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... feelings it could not explain . " Yet oh ! if indeed I've offended the maid , If Delia my humble monition refuse , Sweet willow , the next time she visits thy shade , Fan gently her bosom , and plead its excuse . And thou , stony grot ...
... feelings it could not explain . " Yet oh ! if indeed I've offended the maid , If Delia my humble monition refuse , Sweet willow , the next time she visits thy shade , Fan gently her bosom , and plead its excuse . And thou , stony grot ...
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... feelings of Charles on finding that his younger brother , whom even the girls did not know to be a lover of Miss Linley , had carried off the prize , may be imagined . But the occasion of the elopement , the designing villain of the ...
... feelings of Charles on finding that his younger brother , whom even the girls did not know to be a lover of Miss Linley , had carried off the prize , may be imagined . But the occasion of the elopement , the designing villain of the ...
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... feelings . Altogether the attitude of the group is very instructive in view of the changes of public opinion on this point . The most arbitrary husband nowadays would think it expedi- ent at least to associate his wife's name with his ...
... feelings . Altogether the attitude of the group is very instructive in view of the changes of public opinion on this point . The most arbitrary husband nowadays would think it expedi- ent at least to associate his wife's name with his ...
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... feeling . The Rivals - to the ordinary spectator who , looking on with uncritical pleasure at the progress of that episode of mimic life , in which everybody's remarks are full of such a quintessence of wit as only a very few remarkable ...
... feeling . The Rivals - to the ordinary spectator who , looking on with uncritical pleasure at the progress of that episode of mimic life , in which everybody's remarks are full of such a quintessence of wit as only a very few remarkable ...
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... feeling his valour ooze out at his finger - ends , and the fire - eating Sir Lucius promises , to console him , that he shall be pickled and sent home to rest with his fathers , if not content with the snug lying in the abbey . The two ...
... feeling his valour ooze out at his finger - ends , and the fire - eating Sir Lucius promises , to console him , that he shall be pickled and sent home to rest with his fathers , if not content with the snug lying in the abbey . The two ...
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Página 131 - The popular harangue, the tart reply, The logic, and the wisdom, and the wit, And the loud laugh— I long to know them all ; I burn to set the imprisoned wranglers free, And give them voice and utterance once again.
Página 202 - MOTLEY'S DUTCH REPUBLIC. The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL With a Portrait of William of Orange.
Página 138 - His sparkling and highly finished declamation lasted two days; but the Hall was crowded to suffocation during the whole time. It was said that fifty guineas had been paid for a single ticket. Sheridan...
Página 134 - But neither the culprit nor his advocates attracted so much notice as the accusers. In the midst of the blaze of red drapery, a space had been fitted up with green benches and tables for the Commons. The managers, with Burke at their head, appeared in full dress.
Página 89 - Thus at our friends we laugh, who feel the dart ; To reach our feelings, we ourselves must smart. Is our young bard so young, to think that he Can stop the full spring-tide of calumny? Knows he the world so little, and its trade? Alas ! the devil's sooner raised than laid.
Página 162 - They boast they come but to improve our state, enlarge our thoughts, and free us from the yoke of error ! Yes: they will give enlightened freedom to our minds, who are themselves the slaves of passion, avarice, and pride. They offer us their protection. Yes, such protection as vultures give to lambs — covering and devouring them...
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Página 77 - Tis very true. She generally designs well, has a free tongue and a bold invention ; but her colouring is too dark, and her outlines often extravagant. She wants that delicacy of tint, and mellowness of sneer, which distinguishes your ladyship's scandal.
Página 32 - Ask'st thou how long my love will stay, When all that's new is past? How long, ah Delia, can I say How long my life will last? Dry be that tear, be hush'd that sigh, At least I'll love thee till I die: Hush'd be that sigh.