The Beauties of SterneG. Kearsley, 1790 - 325 pàgines |
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Pàgina i
... MOST DISTINGUISHED OBSERVATIONS ON LIFE . SELECTED FOR THE HEART OF SENSIBILITY . Dear Senfibility ! fource inexhausted of all that's precious in our joys , or coftly in our forrows ! thou chaineft thy martyr down upon his bed of straw ...
... MOST DISTINGUISHED OBSERVATIONS ON LIFE . SELECTED FOR THE HEART OF SENSIBILITY . Dear Senfibility ! fource inexhausted of all that's precious in our joys , or coftly in our forrows ! thou chaineft thy martyr down upon his bed of straw ...
Pàgina iv
... behold their own likenefs- and to believe me , with every fentiment of gratitude and refpect , SIR , Your moft obliged , And most humble fervant , A. F. PREFACE . PREFACE . THE very many editions that have al- ready [ iv ]
... behold their own likenefs- and to believe me , with every fentiment of gratitude and refpect , SIR , Your moft obliged , And most humble fervant , A. F. PREFACE . PREFACE . THE very many editions that have al- ready [ iv ]
Pàgina vii
... most excel- lent discourse upon Charity " The Cafe of Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath confidered . " A few of his moft admired Letters are also now added , and the whole embellish'd , at a great expence , with ca- pital engravings ...
... most excel- lent discourse upon Charity " The Cafe of Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath confidered . " A few of his moft admired Letters are also now added , and the whole embellish'd , at a great expence , with ca- pital engravings ...
Pàgina xiv
... most unmercifully - fpent his fubstance , became a bankrupt , and left my poor fister to thift for herself , -which she was able to do but for a few months , for she went to a friend's house in the country , and died of a broken heart ...
... most unmercifully - fpent his fubstance , became a bankrupt , and left my poor fister to thift for herself , -which she was able to do but for a few months , for she went to a friend's house in the country , and died of a broken heart ...
Pàgina xvi
... most vio- lent ftorm , but , through the interceffions of my mother , the captain was prevailed upon to turn back into Wales , where we stayed a month , and at length got into Dublin , and travelled by land to Wicklow , where my father ...
... most vio- lent ftorm , but , through the interceffions of my mother , the captain was prevailed upon to turn back into Wales , where we stayed a month , and at length got into Dublin , and travelled by land to Wicklow , where my father ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
againſt almoſt an't pleaſe anfwered becauſe befides beft beſt betwixt breeches cafe caft cauſe confcience cried dear fafe faid fhe faid my uncle fame father fecond feem fenfe fent ferve fervice feven Fevre fhall fhew fhould fide filk firft firſt fome fomething fometimes forrow foul fpirits ftand ftill ftory fubject fuch fuffer fure hand happineſs heart Heaven himſelf honeft horfe houſe IGNATIUS SANCHO intereft itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs loft look man's mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never Obadiah obferving occafion paffed paffion parfon pleaſe your honour pleaſure poor promiſe purpoſe raiſe reafon reft replied ſaid ſay ſeems SERM SERMON ſhall Shandy ſhe Slop ſpeak ſtand ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand Trim Trim's truft uncle Toby uncle Toby's uſe wife wiſh worfe Yorick Zarephath
Passatges populars
Pàgina 30 - The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Pàgina 89 - He was going on, when Maria, who had made a short pause, put the pipe to her mouth and began the air again they were the same notes; yet were ten times sweeter: It is the evening service to the Virgin...
Pàgina 25 - But alas! the poor gentleman will never get from hence, said the landlady to me, — for I heard the death-watch all night long ; and when he dies, the youth, his son, will certainly die with him ; for he is broken-hearted already. I was hearing this account...
Pàgina 137 - I saw him pale and feverish ; in thirty years the western breeze had not once fanned his blood ; he had seen no sun, no moon, in all that time, nor had the voice of friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice ; his children — but here my heart began to bleed, and I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait.
Pàgina 132 - For what is war ? what is it, Yorick, when fought, as ours has been, upon principles of liberty, and upon principles of honour — what is it, but the getting together of quiet and harmless people, with their swords in their hands, to keep the ambitious and the turbulent within bounds...
Pàgina 23 - Nicholas ; — and, besides, it is so cold and rainy a night, that what with the roquelaure, and what with the weather, 'twill be enough to give your honour your death, and bring on your honour's torment in your groin.
Pàgina 21 - Tis for a poor gentleman, — I think, of the army, said the landlord, who has been taken ill at my house four days ago, and has never held up his head since, or had a desire to taste...
Pàgina 76 - Toby, which recommends her to protection and her brethren with her; 'tis the fortune of war which has put the whip into our hands now where it may be hereafter, heaven knows ! but be it where it will, the brave, Trim ! will not use it unkindly.
Pàgina 104 - His wife sung now and then a little to the tune, then intermitted, and joined her old man again as their children and grandchildren danced before them.
Pàgina 137 - As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction.