The Wandering Islander, Or, The History of Mr. Charles NorthJ. Ridgway, 1792 - 263 páginas |
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Página v
... liking to - day what difpleafed yesterday : This change of taste pervading the human mind , from the hours that bells and rattles delighted B 3 to to the days that crutches and spectacles are neceflary , INTRODUCTION.
... liking to - day what difpleafed yesterday : This change of taste pervading the human mind , from the hours that bells and rattles delighted B 3 to to the days that crutches and spectacles are neceflary , INTRODUCTION.
Página vii
... mind , the knowledge of which depends on fuch a variety of circumftances , I trust I shall ftand excused in paffing over every one of them ; -if a lover has been inattentive , or has thrown a glance in an improper di- rection , a billet ...
... mind , the knowledge of which depends on fuch a variety of circumftances , I trust I shall ftand excused in paffing over every one of them ; -if a lover has been inattentive , or has thrown a glance in an improper di- rection , a billet ...
Página 52
... mind in private , fome expreffions may be conftrued into warmth ; but in my opinion , it would be as unfair to judge of the whole of my character from those expreffions , as to condemn a piece of land , because it bore a few thistles ...
... mind in private , fome expreffions may be conftrued into warmth ; but in my opinion , it would be as unfair to judge of the whole of my character from those expreffions , as to condemn a piece of land , because it bore a few thistles ...
Página 80
... every child I fee at its fport affords to my mind a kind of fenfible evidence of the finger of God , and of the difpofition which directs it " . LETTER LETTER VIII . MY DEAR FRIEND , MY father's ploughman 80 THE WANDERING ISLANDER .
... every child I fee at its fport affords to my mind a kind of fenfible evidence of the finger of God , and of the difpofition which directs it " . LETTER LETTER VIII . MY DEAR FRIEND , MY father's ploughman 80 THE WANDERING ISLANDER .
Página 87
... mind ; he washed his face in the first stream he met , and walked onfmartly . - On the third day of his travel he came within fight of a venerable old caftle , and as it lay a fhort distance from the road , he ftepped acrofs the field ...
... mind ; he washed his face in the first stream he met , and walked onfmartly . - On the third day of his travel he came within fight of a venerable old caftle , and as it lay a fhort distance from the road , he ftepped acrofs the field ...
Términos y frases comunes
againſt almoſt amuſe anfwer Author beauty becauſe beſt bleffed called caſtle Cloacina compofed confequence converfation DEAR FRIEND delightful diſtance dreffed Elvina expreffion eyes faid fame father fcarce fcold fecond feemed feen fenfible fent fhade fhall fhort fhould fide fifter firft firſt fituation fleep fmile fome fomething fond fong foon forrow ftand ftill ftudy fubject fuch fure gentleman Governor greateſt happineſs heart himſelf hope houſe iſland Jack juft juſt laft leaſt lefs LETTER LETTER look meaſure moſt mufic muſt myſelf never night notwithſtanding obferved occafion paffed perfon perfuade perhaps pleafed pleaſed pleaſure poet poffible prefent promiſed puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reader reft rofe roſe Saint Kieran ſay ſeems ſhall ſhe ſmall ſtep taſte tears tell thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thought trees unifon uſed vifit whofe wiſh word worfe writer
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Página 188 - ... beasts of prey by the mountains which confined them. On one part were flocks and herds feeding in the...
Página 188 - From the mountains on every side rivulets descended that filled all the valley with verdure and fertility, and formed a lake in the middle inhabited by fish of every species, and frequented by every fowl whom Nature has taught to dip the wing in water. This lake discharged its superfluities by a stream which entered a dark cleft of the mountain on the northern side, and fell with dreadful noise from precipice to precipice till it was heard no more.
Página 188 - The sides of the mountains were covered with trees; the banks of the brooks were diversified with flowers; every blast shook spices from the rocks and every month dropped fruits upon the ground.
Página 226 - My love, my life, said I, explain This change of humour : pr'ythee, tell : That falling tear — What does it mean ? She sigh'd ; she smil'd : and to the flowers Pointing, the lovely moralist said : See, friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder, what a change is made. Ah me! the blooming pride of May, And that of beauty are but one: At morn both flourish bright and gay, Both fade at evening, pale, and gone; At dawn poor Stella...
Página 51 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Página 124 - Love, the most generous passion of the mind, The softest refuge innocence can find, The safe director of unguided youth, Fraught with kind wishes, and secured by truth; That cordial drop heaven in our cup has thrown To make the nauseous draught of life go down...
Página 226 - Both fade at evening, pale, and gone. IX. At dawn poor Stella danc'd and fung ; The amorous youth around her bow'd ; At night her fatal knell was rung ; I faw, and kifs'd her in her fhrowd. X. Such as fhe is, who dy'd to-day : Such I, alas ! may be to-morrow : Go, Damon, bid thy Mufe difplay The juftice of thy Cloe's forrow.
Página 188 - This lake difcharged its fujae'tfluities by a ftream which entered a dark cleft, of the mountain on the northern fide, and fell 'with 'dreadful noife from precipice to precipice, till it was heard .no more.
Página 194 - I have not thought it fo, becaufe my time's Spent pleafantly, My Lord's not haughty nor imperious, Nor I gravely whimfical ; he has good nature, And I have manners : His Sons too are civil to me, becaufe I do not pretend to be wifer than they are; I meddle with no...
Página 32 - As for the wondrous works of the Lord, there may nothing be taken from them, neither may any thing be put unto them, neither can the ground of them be found out. 7 When a man hath done, then he beginneth; and when he leaveth off, then he shall be doubtful.