The Vicar of Wakefield: A TaleJesper Harding, 1847 - 288 páginas |
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... town , in whose hands your money was lodged , has gone off , to avoid a statute of bankruptcy , and is thought not to have left a shilling in the pound . I was unwilling to shock you or the family with the account till after the wedding ...
... town , in whose hands your money was lodged , has gone off , to avoid a statute of bankruptcy , and is thought not to have left a shilling in the pound . I was unwilling to shock you or the family with the account till after the wedding ...
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... town soon came with a con- firmation of every particular . The loss of fortune to myself alone would have been trifling ; the only uneasiness I felt was for my family , who were to be humble without an education to render them cal- lous ...
... town soon came with a con- firmation of every particular . The loss of fortune to myself alone would have been trifling ; the only uneasiness I felt was for my family , who were to be humble without an education to render them cal- lous ...
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... town , where his abilities might contribute to our sup- port and his own . The separation of friends and families is , perhaps , one of the most distressful circumstances attend- ant on penury . The day soon arrived on which we were to ...
... town , where his abilities might contribute to our sup- port and his own . The separation of friends and families is , perhaps , one of the most distressful circumstances attend- ant on penury . The day soon arrived on which we were to ...
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... town for dog - stealing . ' The hostess , however , still persisting in her first assertion , he was preparing to leave the room , swearing he would be sat- isfied one way or other , when I begged the landlord would introduce me to a ...
... town for dog - stealing . ' The hostess , however , still persisting in her first assertion , he was preparing to leave the room , swearing he would be sat- isfied one way or other , when I begged the landlord would introduce me to a ...
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... town . ' ' What ! ' cried I , ' is my young landlord then the nephew of a man whose virtues , generosity , and singularities are so univer- saily known ? I have heard Sir William Thornhill represented as one of the most generous , yet ...
... town . ' ' What ! ' cried I , ' is my young landlord then the nephew of a man whose virtues , generosity , and singularities are so univer- saily known ? I have heard Sir William Thornhill represented as one of the most generous , yet ...
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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...