Memoirs of the C-- & L-- Families, with an Account of Their Misfortunes, Afflictions, and Disappointmentsauthor, 1829 - 107 páginas On the financial and social fall of a respectable London tradesman's family, written by one of the daughters. |
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Página 5 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Página 68 - Ab few and full of sorrow are the days Of miserable man : his life decays Like that frail flower, which with the...
Página 19 - Honor and shame from no condition rise : Act well jour part; there, all the honor lies.
Página 68 - Ah ! few and full of sorrow are the days Of man from woman sprung: his life decays, Like that frail flower which with the sun's uprise Her bud unfolds; and with the evening dies. He like an empty shadow glides away : And all his life is but a winter's day.
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