The Vicar of Wakefield: A TaleJesper Harding, 1847 - 288 páginas |
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... pounds . Our second child , a girl , I intended to call after her aunt Grissel ; but my wife , who had been reading romances , insisted upon her being called Olivia . Within a year we had another daughter , and now I was de- termined ...
... pounds . Our second child , a girl , I intended to call after her aunt Grissel ; but my wife , who had been reading romances , insisted upon her being called Olivia . Within a year we had another daughter , and now I was de- termined ...
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A Tale Oliver Goldsmith. profits of my living , which amounted to but 35 pounds a year , I gave to the or- phans and widows of the clergy of our diocese ; for having a sufficient fortune of my own , I was careless of temporalities , and ...
A Tale Oliver Goldsmith. profits of my living , which amounted to but 35 pounds a year , I gave to the or- phans and widows of the clergy of our diocese ; for having a sufficient fortune of my own , I was careless of temporalities , and ...
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... pound . I was unwilling to shock you or the family with the account till after the wedding : but now it may serve to mode- rate your warmth in the argument ; for , I suppose , your own prudence will enforce the necessity of dissembling ...
... pound . I was unwilling to shock you or the family with the account till after the wedding : but now it may serve to mode- rate your warmth in the argument ; for , I suppose , your own prudence will enforce the necessity of dissembling ...
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... is but the remem brancer of sorrow . During this intervai , my thoughts were employed on some fu- ture means of supporting them ; and at Jast a small cure of fifteen pounds a year was 14 VICAR OF WAKEFIELD . CHAPTER III. ...
... is but the remem brancer of sorrow . During this intervai , my thoughts were employed on some fu- ture means of supporting them ; and at Jast a small cure of fifteen pounds a year was 14 VICAR OF WAKEFIELD . CHAPTER III. ...
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... pounds we had but four hundred remaining . My chief attention therefore was now to bring down the pride of my family to their circum- stances ; for I well knew , that aspiring beggary is wretchedness itself . You can- not be ignorant ...
... pounds we had but four hundred remaining . My chief attention therefore was now to bring down the pride of my family to their circum- stances ; for I well knew , that aspiring beggary is wretchedness itself . You can- not be ignorant ...
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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...