The Vicar of Wakefield: A TaleB. B. Hopkins, and Company, 1807 - 302 pages |
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... poor . We had no revolu- tions to fear , nor fatigues to undergo . All our adventures were by the fireside ; and all our mi- grations from the blue bed to the brown . As we lived near the road , we often had the traveller or stranger ...
... poor . We had no revolu- tions to fear , nor fatigues to undergo . All our adventures were by the fireside ; and all our mi- grations from the blue bed to the brown . As we lived near the road , we often had the traveller or stranger ...
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... poor dependant out of doors . Thus we lived several years in a state of much happiness ; not but that we sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favours . My orchard was often robbed by ...
... poor dependant out of doors . Thus we lived several years in a state of much happiness ; not but that we sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favours . My orchard was often robbed by ...
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... poor , my fondlings ; and wisdom bids us conform to our humble situation . Let us then , without repining , give up those splendours with which numbers are wretched , and seek , in humbler circumstances , that peace with which all may ...
... poor , my fondlings ; and wisdom bids us conform to our humble situation . Let us then , without repining , give up those splendours with which numbers are wretched , and seek , in humbler circumstances , that peace with which all may ...
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... poor , who followed us for some miles , contributed to increase it . The first day's journey brought us in safety within thirty miles of our future retreat ; and we put up , for the night , at an obscure inn in a village by the way ...
... poor , who followed us for some miles , contributed to increase it . The first day's journey brought us in safety within thirty miles of our future retreat ; and we put up , for the night , at an obscure inn in a village by the way ...
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... poor ; and , though he talked like a man of sense , his actions were those of a fool . Still , however , being surrounded with importunity , and no longer able to satisfy every request that was made him , instead of mo- ney he gave ...
... poor ; and , though he talked like a man of sense , his actions were those of a fool . Still , however , being surrounded with importunity , and no longer able to satisfy every request that was made him , instead of mo- ney he gave ...
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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.