An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy, Late of Covent-Garden Theatre, Volume 4author, and sold, 1786 |
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... shall from time to time become quarterly due " and payable , and then pay the fame perfonally " to the faid George Anne Bellamy ; and whose " receipt alone fhall , from time to time , be a " difcharge to my executors and trustees for ...
... shall from time to time become quarterly due " and payable , and then pay the fame perfonally " to the faid George Anne Bellamy ; and whose " receipt alone fhall , from time to time , be a " difcharge to my executors and trustees for ...
Page 138
... shall beg leave to transcribe , for your perufal , a letter I received , fome time fince , from the most worthy of benefactors . " MADAM , " I AM much concerned to hear you still labour " under any difficulties . If it did not found ...
... shall beg leave to transcribe , for your perufal , a letter I received , fome time fince , from the most worthy of benefactors . " MADAM , " I AM much concerned to hear you still labour " under any difficulties . If it did not found ...
Page 164
... shall not intermarry " with any other perfon whatsoever , fave the " faid Georgiane Bellamy , or during the natural " life of the faid Georgiane Bellamy ; then this The Writer was always called Georgiane , till of late years , when it ...
... shall not intermarry " with any other perfon whatsoever , fave the " faid Georgiane Bellamy , or during the natural " life of the faid Georgiane Bellamy ; then this The Writer was always called Georgiane , till of late years , when it ...
Page 171
... shall not dwell longer upon this subject , as I mean , though a bad arithmetician , before I conclude my Letter , to ftate a fair account of debtor and creditor between us . And that it is a true ftatement , many , very many living ...
... shall not dwell longer upon this subject , as I mean , though a bad arithmetician , before I conclude my Letter , to ftate a fair account of debtor and creditor between us . And that it is a true ftatement , many , very many living ...
Page 231
... shall we say to our best of friends , the Redeemer of mankind , when with . ftrictest truth he may alledge- " Look on those hands , thofe feet , this fide , my brow , crowned with the pricking thorn , the contempt I bore for you . Could ...
... shall we say to our best of friends , the Redeemer of mankind , when with . ftrictest truth he may alledge- " Look on those hands , thofe feet , this fide , my brow , crowned with the pricking thorn , the contempt I bore for you . Could ...
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Page 68 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Page 57 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 68 - ... they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain. How many sink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame.
Page 178 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Page 43 - Indiana, do make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me at any time heretofore made.
Page 67 - As I put my hand into my pocket, to take .out my handkerchief in order to dry my tears, I felt fome halfpence there which I did not know I was poflefled of. And now my native humanity, which had been deprefled, as well as every other good propenfity, by defpair, found means to refume it
Page 63 - Though plung'd in ills, and exercis'd in care, Yet never let the noble mind despair: When press'd by dangers, and beset with foes, The gods their timely succour interpose ; And when our virtue sinks, o'erwhelm'd with grief, By unforeseen expedients, bring relief.
Page 172 - Worth makes the man and want of it the fellow, And all the rest is leather and prunella.