The Memoirs of Charles Westcote: In which is Introduced the History of the Monk Franciscobooksellers, 1807 - 323 strán (strany) |
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... present , the noise and bustle ceased to detain me . Unmindful of amusement , I was only solicitous to discover her . Nor was it long ere I espied the domino with the white cross . I retired to watch her motions from a distance ...
... present , the noise and bustle ceased to detain me . Unmindful of amusement , I was only solicitous to discover her . Nor was it long ere I espied the domino with the white cross . I retired to watch her motions from a distance ...
Strana 41
... present situation ? Perplexing dilemma ! The noise again is heard . What must I determine ? Si- lence once more prevails ! -Cursed intruder , he again approaches ! I draw my sword , and advance to- ward the door , determined to ...
... present situation ? Perplexing dilemma ! The noise again is heard . What must I determine ? Si- lence once more prevails ! -Cursed intruder , he again approaches ! I draw my sword , and advance to- ward the door , determined to ...
Strana 42
... present themselves to my view . I am informed , that in a fit of jealousy , Mr. had stabbed his wife to the heart ; and with the steel , yet reeking , had perpetrated his own destruction . Every one crowds round the unfortunate victims ...
... present themselves to my view . I am informed , that in a fit of jealousy , Mr. had stabbed his wife to the heart ; and with the steel , yet reeking , had perpetrated his own destruction . Every one crowds round the unfortunate victims ...
Strana 46
... present , but in a different character . It is d - d hard to be laughed at in this way , especially by a woman ; one , too , from whom you should expect a different treatment . I have just learnt from her servant , that indisposition ...
... present , but in a different character . It is d - d hard to be laughed at in this way , especially by a woman ; one , too , from whom you should expect a different treatment . I have just learnt from her servant , that indisposition ...
Strana 50
... present , as , from a similar cause , I was also incapable of attending - I concluded by assuring her that at all events I would be in Bond - street by the appointed hour . My indisposition was mere artifice ; but its affinity to the ...
... present , as , from a similar cause , I was also incapable of attending - I concluded by assuring her that at all events I would be in Bond - street by the appointed hour . My indisposition was mere artifice ; but its affinity to the ...
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Strana 76 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Strana 30 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with.
Strana 299 - Inspiration round. As o'er the dusky furniture I bend, Each chair awakes the feelings of a friend.
Strana 319 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. Duch. Alas ! poor Richard ! where rides he the while ? York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
Strana 300 - Her tattered mantle, and her hood of straw ; Her moving lips, her caldron brimming o'er ; The drowsy brood that on her back she bore, Imps, in the barn with mousing owlet bred, From rifled roost at nightly revel fed ; Whose dark eyes...
Strana 301 - Oh haste, unfold the hospitable hall ! That hall, where once, in antiquated state, The chair of justice held the grave debate.
Strana 256 - ... doing his duty as a rational creature, that, though he should miss truth, he will not miss the reward of it. For he governs his assent right, and places it as he should, who, in any case or matter whatsoever, believes or disbelieves according as reason directs him. He that doth otherwise, transgresses against his own light, and misuses those faculties which were given him to no other end, but to search and follow the clearer evidence and greater probability.
Strana 300 - Forgot to trace the feathered feet of Time ? That massive beam, with curious carvings wrought, Whence the caged linnet soothed my pensive thought ; Those muskets, cased with venerable rust ; Those once-loved forms, still breathing thro...
Strana 300 - twas heaven to hear, When soft it spoke a promised pleasure near ; And has its sober hand, its simple chime, Forgot to trace the...
Strana 255 - He that believes, without having any reason for believing, may be in love with his own fancies ; but neither seeks truth as he ought, nor pays the obedience due to his Maker...