The life and adventures of Paul Plaintive, esq., by Martin Gribaldus Swammerdam, Volume 21811 |
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... beauty of the above passages , by informing the reader that the natural ebullition of Dorothea's grief was strikingly similar to that of Constance . When Sukey handed her garters to her , the sight of them drew forth fresh effusions of ...
... beauty of the above passages , by informing the reader that the natural ebullition of Dorothea's grief was strikingly similar to that of Constance . When Sukey handed her garters to her , the sight of them drew forth fresh effusions of ...
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... beauty , but whose countenance was over - sha- dowed by a tender air of melancholy , which rather heightened than diminished its lustre . While Mr. Walton . stood gazing at this relic , he noticed a small silken bag , which was slightly ...
... beauty , but whose countenance was over - sha- dowed by a tender air of melancholy , which rather heightened than diminished its lustre . While Mr. Walton . stood gazing at this relic , he noticed a small silken bag , which was slightly ...
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... beauty ; within her heart virtue took up her abode . The gaiety of her mind was the mirth of innocence ; and the tear which sometimes clouded that mirth , was the offspring of a pity , warm and generous as ever glowed within a human ...
... beauty ; within her heart virtue took up her abode . The gaiety of her mind was the mirth of innocence ; and the tear which sometimes clouded that mirth , was the offspring of a pity , warm and generous as ever glowed within a human ...
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... beauty , and that wild but sad writing , you would feel , more than you now can do , being ignorant of it all , what a treasure it is to me . In the midst of my afflic tions I forgot this ; and but for you might have fallen into ...
... beauty , and that wild but sad writing , you would feel , more than you now can do , being ignorant of it all , what a treasure it is to me . In the midst of my afflic tions I forgot this ; and but for you might have fallen into ...
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... beauty and harmony also prevail in the admirable fitness which every thing has for its end . Happy , oh happy ! he who draws pure and guiltless pleasure from this exhaustless source : untrou- bled is his mind like a lovely day in spring ...
... beauty and harmony also prevail in the admirable fitness which every thing has for its end . Happy , oh happy ! he who draws pure and guiltless pleasure from this exhaustless source : untrou- bled is his mind like a lovely day in spring ...
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Page 122 - Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they do it : And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord- — its various tone, Each spring — its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Page 11 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me...
Page 102 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven...
Page 175 - Who most to shun or hate mankind pretend, Seek an admirer, or would fix a friend. Abstract what others feel, what others think...
Page 227 - Yet these failures, however frequent, may admit extenuation and apology. To have attempted much is always laudable, even when the enterprise is above the strength that undertakes it : to rest below his own aim is incident to every one whose fancy is active, and whose views are comprehensive; nor is any man satisfied with himself because he has done much, but because he can conceive little!
Page 96 - Quelle, duften aus jeder Blum ihm zu, ertönen und lispeln ihm aus jedem Gebüsche. Kein Ekel verderbt ihm die immer neuen Freuden, die die Schönheiten der Natur in End-loser Mannigfaltigkeit ihm anbieten. Auch in der kleinsten Verzierung unendlich mannigfaltig und schön, jedes zum besten Endzweck in allen seinen Verhältnissen schön und gut.
Page 258 - POT LUCK." An Englishman invited once A German friend to dine On plain pot luck, — for such his phrase — And drink some good port wine.
Page 95 - Unempfindlichkeit vorübergehn, da lächeln mannigfaltige Freuden um ihn her. Ihm schmückt sich die ganze schöne Natur, alle seine Sinnen finden immer unendliche Quellen von Freude, auf jedem Fußsteig, wo er wandelt, in jedem Schatten, in dem er ruhet. Sanfte Entzückungen sprudeln...
Page 258 - Herr repair'd at proper time. With stomach for the treat; The viands on the table plac'd, Von Schlemmer took his seat. Soup, turkey, beef, by turns were serv'd, Mein Herr declin'd each one; •Howls, turtle, sauce, they follow'd next—, Von Schlemmer tasted none.