The Little Female Orators, Or Nine Evenings Entertainment, with ObservationsT. Carnan, 1778 - 106 էջ |
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... laft Agonies , and qualify them for the Pleafures of that happy Place . My Heart melted away in fecret Raptures . I had been often told , that the Rock before me was the Haunt of a Genius , and that fe- veral had been entertained with ...
... laft Agonies , and qualify them for the Pleafures of that happy Place . My Heart melted away in fecret Raptures . I had been often told , that the Rock before me was the Haunt of a Genius , and that fe- veral had been entertained with ...
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... NIGHT . HE little Affembly were fo taken up with their various Opinions on their laft Night's Entertainment , that , when they met met this Evening to their great Confterna tion , they Nine Evenings Entertainment . 55.
... NIGHT . HE little Affembly were fo taken up with their various Opinions on their laft Night's Entertainment , that , when they met met this Evening to their great Confterna tion , they Nine Evenings Entertainment . 55.
Էջ 56
... laft to ap- peal to a higher power ; accordingly their Governefs pitched on Mifs Deborah Mindful , who , without the leaft Hefitation , obeying her Governefs , rofe up , and thus addressed herfelf to the Affembly . My dear little ...
... laft to ap- peal to a higher power ; accordingly their Governefs pitched on Mifs Deborah Mindful , who , without the leaft Hefitation , obeying her Governefs , rofe up , and thus addressed herfelf to the Affembly . My dear little ...
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... laft Meeting . Their Colours failed at each other's Appearance , flushed with Pleasure at the Report of a Difadvantage , and their Coun- tenances withered upon Inftances of Applaufe . The Decencies , to which Women are obliged , made ...
... laft Meeting . Their Colours failed at each other's Appearance , flushed with Pleasure at the Report of a Difadvantage , and their Coun- tenances withered upon Inftances of Applaufe . The Decencies , to which Women are obliged , made ...
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... laft fucceeded in her Design , and was taken to Wife by a Gentleman , whose Estate was contiguous to that of her Enemy's Hufband . It would be endless to enumerate the many Occafions on which these irrecon- ciliable Beauties laboured to ...
... laft fucceeded in her Design , and was taken to Wife by a Gentleman , whose Estate was contiguous to that of her Enemy's Hufband . It would be endless to enumerate the many Occafions on which these irrecon- ciliable Beauties laboured to ...
Common terms and phrases
addreffed againſt amufe Amuſe anſwered Aouge Arietta arife Barbadoes Beauty Bofom Bramintes Brother Brunetta Cenfure cife confiderable Courſe Court delightful Difcourfe diſcover Diſtance Diverfions Drefs Entertainment Exercife exquifite Eyes faid Fairy fame feemed fenfible feven feveral fhall fhew fhould fion Follies fome fomething foon fooner ftill ftood fuch fure furprized give Governefs Grace greateſt Happineſs happy herſelf himſelf Inkle Iſland itſelf juft King laft laſt lefs liftened Lion little Females little Pupils little Schoolfellows Lofs look Mafter Marraton Midſt Mifery Mifs Mind moft moſt muſt myſelf Night Number Obfervation Occafion Paffage paffed Paffions Perfon Phillis pleafing pleaſe Pleaſure pofe poffible prefent Price Six-Pence Purſuit Quoutbeddin raiſed reft Ring Rofimond Senfe ſhall ſhe Souls ſpeak thefe themſelves theſe Thing thofe thoſe thou feeft Thoughts thouſand tion told uſeful utmoſt Vifit waſhed Weft whilft whofe whole Affembly Yaratilda young Ladies young Prince
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Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.