Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, to which are added a few original pieces - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1785 Excerpt: ... '1 OJi Criminal Pleasures. Younc, PLEASURES are sew, and sewer we enjoy; Pleasure, like Quick-Silver, is bright and coy; We strive to grasp it with our utmost Skill, Still it eludes us, and it glitters still: If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty Gains, What is it but rank Poison in your Veins? The Florist Moralix'd. Younc. WE smile at Florists, we despise their Joy, And think their Hearts enamour'd of a Toy; But are those wiser whom we most admire, Survey with Envy, and pursue with Fire? What's he, who sighs sor Wealth, or Fame, or Power? Another Florio, doating on a Flower, A fhort-liv'd Flower, and which has often sprung From sordid Arts, as Florio's out of Dung. On Solitude. Young. O Sacred Solitude! divine Retrett! « Choice of the Prudent! Envy of the Great'. By thy pure Stream, or in thy waving Shade, We court fair Wisdom, that celestial Maid: The genuine Offspring of her lov'd Embraces.. (Strangers on Earth) are Innocence and Peace, » There from the Ways of Men-lay'd fase ashore, We smile fft hear the distant Tempest roar;, There blest with Health, with Business unperplafr, fhis Lise we relish, and ensure the next..0 The Real Beauty dijlinguijhed. Yo U K c. LET Angel Forms angelic Truths maintain; Nature disjoins the Beauteous and Prophane. For what's true Beauty, but fair Virtue's Face? Virtue made visible in outward Grace? She then that's haunted with an impious Mind, The more me charms, the more she shocks Mankind. On the Same. A Song by Mr. Earl. STELLA and Flavia ev'ry Hour Do various Hearts surprise; In Stella's Soul lies all her Power, And Flavia's in her Eyes.. More boundless Flavia's Conquests are, And Stella's more consin'd; All can discern a Face that's fair, But few a lovely Mind. Stella, like Britain's Monarchs, reigns O'er c...
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