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... She ❝is exquifitely handsome . " Another defired to know " when I had been laft at Hampton- court ? " I replied , " It will be on Tuesday come fe'nnight . " . Pr'ythee allow me at least to kifs your hand before that day § , that my ...
... She ❝is exquifitely handsome . " Another defired to know " when I had been laft at Hampton- court ? " I replied , " It will be on Tuesday come fe'nnight . " . Pr'ythee allow me at least to kifs your hand before that day § , that my ...
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... she had a letter from you of 22d instant , wherein you gave her the highest marks of your affection , and anxiety for her welfare , in relation The main profpect on these occafions is that of fortune ; therefore I fhall very candidly ...
... she had a letter from you of 22d instant , wherein you gave her the highest marks of your affection , and anxiety for her welfare , in relation The main profpect on these occafions is that of fortune ; therefore I fhall very candidly ...
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... she could not have married more advanta- geoufly with regard to her mother , who shall always find me her most obedient son , and most humble fervant , RICH . STEELE . Your daughter gives her duty to you . LETTER XXXV . To Mrs. SCURLOCK ...
... she could not have married more advanta- geoufly with regard to her mother , who shall always find me her most obedient son , and most humble fervant , RICH . STEELE . Your daughter gives her duty to you . LETTER XXXV . To Mrs. SCURLOCK ...
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... She tells me there is , at the fame time , a meffage fent her , that my hand is required for the payment of fome money in the country . I accordingly inclofe fuch a direction , and , in any thing that it may be ne- ceffary to have my ...
... She tells me there is , at the fame time , a meffage fent her , that my hand is required for the payment of fome money in the country . I accordingly inclofe fuch a direction , and , in any thing that it may be ne- ceffary to have my ...
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... She gives her duty . LETTER XLI . To Mrs. SCURLOCK + . HONOURED MADAM , IAA Nov. 13 , 1707 . AM very glad to hear , by uncle Scurlock's laft letters , that you have taken - in your horfes in order to your journey . Since my laft to you ...
... She gives her duty . LETTER XLI . To Mrs. SCURLOCK + . HONOURED MADAM , IAA Nov. 13 , 1707 . AM very glad to hear , by uncle Scurlock's laft letters , that you have taken - in your horfes in order to your journey . Since my laft to you ...
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Сторінка 342 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, oh, quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying : Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature ! cease thy strife, And let me languish into life ! Hark, they whisper ; angels say,
Сторінка 333 - ... an advantage not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much...
Сторінка 7 - ... as yours is, our days will pass away with joy; and old age, instead of introducing melancholy prospects of decay, give us hope of eternal youth in a better life. I have but few minutes from the duty of my employment to write in, and without time to read over what I have writ; therefore beseech you to pardon the first hints of my mind, which I have expressed in so little order. ' I am, dearest creature, your most obedient, ' Most devoted servant,' ' The two next were written after the day for...
Сторінка 421 - Tisdall fellow, that he never minds it. So what care I for his wit ? for he is the worst company in the world, till he has a bottle of wine in his head.
Сторінка 333 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I begin, where...
Сторінка 343 - I. Vital fpark of heav'nly fl.ame ! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame; Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, Oh the pain, the blifs of dying ! Ceafe, fond Nature, ceafe thy ftrife, And let me languifh into life. II. Hark ! they whifper ; Angels fay, Sifter Spirit, come away...
Сторінка 343 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Сторінка 461 - ... William, it being the 4th November, as to drink his friend Addison up to conversation pitch, whose phlegmatic constitution was hardly warmed for society by that time. Steele was not fit for it. Two remarkable circumstances happened. John Sly, the hatter of facetious memory, was in the house; and...
Сторінка 14 - I am attending about business. There is a dirty crowd of busy faces all around me, talking of money ; while all my ambition, all my wealth is love ! Love which animates my heart, sweetens my humour, enlarges my soul, and affects every action of my life.
Сторінка 94 - King's accession to the throne : and at his death bequeathed a certain sum of money, the interest of which was to be appropriated annually, for ever, to the purchase of a like coat and badge, to be rowed for in honour of the day...