Friendship in Death: in Twenty Letters from the Dead to the Living: To which are Added, Letters Moral and Entertaining, in Prose and Verse. In Three PartsW. Nicholson, 1808 - 296 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة x
... till her death . Perhaps , saith an ingenious gentleman , who knew her perfectly well , she liked it the better for the opportunities it yielded her of pleasing her friends with presents of the best of her drawings , and therein ...
... till her death . Perhaps , saith an ingenious gentleman , who knew her perfectly well , she liked it the better for the opportunities it yielded her of pleasing her friends with presents of the best of her drawings , and therein ...
الصفحة 1
... till the morning began to break ; when you retired , singing an idle song you had got out of the Fairy Tales . By the gaiety of your temper , you seemed pleased , my Lor B 1 with a new proof against a future life , and.
... till the morning began to break ; when you retired , singing an idle song you had got out of the Fairy Tales . By the gaiety of your temper , you seemed pleased , my Lor B 1 with a new proof against a future life , and.
الصفحة 11
... till subdued and melted into softness by the melody of tuneful reeds , .warbling lutes , and sweet inchanting voices of the Ly- dian strain . The language of this charming region is perfectly musical and elegant , and becoming the fair ...
... till subdued and melted into softness by the melody of tuneful reeds , .warbling lutes , and sweet inchanting voices of the Ly- dian strain . The language of this charming region is perfectly musical and elegant , and becoming the fair ...
الصفحة 17
... Till Abubetar saw you , she was his darling slave ; and as he is handsome to admiration , she loved , and re- nounced the Christian faith for him : But still the fair apostate in her heart adores the name which her tongue has denied ...
... Till Abubetar saw you , she was his darling slave ; and as he is handsome to admiration , she loved , and re- nounced the Christian faith for him : But still the fair apostate in her heart adores the name which her tongue has denied ...
الصفحة 18
... till I came here ; where I met a fair spirit , who informed me , that when she was a mortal I was her son , and not the heir of the Earl of as was supposed ; and that the Lord is your own brother . It is necessary that you should know ...
... till I came here ; where I met a fair spirit , who informed me , that when she was a mortal I was her son , and not the heir of the Earl of as was supposed ; and that the Lord is your own brother . It is necessary that you should know ...
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Adieu æther agreeable Amasia angels anguish appear beauty blessed bliss bloom breast breath brother Cassander celestial charming Cleora dance with graceful daugh dear death delight disguise distress divine earth ELIZABETH ROWE enchanting eternal ev'ry eyes fair fatal father fear flowery folly gave gentle give gloomy glorious glory grace grief groves guilt guiltless happiness heart Heaven heavenly height honour hopes horror human imagination immortal infamy innocent Lady Jane Grey LETTER libertine live look Lord Lord Guilford Dudley lute Madam marriage mind mortal nature never noble numbered obligations passion peace piety pleasure racter realms of joy reason reproach retirement retreat ROSALINDA sacred scenes secret shades sincere sister skies smile soft soon soul sparkling spirits splendour surprised tears temper tender thee thing thou thought thousand tion triumph truth unhappy vale of Tempe vanity virtue youth
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الصفحة 136 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
الصفحة 92 - God hath showed me the path of life: in his presence is fulness of joy, and at his right hand, are pleasures for evermore.
الصفحة 286 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
الصفحة 89 - Hesperides, that seem'd Fairer then feign'd of old, or fabl'd since Of Fairy Damsels met in Forest wide By Knights of Logres, or of Lyones...
الصفحة 81 - But, oh ! which of these will answer my summons at the high Tribunal? Which of them will bail me from the arrest of death? Who will descend into the dark prison of the grave for me ? Here they all leave me, after having paid a few idle ceremonies to the breathless clay, which perhaps may lie reposed in state, while my soul, my only conscious part, may stand trembling before my JUDGE.
الصفحة 80 - I have rushed into the battle, laughed at the glittering spear, and rejoiced at the sound of the trumpet, nor had a thought of any state beyond the grave, nor the great tribunal to which I must have been summoned; " Where all my secret guilt had been reveal'd, Nor the minutest circumstance conceal'd.
الصفحة 116 - In hymns of love not ill essay 'd below ? Or dost thou warn poor mortals left behind ? A task well suited to thy gentle mind. Oh ! if sometimes thy spotless form descend, To me thy aid, thou guardian genius ! lend. When rage...
الصفحة 80 - I had a wrongapprehension of every thing in nature. I have pursued shadows, and entertained myself with dreams. I have been treasuring up dust, and sporting myself with the wind. I look back on...
الصفحة xiii - And earlier far than thine the destin'd hour of fate! Whene'er it comes, may'st thou be by, Support my sinking frame, and teach me how to die, Banish desponding nature's gloom, Make me to hope a gentle doom, And fix me all on joys to come ! With...
الصفحة 204 - ... your conduct banished my prejudices against the Christian name, and made way for the entrance of those heavenly truths to which I now assent. But this is a secret even to my own domestics ; and whether such a caution is criminal, I am not yet able to determine." With what rapture, what attention, did I listen to this language ! I blessed the accents that told me my friend, my Orramel, had embraced the Christian faith. An angel's song would have been less melodious. I looked upward, and, with...