Blue-stocking hall [by W.P. Scargill].1827 |
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... - pressions . Candour obliges me to confess , that nothing in nature can exceed the scenery of this spot when once you are at it ; but in my present feelings I doubt whether I would go to Heaven itself 20 BLUE - STOCKING HALL .
... - pressions . Candour obliges me to confess , that nothing in nature can exceed the scenery of this spot when once you are at it ; but in my present feelings I doubt whether I would go to Heaven itself 20 BLUE - STOCKING HALL .
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... present day dread a blue more than a scorpion , which argument , I be- lieve , never failed yet with a mamma ; and as to the poor girls , it will be easy to work upon their minds without being ungallant . To be sure they cannot unlearn ...
... present day dread a blue more than a scorpion , which argument , I be- lieve , never failed yet with a mamma ; and as to the poor girls , it will be easy to work upon their minds without being ungallant . To be sure they cannot unlearn ...
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... present , becomes pleasure when viewed in the distance ; and thus it is that the great Dispenser of Good rewards the patient performance of duty . You longed to be at home , and you are safely lodged within its delightful retreat ...
... present , becomes pleasure when viewed in the distance ; and thus it is that the great Dispenser of Good rewards the patient performance of duty . You longed to be at home , and you are safely lodged within its delightful retreat ...
Side 92
... as much variety of character as in the humbler walks ; and vice is both as vulgar , and unholy , when varnished over by fashion , as it is in those situations that present its deformity to view unveiled 92 BLUE - STOCKING HALL .
... as much variety of character as in the humbler walks ; and vice is both as vulgar , and unholy , when varnished over by fashion , as it is in those situations that present its deformity to view unveiled 92 BLUE - STOCKING HALL .
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... present company will acquit me of any design to do otherwise than afford my best service , provided that you succeed in converting me from opinions which I have been brought up in a belief are founded in nature and good sense . " 66 My ...
... present company will acquit me of any design to do otherwise than afford my best service , provided that you succeed in converting me from opinions which I have been brought up in a belief are founded in nature and good sense . " 66 My ...
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Side 39 - And years of keenest suffering dried the stream That lent her youthful eye its liquid beam. A mild composure to its glance succeeds ; Her gayest look still...
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Side 150 - On polish'd stone before his palace gate : With unguents smooth the lucid marble shone, Where ancient Neleus sat, a rustic throne ; But he descending to the' infernal shade, Sage Nestor fill'd it, and the sceptre sway'd. His sons around him mild obeisance pay, And duteous take the orders of the day. first Echephron and...
Side 199 - Sir Walter Scott must learn to bear a rival near the throne. His contemporaries are already beginning to pay a divided allegiance. They think, and apparently with justice, that Horace Smith is second, and only second, to the once sole monarch."— Monthly Magazine.
Side 10 - ... and manners, as Noah did in the Ark. If this be the case, I shall soon find out all about the matter, and my visit here may be a blessing, as I shall take the very first opportunity that offers of opening aunty's eyes to the impolicy of her conduct, by assuring her that men of the present day dread a blue more than a scorpion...
Side 107 - ... marry, go to Newbury: and from thence break out by degrees, as the matter should be taken. My lady screamed, resisted, and did all that woman could do to get free: and more than once, people who heard her cry out for help were put on a wrong scent : and had we not met with your honour (who would see with your own eyes, and hear with your own ears...