The Weekly entertainer; or agreeable and instructive repository. [Continued as] The Weekly entertainer; and west of England miscellany, Հատորներ 3-4 |
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When I fee the humble cot whofe walls are reared with chalk or flint , I think , in comparison to the former , that fortune has been bountiful in placing the poffeffors on a foil where nature thus kindly adminifters to their wants .
When I fee the humble cot whofe walls are reared with chalk or flint , I think , in comparison to the former , that fortune has been bountiful in placing the poffeffors on a foil where nature thus kindly adminifters to their wants .
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The exceffive facility of his nature made him the dupe of the shalloweft artifice ; and while he was weakly ... His natural levity was prompted by his proneness to intemperance ; and he was as much a ftranger to decorum as to virtue .
The exceffive facility of his nature made him the dupe of the shalloweft artifice ; and while he was weakly ... His natural levity was prompted by his proneness to intemperance ; and he was as much a ftranger to decorum as to virtue .
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Strange creature , fure ! my nature's fuch , I pleafe too little , or too much . I vifit every land and clime , But never pafs the bounds of time ; For though the church I oft attend , And am the faint's molt conftant friend , And do ...
Strange creature , fure ! my nature's fuch , I pleafe too little , or too much . I vifit every land and clime , But never pafs the bounds of time ; For though the church I oft attend , And am the faint's molt conftant friend , And do ...
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No more fhall art thy dext'rous hand require To break the fleep of elemental fire ; To roufe the powers that actuate nature's frame , The momentaneous fhock , th ' electric flame ; The flame which first , weak pupil of ...
No more fhall art thy dext'rous hand require To break the fleep of elemental fire ; To roufe the powers that actuate nature's frame , The momentaneous fhock , th ' electric flame ; The flame which first , weak pupil of ...
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If it was not impoffible to miftake the object , you would rather fuppofe it the image of fome fhocking monster of nature , or rather , of imagination , fuch as Gog and Magog , at the Guildhall of London . As this was the first object I ...
If it was not impoffible to miftake the object , you would rather fuppofe it the image of fome fhocking monster of nature , or rather , of imagination , fuch as Gog and Magog , at the Guildhall of London . As this was the first object I ...
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Էջ 198 - Puss was tamed by gentle usage ; Tiney was not to be tamed at all ; and Bess had a courage and confidence that made him tame from the beginning.
Էջ 412 - The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they? With the years beyond the flood.
Էջ 318 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Էջ 220 - The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, Of the City of London...
Էջ 359 - Then ventured to give him some sober advice — But Tom is a person of honour so nice, Too wise to take counsel, too proud to take warning, That he sent to all three...
Էջ 329 - ... he knew, that by delaying his return to a warmer climate, he was giving up the only chance that remained for his recovery, yet, careful and jealous to the last degree that a regard to his own situation should never bias his judgment to the prejudice of the service, he persevered in the search of a passage till it was the opinion of every officer in both ships that it was impracticable, and that any farther attempts would not only be fruitless but dangerous.
Էջ 155 - But, if it was true, the belief that it was so, and the consequent impatience to be married, is the most effectual way to prevent it. You must not think from this, that I do not wish you to marry. On the contrary...
Էջ 250 - SomeSometimes, indeed, there is a fort of whim or affectation of fingularity, in the manner of conferring her favours, that looks as if the defire of being fpoken of, fully as much as the defire of doing good, was the fountain from which they flow. For example — A young officer, who attended the court* fell in love, as was natural, with a young lady.
Էջ 416 - This instrument is called naffa; and with the chink turned toward them, they sit and beat strongly upon it with two cylindrical pieces of hard wood about a foot long, and as thick as the wrist ; by which means they produce a rude, though loud and powerful sound. They vary the strength and rate of their beating at different parts of the dance ; and also change the tones by beating in the middle, or near the end of their drum. The first dance...
Էջ 240 - The heart that melts for others' woe, Shall then scarce feel its own. The wounds which now each moment bleed, Each moment then shall close; And tranquil days shall still succeed To nights of calm repose.