The Vicar of Wakefield: A TaleJesper Harding, 1847 - 288 páginas |
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... poor . We had no revolutions to fear , nor fa- tigues to undergo ; all our adventures were by the fireside , and all our migra- tions from the blue bed to the brown . As we lived near the road , we often had the traveller or stranger ...
... poor . We had no revolutions to fear , nor fa- tigues to undergo ; all our adventures were by the fireside , and all our migra- tions from the blue bed to the brown . As we lived near the road , we often had the traveller or stranger ...
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... poor de- pendant out of doors . Thus we lived several years in a state of much happiness , not but that we some- times had those little rubs which Provi- dençe sends to enhance the value of its fa- vors . My orchard was often robbed by ...
... poor de- pendant out of doors . Thus we lived several years in a state of much happiness , not but that we some- times had those little rubs which Provi- dençe sends to enhance the value of its fa- vors . My orchard was often robbed by ...
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... poor , my fondlings , and wis- dom bids us conform to our humble situ- ation . Let us then , without repining , give up those splendors with which numbers are wretched , and seek in humbler cir- cumstances that peace with which all may ...
... poor , my fondlings , and wis- dom bids us conform to our humble situ- ation . Let us then , without repining , give up those splendors with which numbers are wretched , and seek in humbler cir- cumstances that peace with which all may ...
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... poor , who followed us for some miles , contributed to increase it . The first day's journey brought us in safety within thirty miles of our future retreat ; and we put up for the night at an obscure inn in a village by the way . When ...
... poor , who followed us for some miles , contributed to increase it . The first day's journey brought us in safety within thirty miles of our future retreat ; and we put up for the night at an obscure inn in a village by the way . When ...
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... poor ; and though he talked like a man of sense , his actions were those of a fool . Still , however , being surrounded with importu- nity , and no longer able to satisfy every request that was inade him , instead of money he gave ...
... poor ; and though he talked like a man of sense , his actions were those of a fool . Still , however , being surrounded with importu- nity , and no longer able to satisfy every request that was inade him , instead of money he gave ...
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amusing appearance baronet Berosus better Burchell called catgut ceived CHAPTER charms cheerful chell child comfort continued cried Moses cried my wife cried the squire daugh daughter dear dressed eldest fellow Flamborough fortune friendship gave gentleman girls give going guilt happy heart heaven honest honor hope horse kinson knew ladies leave ligion Livy look madam Manetho manner marriage married miseries Miss Wilmot morning mother neighbor ness never night observed Ocellus Lucanus Olivia once pain papa passion perceived pipe and tabor pleased pleasure poor post-chaise pounds prison promise raptures replied resolved rest returned rich round scarce seemed shagreen Sir William sister smile soon Sophia stranger sure SWEET Auburn tell thee thing Thornhill Thornhill's thou thought tion town turn VICAR OF WAKEFIELD virtue wretched young
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Página 253 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please...
Página 256 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee, \ At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Página 254 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Página 255 - A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place; Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise.
Página 255 - The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Página 48 - No flocks that range the valley free To slaughter I condemn ; Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : " But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring ; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. " Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego; All earth-born cares are wrong ; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Página 257 - Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where gray-beard mirth, and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talked with looks profound And news much older than their ale went round.
Página 258 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Página 258 - But when those charms are past, for charms are frail, When time advances, and when lovers fail, She then shines forth, solicitous to bless, In all the glaring impotence of dress...
Página 257 - These simple blessings of the lowly train; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art; Spontaneous joys, where Nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested...