The Little Female Orators, Or Nine Evenings Entertainment, with ObservationsT. Carnan, 1778 - 106 стор. |
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... speak to a Gentleman . This Paffage ( which made fuch an Impref- fion on my Mind , that , I believe , I never fhall forget it ) looks as if Mahomet had been poffeffed of the fame Notion I have been fpeaking of . It is there faid , that ...
... speak to a Gentleman . This Paffage ( which made fuch an Impref- fion on my Mind , that , I believe , I never fhall forget it ) looks as if Mahomet had been poffeffed of the fame Notion I have been fpeaking of . It is there faid , that ...
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... speak from Experience , how dif- terent is the View of past Life , in the Wo- man , who is grown old in Knowledge and Wisdom , from that of her , who is grown old in Ignorance and Folly ! The latter is like the Owner of a barren Country ...
... speak from Experience , how dif- terent is the View of past Life , in the Wo- man , who is grown old in Knowledge and Wisdom , from that of her , who is grown old in Ignorance and Folly ! The latter is like the Owner of a barren Country ...
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... speaking of them in their Abfence , the Words in which you defcribed the one , muft give you an Idea of the other . See , my little Schoolfellows , their Pictures , and judge for yourfelves . They were hardly diftinguishable , you would ...
... speaking of them in their Abfence , the Words in which you defcribed the one , muft give you an Idea of the other . See , my little Schoolfellows , their Pictures , and judge for yourfelves . They were hardly diftinguishable , you would ...
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... speak , and immediately folded his fon , whom he thought dead , within his Arms . The Queen felt the Shock of Joy no lefs than the King , and there were public Rejoicings throughout the Kingdom . Rofimond , who now paffed for a Prince ...
... speak , and immediately folded his fon , whom he thought dead , within his Arms . The Queen felt the Shock of Joy no lefs than the King , and there were public Rejoicings throughout the Kingdom . Rofimond , who now paffed for a Prince ...
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... speak to him , that he may upbraid you with your ungenerous Treatment . Bramintes , trembling , fell pro- ftrate at his Feet , and pleaded guilty Your Confeffion is to no Purpose , faid Rofimond , you shall speak to your Brother , and ...
... speak to him , that he may upbraid you with your ungenerous Treatment . Bramintes , trembling , fell pro- ftrate at his Feet , and pleaded guilty Your Confeffion is to no Purpose , faid Rofimond , you shall speak to your Brother , and ...
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Сторінка 31 - Upon looking up, What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.
Сторінка 31 - ... on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 'The Genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. Take thine eyes off the bridge...
Сторінка 32 - I here fetched a deep sigh; Alas, said I, man was made in vain! How is he given away to misery and mortality! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death! The Genius, being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect; Look no more...
Сторінка 30 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Сторінка 33 - I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Сторінка 27 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and' qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Сторінка 32 - Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.
Сторінка 31 - What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches. These, said the Genius, are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life.
Сторінка 27 - I had been often told that the rock before me was the haunt of a genius and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible...
Сторінка 1 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot Folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.