The Vicar of Wakefield: A TaleB. B. Hopkins, and Company, 1807 - 302 pages |
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... going , my boy , " cried I , " to London on foot , in the manner Hooker , your great ancestor , travelled there before you . Take from me the same horse that was given him by the good bishop Jewel , this staff , -and take this book too ...
... going , my boy , " cried I , " to London on foot , in the manner Hooker , your great ancestor , travelled there before you . Take from me the same horse that was given him by the good bishop Jewel , this staff , -and take this book too ...
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... going to remove . " This , " cried he , " happens still more lucky than I hoped for ; as I am going the same way myself , having been detained here two days by the floods , which I hope , by to morrow , will be found passable . " I ...
... going to remove . " This , " cried he , " happens still more lucky than I hoped for ; as I am going the same way myself , having been detained here two days by the floods , which I hope , by to morrow , will be found passable . " I ...
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... going to observe : in short , sir , he resolved to respect himself , and laid down a plan of restoring his falling fortune . For this purpose , in his own whimsical manner , he travelled through Europe on foot , and now , though he has ...
... going to observe : in short , sir , he resolved to respect himself , and laid down a plan of restoring his falling fortune . For this purpose , in his own whimsical manner , he travelled through Europe on foot , and now , though he has ...
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... going to a different part of the country , he took leave , and we pur- sued our journey ; my wife observing , as we went , that she liked him extremely , and protesting , that , if he had birth and fortune to entitle him to match into ...
... going to a different part of the country , he took leave , and we pur- sued our journey ; my wife observing , as we went , that she liked him extremely , and protesting , that , if he had birth and fortune to entitle him to match into ...
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... going to salute my daugh- ters , as one certain of a kind reception ; but they had early learnt the lesson of looking presumption out of countenance . Upon which he let us know , that his name was Thornhill , and that he was owner of ...
... going to salute my daugh- ters , as one certain of a kind reception ; but they had early learnt the lesson of looking presumption out of countenance . Upon which he let us know , that his name was Thornhill , and that he was owner of ...
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Page 58 - No flocks, that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn ; Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : " But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. " Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earthborn cares are wrong : Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 63 - But mine the sorrow, mine the fault. And well my life shall pay ; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay. " And there, forlorn, despairing, hid. Til lay me down and die ; Twas so for me that Edwin did. And so for him will I.
Page 57 - Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. " Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
Page 61 - But let a maid thy pity share, Whom love has taught to stray ; Who seeks for rest, but finds despair Companion of her way.
Page 94 - you are wrong : he should not have known them at all." " Marry, hang the idiot !" returned she, " to bring me such stuff! if I had them, I would throw them in the fire." " There again you are wrong, my dear...
Page 213 - WHEN lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Page 134 - And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man.
Page 8 - As we lived near the road, we often had the traveller or stranger visit us to taste our gooseberry wine, for which we had great reputation; and I profess, with the veracity of an historian, that I never knew one of them find fault with it.
Page 10 - Germany, while other courtiers came with their treasures, brought his thirty-two childreni and presented them to his sovereign, as the most valuable offering he had to bestow. In this manner, though I had but six, I considered them as a very valuable present made to my country, and, consequently, looked upon it as my debtor.
Page 123 - Venus, and the painter was desired not to be too frugal of his diamonds in her stomacher and hair. Her two little ones were to be as Cupids by her side, while I, in my gown and band, was to present her with my books on the Whistonian controversy.