Fugitive Pieces on Various Subjects: A vindication of natural societyRobert Dodsley J. Dodsley, 1771 - English essays |
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Page 69
... Nights , are next to proverbial . Thefe Circumftances are fufficient almoft to level their Condition to that of the un- happy Majority ; but there are other Circumstances which place them in a far lower Condition . Not only their ...
... Nights , are next to proverbial . Thefe Circumftances are fufficient almoft to level their Condition to that of the un- happy Majority ; but there are other Circumstances which place them in a far lower Condition . Not only their ...
Page 113
... Night ; by which Mismanage- ment they waste a Penny to earn an Half - penny , if they work ; but too often their Farthing Candle ferves only to make Darkness visible for much worse Purposes.For this Reafon I have often thought , that if ...
... Night ; by which Mismanage- ment they waste a Penny to earn an Half - penny , if they work ; but too often their Farthing Candle ferves only to make Darkness visible for much worse Purposes.For this Reafon I have often thought , that if ...
Page 129
... Night is gathering around . But no white Sail is on the Sea ; no Voice but the bluftering Winds . Low is the Soul of the War ; Wet are the Locks of Youth ! By the Foot of fome Rock thou lieft ; wafhed by the Waves as they come . Why ...
... Night is gathering around . But no white Sail is on the Sea ; no Voice but the bluftering Winds . Low is the Soul of the War ; Wet are the Locks of Youth ! By the Foot of fome Rock thou lieft ; wafhed by the Waves as they come . Why ...
Page 133
... Night long fhe cries , and all the Day , O Connal , my Love , and my Friend ! With Grief the fad Mourner died . Earth here enclofeth the lovelieft Pair on the Hill . The Grafs grows between the Stones of their Tomb ; I fit in the ...
... Night long fhe cries , and all the Day , O Connal , my Love , and my Friend ! With Grief the fad Mourner died . Earth here enclofeth the lovelieft Pair on the Hill . The Grafs grows between the Stones of their Tomb ; I fit in the ...
Page 134
... Night . Her Cheek like the Bud of the Rofe . Mild was her blue rolling Eye But Sorrow was big in her Heart . Fingal renowned in War ! fhe cries , Sons of the King , preferve me ! Speak fecure , replies the King , Daughter of Beauty ...
... Night . Her Cheek like the Bud of the Rofe . Mild was her blue rolling Eye But Sorrow was big in her Heart . Fingal renowned in War ! fhe cries , Sons of the King , preferve me ! Speak fecure , replies the King , Daughter of Beauty ...
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