The Little Female Orators, Or Nine Evenings Entertainment, with ObservationsT. Carnan, 1778 - 106 стор. |
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... lay concealed in the Bridge , which the Paffengers no fooner trod upon , but they fell through them into the Tide , and immediately C 3 difap- disappeared . These hidden Pit - Falls were fet very Nine Evening's Entertainment . 29.
... lay concealed in the Bridge , which the Paffengers no fooner trod upon , but they fell through them into the Tide , and immediately C 3 difap- disappeared . These hidden Pit - Falls were fet very Nine Evening's Entertainment . 29.
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disappeared . These hidden Pit - Falls were fet very thick at the Entrance of the Bridge , fo that Throngs of People no fooner broke through the Cloud , but many of them fell into them . They grew thinner towards the Middle , but ...
disappeared . These hidden Pit - Falls were fet very thick at the Entrance of the Bridge , fo that Throngs of People no fooner broke through the Cloud , but many of them fell into them . They grew thinner towards the Middle , but ...
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... These are the Manfions of good Men after Death , who , according to the Degrees and Kinds of Virtue in which they excelled , are diftributed among these several Lislands , which abound abound with Pleafures of different Kinds and ...
... These are the Manfions of good Men after Death , who , according to the Degrees and Kinds of Virtue in which they excelled , are diftributed among these several Lislands , which abound abound with Pleafures of different Kinds and ...
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... these happy Islands . At length , faid I , fhew me now , I beseech thee , the Secrets that lie hid under thofe dark Clouds , which cover the Ocean on the other Side of the Rock of Ada- mant . The Genius making me no Anfwer , I turned ...
... these happy Islands . At length , faid I , fhew me now , I beseech thee , the Secrets that lie hid under thofe dark Clouds , which cover the Ocean on the other Side of the Rock of Ada- mant . The Genius making me no Anfwer , I turned ...
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... These will afford you folid Employments , of which nothing but Death can rob you . You will then live respected , for a fenfible Woman will always command Refpect ; and , when the Enemy of Mortality fhall call you hence , as you have ...
... These will afford you folid Employments , of which nothing but Death can rob you . You will then live respected , for a fenfible Woman will always command Refpect ; and , when the Enemy of Mortality fhall call you hence , as you have ...
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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.