Edward: Various Views of Human Nature, Taken from Life and Manners, Chiefly in England ...

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Printed at the Minerva Press for A. K. Newman and Company, 1816
 

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85 페이지 - Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
218 페이지 - Time has calmed the ruffled breast, Are these fond dreams of happiness confest. Not till the rushing winds forget to rave, Is Heaven's sweet smile reflected on the wave. From Guinea's coast pursue the lessening sail, And catch the sounds that sadden every gale. Tell, if thou canst, the sum of sorrows there ; Mark the...
143 페이지 - Ivey ; he was educated for the church ; until on the death of his elder brother, he succeeded to the family estate, since which he seems inclined to pay his court to you, and is thought a man of learning. Caroline. I once heard your friend the general observe, that neither the pride of high birth, nor even purse-pride, ,were so disgusting as the pride of a pedant.
70 페이지 - Yet whence proceeds this weight we lay On what detracting people say ? For let mankind discharge their tongues In venom till they burst their lungs, Their utmost malice cannot make Your head, or tooth, or finger ache ; Nor spoil your shape, distort your face, Or put one feature out of place...
40 페이지 - I have acquired in this last excursion, I intend during the summer to spend a few hours in the middle of three or four days in every week in Chiswell street, devoting the mornings and the remainder of the evenings to my rural retreat. " Where Cheerfulness, triumphant fair, Dispels the painful cloud of care, Oh sweet of language, mild of mien, Oh, virtue's friend, and pleasure's queen By thee our board with flow'rs is crown'd, By thee with songs our walks resound ; By thee the sprightly mornings shine....
59 페이지 - Scribble; for he once attended * young officer of our regiment, and upon my conscience he stuffed the poor lad so unmercifully with potions and draughts, that he continued sick a fortnight after he was quite well ; and he cannot pass an apothecary's shop, ever since, without breaking out into a cold sweat.

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