The Little Female Orators, Or Nine Evenings Entertainment, with ObservationsT. Carnan, 1778 - 106 sider |
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... which had feized on his Left Shoulder , had no Power to hurt him , and was only the Ghost of that ravenous Creature which it appeared to be . He He no fooner got rid of this impotent Ene- my 48 The Little Female ORATORS ; or ,
... which had feized on his Left Shoulder , had no Power to hurt him , and was only the Ghost of that ravenous Creature which it appeared to be . He He no fooner got rid of this impotent Ene- my 48 The Little Female ORATORS ; or ,
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... power ; accordingly their Governefs pitched on Mifs Deborah Mindful , who , without the leaft Hefitation , obeying her Governefs , rofe up , and thus addressed herfelf to the Affembly . My dear little Schoolfellows , I am happy to fee ...
... power ; accordingly their Governefs pitched on Mifs Deborah Mindful , who , without the leaft Hefitation , obeying her Governefs , rofe up , and thus addressed herfelf to the Affembly . My dear little Schoolfellows , I am happy to fee ...
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... Power to gratify his Revenge on his Brother , without any Fear of being difcovered ; but he contented himself with going to his Mo- ther , embracing her , and acquainting her with the Whole of this strange Adventure . He then put his ...
... Power to gratify his Revenge on his Brother , without any Fear of being difcovered ; but he contented himself with going to his Mo- ther , embracing her , and acquainting her with the Whole of this strange Adventure . He then put his ...
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... Power to take away your Life , or keep you in Con- finement all your Days ; but I will be as in- dulgent to you , as you have been unmerciful to me : Bramintes , blufhing , and in Confu- fion , answered with all due Submiffion , not ...
... Power to take away your Life , or keep you in Con- finement all your Days ; but I will be as in- dulgent to you , as you have been unmerciful to me : Bramintes , blufhing , and in Confu- fion , answered with all due Submiffion , not ...
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... Power . The fame Ingredients , replied the Fairy , may be a fpecial Remedy for one Man , and yet perfect Poifon to another : Profperity to wicked Men is the Source of all Misfortunes . When we could punish a bad Man , we make him very ...
... Power . The fame Ingredients , replied the Fairy , may be a fpecial Remedy for one Man , and yet perfect Poifon to another : Profperity to wicked Men is the Source of all Misfortunes . When we could punish a bad Man , we make him very ...
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Side 31 - Upon looking up, What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.
Side 31 - ... on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 'The Genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. Take thine eyes off the bridge...
Side 32 - I here fetched a deep sigh; Alas, said I, man was made in vain! How is he given away to misery and mortality! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death! The Genius, being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect; Look no more...
Side 30 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Side 33 - I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Side 27 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and' qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Side 32 - Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.
Side 31 - What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches. These, said the Genius, are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life.
Side 27 - I had been often told that the rock before me was the haunt of a genius and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible...
Side 1 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot Folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.