The Vicar of WakefieldJohn van Voorst, 1843 - 306 páginas |
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... pleasure in eccentric virtues . " My attention was so much taken up by Mr. Burchell's account , that I scarcely looked forward as we went along , till we were alarmed by the cries of my family ; when turning , I perceived my youngest ...
... pleasure in eccentric virtues . " My attention was so much taken up by Mr. Burchell's account , that I scarcely looked forward as we went along , till we were alarmed by the cries of my family ; when turning , I perceived my youngest ...
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... pleasure of returning his kindness at her own house . Thus , after we were refreshed at the next inn , and had dined to- gether , as Mr. Burchell was going to a different part of the country , he took leave ; and we pursued our jour ...
... pleasure of returning his kindness at her own house . Thus , after we were refreshed at the next inn , and had dined to- gether , as Mr. Burchell was going to a different part of the country , he took leave ; and we pursued our jour ...
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... pleasure . They kept up the Christmas carol , sent true - love knots on Valentine morning , eat pancakes on Shrove - tide , showed their wit on the first of April , and religiously cracked nuts on Michaelmas - eve . Being apprized of ...
... pleasure . They kept up the Christmas carol , sent true - love knots on Valentine morning , eat pancakes on Shrove - tide , showed their wit on the first of April , and religiously cracked nuts on Michaelmas - eve . Being apprized of ...
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... pleasures : every morning waked us to a repetition of toil ; but the evening repaid it with vacant hilarity . It was about the beginning of autumn , on a holiday , for I kept such as intervals of relaxation from labour , that I had ...
... pleasures : every morning waked us to a repetition of toil ; but the evening repaid it with vacant hilarity . It was about the beginning of autumn , on a holiday , for I kept such as intervals of relaxation from labour , that I had ...
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... pleasure in choosing my mistress by the information of a lamp under the clock at St. Dunstan's . " At this he laughed , and so did we : -the jests of the rich are ever successful . Olivia , too , could not avoid whispering loud enough ...
... pleasure in choosing my mistress by the information of a lamp under the clock at St. Dunstan's . " At this he laughed , and so did we : -the jests of the rich are ever successful . Olivia , too , could not avoid whispering loud enough ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acquainted amusement appearance assured Baronet Berosus BRITISH BIRDS Burchell catgut CHAPTER cheerful child comfort companion Comparative Anatomy continued cried Moses cried my wife daugh daughter dear distress EDWARD NEWMAN eldest favour Flamborough fortune friendship gave gentleman girls give going guilt happy heart Heaven honest honour hope horse interrupted Jenkinson knew letter List of Birds Livy look Madam Manetho manner marriage married ment miseries Miss Wilmot morning mother neighbour never night observed Ocellus Lucanus OLIVER GOLDSMITH Olivia once pain papa passion perceived perfectly pipe and tabor pleased pleasure poor post-chaise postilion pounds present prison promise rapture received replied resolved rest returned scarcely seemed Sir William Thornhill sister soon Sophia stranger sure tell thee things Thornhill's thou tion town turn virtue WILLIAM YARRELL wretched young lady
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Página 210 - 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.
Página 52 - 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.
Página 54 - Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling and decay; And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Página 53 - Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Página 129 - Good people all of every sort, Give ear unto my song, And if you find it wondrous short It cannot hold you long. In Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, 5 To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes.
Página 56 - 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, I'll lay me down and die; Twas so for me that Edwin did, And so for him will I.
Página 83 - As the fair happened on the following day, I had intentions of going myself; but my wife persuaded me that I had got a cold, and nothing could prevail upon her to permit me from home. "No, my dear...
Página 56 - Could nought of purity display To emulate his mind. The dew, the blossom on the tree, With charms inconstant shine; Their charms were his; but wo to me, Their constancy was mine.
Página 87 - You need be under no uneasiness," cried I, " about selling the rims ; for they are not worth sixpence, for I perceive they are only copper varnished over.
Página 178 - ... could be bought that would turn to account when disposed of again in London? Such curiosities on the way as could be seen for nothing, he was ready enough to look at ; but if the sight of them was to be paid for, he usually asserted that he had been told that they were not worth seeing. He never paid a bill that he would not observe how amazingly expensive travelling was ; and all this though not yet twenty-one.