Leisure hours; or, Entertaining dialoguesHarvey & Darton, 1821 |
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... royal infant . Give me the child , you seem unable to carry him any further , and follow me to a cavern that is at a small distance , where I and my brave companions conceal ourselves . You stand in need of rest and refreshment ; that ...
... royal infant . Give me the child , you seem unable to carry him any further , and follow me to a cavern that is at a small distance , where I and my brave companions conceal ourselves . You stand in need of rest and refreshment ; that ...
الصفحة 11
... royal , and it is contrary to the laws of Sidon , that any other family should ascend the throne . FIRST CITIZEN . Conquerors seldom regard the laws of those whom they have vanquished . Let us rejoice that Alexander does not intend to ...
... royal , and it is contrary to the laws of Sidon , that any other family should ascend the throne . FIRST CITIZEN . Conquerors seldom regard the laws of those whom they have vanquished . Let us rejoice that Alexander does not intend to ...
الصفحة 12
... royal family to this high dignity . — It will not be easy to guess on whom their choice is fallen : virtue is the only requisite they have sought in this election . They have passed by the ambitious and the great , and have named ...
... royal family to this high dignity . — It will not be easy to guess on whom their choice is fallen : virtue is the only requisite they have sought in this election . They have passed by the ambitious and the great , and have named ...
الصفحة 13
Priscilla Wakefield. ་ your ancestors . You must now exchange your tatters for these royal robes . Put off the mean and contemptible habit , which has so long concealed your virtues , and assume the sentiments and manners of a prince ...
Priscilla Wakefield. ་ your ancestors . You must now exchange your tatters for these royal robes . Put off the mean and contemptible habit , which has so long concealed your virtues , and assume the sentiments and manners of a prince ...
الصفحة 29
... royal mercy ; save these heroes ; your clemency will gain you more true ho- nour than all your victories . KING EDWRAD . My son , the tenderness of your disposition leads you into a weakness . Experience hath ever shown , that lenity ...
... royal mercy ; save these heroes ; your clemency will gain you more true ho- nour than all your victories . KING EDWRAD . My son , the tenderness of your disposition leads you into a weakness . Experience hath ever shown , that lenity ...
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Abdolonymus admire Æsop affairs affection afford AGESILAUS ANTIOCHUS ARTHUR ASTYAGES attend beloved bestow blessings brother Brutus CAMPANIAN CARLOMAN castle character CITIZEN Cleomedes conceal conduct CORIOLANUS COUNT ALBRUIN courtiers Croesus crown CYRUS Damon dear death DEMOPHOON desire dialogue DIONYSIUS disinterested DUKE BOSON Duke of Aremberg Duke of Brittany duty DUVAL enemies entreat esteem father favour feel forgive fortune friends friendship Gayashuta give hand happy hear heart HENRY honour HOWARD HUBERT HUGH THE ABBOT husband indulge JOHN DE BAVALAN justice KING EDWARD King of Sardinia lives majesty MANDANE master MAUNY ment merit mind misery misfortune MONTFORD MOOR nature never noble obliged peace person PHANIAS Pierre pleasure Polydectes Polyxenus present preserved PRINCE Pythias QUEEN received render revenge reward riches royal sincerity SIR RICHARD soldiers Solon spirit suffer Sully superior sure thee thing thou throne TI-HOANG tion truth Vaubrun virtue Volscians whilst
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الصفحة 213 - ... to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery, a circumnavigation of charity.
الصفحة 213 - He has visited all Europe ;^not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt...
الصفحة 213 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the guage and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
الصفحة 74 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
الصفحة 34 - ... tokens of our esteem. Yet we would rather bind you to ourselves by every endearing obligation ; and, for this purpose, we offer to you your choice of the gifts and honours that Edward has to bestow. Rivals for fame, but always friends to virtue, we wish that England were entitled to call you her sons.
الصفحة 33 - You are now free to depart to your kinsfolk, your countrymen — • to all those whose lives and liberties you have so nobly redeemed — provided you refuse not the tokens of our esteem. Yet we would rather bind you to ourselves by every endearing obligation; and, for this purpose, we offer to you your choice of the gifts and honours that Edward has to bestow.
الصفحة 33 - We loose your chains ; we snatch you from the scaffold ; and we thank you for that lesson of humiliation which you teach us, when you show us that excellence is not of blood, of title, or...
الصفحة 33 - You noble burghers ; you excellent citizens ! though you were tenfold the enemies of our person and our throne, we can feel nothing on our part, save respect and affection for you. You have been sufficiently tested.
الصفحة 213 - Already the benefit of his labour is felt more or less in every country ; I hope he will anticipate his final reward by seeing all its effects fully realized in his own. He will receive, not by retail, but in gross, the reward of those who visit the prisoner ; and he has so forestalled and monopolized this branch of charity, that there will be, I trust, little room to merit by such acts of benevolence hereafter.
الصفحة 94 - My lord," said Pythias, with a firm voice and noble aspect, "I would it were possible that I might suffer a thousand deaths, rather than my friend should fail in any article of his honour. He cannot fail therein, my lord : I am as confident of his virtue, as I am of my own existence. But I pray, I beseech the gods, to preserve the life and integrity of my Damon together...