable out of the States ' territories : that he himfelf would return home , and , under pretence of ...
... perfon with the fecret . He then propofed that his Ma- jefty would immediately mount his horfes , and make all the difpatch imaginable out of the States ' territories : that he himfelf would return home , and , under pretence of ...
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... perfon knew of his de- fign till he was on horfeback , and that he could not think Fleming went and difcovered him to Downing . Befides , he fo foon returned from his fifter , he could not have time , Downing having come much about the ...
... perfon knew of his de- fign till he was on horfeback , and that he could not think Fleming went and difcovered him to Downing . Befides , he fo foon returned from his fifter , he could not have time , Downing having come much about the ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 48 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
Página 8 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Página 190 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Página 190 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way...
Página 189 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.
Página 59 - I shall not determine ; but I think it is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards, with no other conversation but what is made up of a few game phrases, and no other ideas but those of black or red spots ranged together in different figures.
Página 8 - With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Página 25 - ... than the care of the pilot, whom it was always in our power to choose among great numbers that offered their direction and assistance.
Página 8 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...
Página 45 - Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know ? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, "Tis ours to trace him only in our own.