The Lady's Weekly Miscellany, Volume 11John Clough, 1810 |
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... painful illness , about a year before paid the debt of nature . In short , they concluded by assuring me that the father of this amiable girl derived his chief support from the labour of her hands . ( To be continued . ) . BIOGRAPHY ...
... painful illness , about a year before paid the debt of nature . In short , they concluded by assuring me that the father of this amiable girl derived his chief support from the labour of her hands . ( To be continued . ) . BIOGRAPHY ...
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... painful and difficult marches we performed , sometimes in the midst of winter , when cold and hunger oppressed us : how many times I have slept on the snowy ground exposed to the biting north ; yet I must own I met with many happy ...
... painful and difficult marches we performed , sometimes in the midst of winter , when cold and hunger oppressed us : how many times I have slept on the snowy ground exposed to the biting north ; yet I must own I met with many happy ...
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... painful ideas which saddened my soul . I chose the famous work of Grotius , and began to read it ; but the cool way in which he describes the most cruel actions , and his long and useful definitions of the art of slaughtering our fellow ...
... painful ideas which saddened my soul . I chose the famous work of Grotius , and began to read it ; but the cool way in which he describes the most cruel actions , and his long and useful definitions of the art of slaughtering our fellow ...
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... pains have been taken to put in circulation the prophecy of John Wesley , that the world will be at an end in 26 years from the present time . The extravagance of such delusions should warn all sober men against any thing which leads to ...
... pains have been taken to put in circulation the prophecy of John Wesley , that the world will be at an end in 26 years from the present time . The extravagance of such delusions should warn all sober men against any thing which leads to ...
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... pain ; Scarce did she think that in this hour of joy , Her tranquil heart so soon would throb again . But as she paus'd she cast her eyes around To watch her babe , and see if he was nigh ; At length she spy'd him by his distant sound ...
... pain ; Scarce did she think that in this hour of joy , Her tranquil heart so soon would throb again . But as she paus'd she cast her eyes around To watch her babe , and see if he was nigh ; At length she spy'd him by his distant sound ...
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Page 358 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprisoned in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world ; or to be worse than worst Of those, that lawless and incertain thoughts Imagine howling; — 'tis too horrible!
Page 224 - So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore.
Page 351 - Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind? If not, why am I subject to His cruelty, or scorn? Or why has man the will and...
Page 415 - ONCE in the flight of ages past, There lived a man : — and who was he ? Mortal ! howe'er thy lot be cast, That man resembled thee. Unknown the region of his birth, The land in which he died unknown : His name...
Page 106 - The attendant angel is just about to leave the threshold, and ascend to heaven. And shall he ascend and not bear with him the news of one sinner, among all this multitude, reclaimed from the error of his ways...
Page 415 - His bliss and woe— a smile, a tear ! Oblivion hides the rest. The bounding pulse, the languid limb, The changing spirits' rise and fall; We know that these were felt by him, For these are felt by all. He...
Page 351 - See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn.
Page 351 - Mis-spending all thy precious hours Thy glorious, youthful prime! Alternate Follies take the sway; Licentious Passions burn; Which tenfold force gives Nature's law, That Man was made to mourn.
Page 224 - How bright the unchanging morn appears ! Farewell, inconstant world, farewell ! 5 Life's labor done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies, While heaven and earth combine to say, How blest the righteous when he dies ! 779 L.
Page 362 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?