The Vicar of Wakefield: A TaleR. Morison, Jr., 1791 - 276 עמודים Details the romantic intrigues in the family of a country vicar in eighteenth century England. |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 28
עמוד 7
... interrupt our intended alliance : but on the day before that appointed for the ceremony , we agreed to difcufs the fubject at large . It was managed with proper fpirit on both fides ; he afferted that I was heterodox , I retorted the ...
... interrupt our intended alliance : but on the day before that appointed for the ceremony , we agreed to difcufs the fubject at large . It was managed with proper fpirit on both fides ; he afferted that I was heterodox , I retorted the ...
עמוד 18
... interrupted I , ⚫ and I fhall love you the better for it ; but all this is not neatnefs , but frippery . Thefe rufflings , and pinkings , and patchings , will only make us hated by all the wives of our neighbours . No , my children ...
... interrupted I , ⚫ and I fhall love you the better for it ; but all this is not neatnefs , but frippery . Thefe rufflings , and pinkings , and patchings , will only make us hated by all the wives of our neighbours . No , my children ...
עמוד 22
... interruption of a fervant from the ' Squire , who , with his compliments , fent us a fide of venifon , and a promise to dine with us fome days after . This well - timed prefent pleaded more powerfully in his favour than any thing I had ...
... interruption of a fervant from the ' Squire , who , with his compliments , fent us a fide of venifon , and a promise to dine with us fome days after . This well - timed prefent pleaded more powerfully in his favour than any thing I had ...
עמוד 43
... interrupted she , all that is very true ; but not what I would be at . I mean , we should go there gen- ' teelly . You know the church is two miles off , and I proteft I don't like to fee my daughters trudging up to their pew all ...
... interrupted she , all that is very true ; but not what I would be at . I mean , we should go there gen- ' teelly . You know the church is two miles off , and I proteft I don't like to fee my daughters trudging up to their pew all ...
עמוד 60
... interrupt our converfation ; my friend and I dif- courfed on the various turns of fortune we had met : the Whistonian controverfy , my last pamphlet , the archdeacon's reply , and the hard measure that was dealt me . But our attention ...
... interrupt our converfation ; my friend and I dif- courfed on the various turns of fortune we had met : the Whistonian controverfy , my last pamphlet , the archdeacon's reply , and the hard measure that was dealt me . But our attention ...
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עמוד 96 - I had rather be an under-turnkey in Newgate. I was up early and late: I was brow-beat by the master, hated for my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys within, and never permitted to stir out to meet civility abroad.
עמוד 51 - ... commission; and the next morning I perceived his sisters mighty busy in fitting out Moses for the fair; trimming his hair, brushing his buckles, and cocking his hat with pins. The business of the toilet being over, we had at last the satisfaction of seeing him mounted upon the colt, with a deal box before him to bring home groceries in. He had on a coat made of that cloth they call thunder and lightning, which, though grown too short, was much too good to be thrown away.
עמוד 34 - But let a maid thy pity share, Whom love has taught to stray ; Who seeks for rest, but finds despair Companion of her way.
עמוד 77 - In Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran, Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain...
עמוד 78 - And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound. And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad, and bit the man. Around from all the neighbouring streets The wondering neighbours ran, And swore the dog had lost his wits, To bite so good a man.
עמוד 16 - Our little habitation was situated at the foot of a sloping hill, sheltered with a beautiful underwood behind, and a prattling river before ; on one side a meadow, on the other a green.
עמוד 16 - ... the walls on the inside were nicely white-washed, and my daughters undertook to adorn them with pictures of their own designing. Though the same room served us for parlour and kitchen, that only made it the warmer.
עמוד 33 - And those who prize the paltry things, More trifling still than they. " And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep : A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
עמוד 53 - Between ourselves, three pounds five shillings and twopence is no bad day's work. Come, let us have it then." "I have brought back no money," cried Moses again. "I have laid it all out in a bargain, and here it is...
עמוד 2 - ... life, that the poorer the guest the better pleased he ever is with being treated ; and as some men gaze with admiration at the colours of a tulip, or the wing of a butterfly, so I was by nature an admirer of happy human faces.