Annaline; or, Motive-hunting [by L.M. Hawkins].

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James Carpenter and son, 1824
 

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Page 309 - Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Page 114 - You may observe, that amongst all the great and worthy persons (whereof the memory remaineth, either ancient or recent,) there is not one that hath been transported to the mad degree of love: which shews that great spirits and great business do keep out this weak passion.
Page 189 - ... use to pay it thyself, thou wilt be a beggar ; and believe thy father in this, and print it in thy thought, that what virtue soever thou hast, be it never so manifold, if thou be poor withal, thou and thy qualities shall be despised...
Page 189 - ... thy thought, that what virtue soever thou hast, be it never so manifold, if thou be poor withal, thou and thy qualities shall be despised. . Besides, poverty is ofttimes sent as a curse of God ; it is a shame amongst men, an imprisonment of the mind, a vexation of every worthy spirit ; thou shalt neither help thyself nor others ; thou shalt drown thee in all thy virtues, having no means to show them ; thou shalt be a burden and an eyesore to thy friends ; every man will fear thy company ; thou...
Page 114 - THE stage is more beholding to Love than the life of man. For, as to the stage, love is ever matter of comedies, and now and then of tragedies ; but in life it doth much mischief, sometimes like a Siren, sometimes like a Fury.
Page 189 - ... withal, thou and thy qualities shall be despised : besides, poverty is oft times sent as a curse of God, it is a shame amongst men, an imprisonment of the mind, a vexation of every worthy spirit; thou shalt neither help thyself nor others, thou shalt drown thee in all thy virtues, having no means to shew them ; thou shalt be a burthen and an eyesore to thy friends, every man will fear thy company...

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