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... fair banks of the Rhine , and laid up by indisposition in this old frontier town of Mentz . I have worn out every source of amusement . I know the sound of every clock that strikes , and bell that rings , in the place . I know to a ...
... fair banks of the Rhine , and laid up by indisposition in this old frontier town of Mentz . I have worn out every source of amusement . I know the sound of every clock that strikes , and bell that rings , in the place . I know to a ...
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... fair sex in his younger days ; but , having travelled much , studied the sex in va- rious countries with distinguished success , and returned home profoundly instructed , as he supposed , in the ways of woman , and a perfect master of ...
... fair sex in his younger days ; but , having travelled much , studied the sex in va- rious countries with distinguished success , and returned home profoundly instructed , as he supposed , in the ways of woman , and a perfect master of ...
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... fair smiling faces , pow . dered ear - locks , laced ruffles , and pink and blue silk coats and breeches ; -not forgetting the conquests of the lovely shepherd- esses , with hooped petticoats and waists no thicker than an hour- glass ...
... fair smiling faces , pow . dered ear - locks , laced ruffles , and pink and blue silk coats and breeches ; -not forgetting the conquests of the lovely shepherd- esses , with hooped petticoats and waists no thicker than an hour- glass ...
Página 45
... fair . All Bruges was crowded ; and the ca- nals swarmed with Dutch boats , and the streets swarmed with Dutch merchants ; and there was hardly any getting along for goods , wares , and merchandises , and peasants in big breeches , and ...
... fair . All Bruges was crowded ; and the ca- nals swarmed with Dutch boats , and the streets swarmed with Dutch merchants ; and there was hardly any getting along for goods , wares , and merchandises , and peasants in big breeches , and ...
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... fair , but he was a passionate admirer of female beauty , and in his lonely chamber would often lose himself in reveries on forms and faces which he had seen , and his fancy would deck out images of loveliness far surpassing the reality ...
... fair , but he was a passionate admirer of female beauty , and in his lonely chamber would often lose himself in reveries on forms and faces which he had seen , and his fancy would deck out images of loveliness far surpassing the reality ...
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Página 161 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Página 230 - ... true sympathy; how few love us for ourselves; how few will befriend us in our misfortunes; then it is that we think of the mother we have lost. It is true I had always loved my mother, even in my most heedless days; but I felt how inconsiderate and ineffectual had been my love. My heart melted as I retraced the days of infancy, when I was led by a mother's hand, and rocked to sleep in a mother's arms, and was without care or sorrow. "O my mother!
Página 363 - Now I remember those old women's words, Who in my wealth would tell me winter's tales, And speak of spirits and ghosts that glide by night About the place where treasure hath been hid...
Página xi - There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.