The stranger in France, or, A tour from Devonshire to ParisJ. Johnson, 1803 - 261 pages |
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... Revolutionary Agent . -Lovers of married Women . - CHAPTER XXI . P. 214 . Picturesque and Mechanical Theatre.- Filtrating and purifying Vases . - English Jacobins . - A Farewell . - Messagerie . - MalMaison.— Forest of Evreux . - Lower ...
... Revolutionary Agent . -Lovers of married Women . - CHAPTER XXI . P. 214 . Picturesque and Mechanical Theatre.- Filtrating and purifying Vases . - English Jacobins . - A Farewell . - Messagerie . - MalMaison.— Forest of Evreux . - Lower ...
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... revolution , unlike his present amiable and enlightened successor * , left his lady in the midst of her perplexities , and fled . In the Abbey , I was much pleased with an interesting , though not very ornamental trophy of the glorious ...
... revolution , unlike his present amiable and enlightened successor * , left his lady in the midst of her perplexities , and fled . In the Abbey , I was much pleased with an interesting , though not very ornamental trophy of the glorious ...
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... revolution has parted me " for these ten long years ; I shall ask for those who are dear to me , and find them for ever gone . Those who are left will " fill my mind with the most afflicting descriptions ; no , no , I " cannot eat , my ...
... revolution has parted me " for these ten long years ; I shall ask for those who are dear to me , and find them for ever gone . Those who are left will " fill my mind with the most afflicting descriptions ; no , no , I " cannot eat , my ...
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... revolution had occurred , and that they were upon the point of experiencing all the calamities , which they had before fled from ; they looked pale and agitated upon each other , like a timid and terrified flock of sheep , when suddenly ...
... revolution had occurred , and that they were upon the point of experiencing all the calamities , which they had before fled from ; they looked pale and agitated upon each other , like a timid and terrified flock of sheep , when suddenly ...
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... revolution had made sad inroads upon it ) and requested them , as we had been misled , and had no other views of visiting the country , but those of pleasure , and im- provement , that they would be pleased to grant us our passports for ...
... revolution had made sad inroads upon it ) and requested them , as we had been misled , and had no other views of visiting the country , but those of pleasure , and im- provement , that they would be pleased to grant us our passports for ...
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Page 229 - Tis not to make me jealous, To say — my wife is fair, feeds well, loves company, Is free of speech, sings, plays, and dances well; Where virtue is, these are more virtuous: Nor from mine own weak merits will I draw The smallest fear, or doubt of her revolt; For she had eyes, and chose me...
Page 216 - Let that day be darkness ; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Page 92 - Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Page 221 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Page 28 - Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 212 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Page 72 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale ; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops; I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Page 110 - Sibila lambebant linguis vibrantibus ora. DIFFUGIMUS visu exsangues : illi agmine certo Laocoonta petunt; et primum parva duorum Corpora natorum serpens amplexus uterque Implicat , et miseros morsu depascitur artus. Post ipsum , auxilio subeuntem ac tela ferentem Corripiunt , spirisque ligant ingentibus : et jam Bis medium amplexi , bis collo squamea circum Terga dati , superant capite et cervicibus altis.
Page 249 - The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Page 111 - Then with their sharpen'd fangs their limbs and bodies grind. The wretched father, running to their aid With pious haste, but vain, they next invade ; Twice round his waist their winding volumes roll'd ; And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The priest thus doubly choked — their crests divide, And towering o'er his head in triumph ride. With both his hands he labours at the knots ; His holy fillets the blue venom blots ; His roaring fills the flitting air around.