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" At length, not fear but labour began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate ; when he beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer of a taper. "
The Rambler [by S. Johnson and others]. - Page 100
1750
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The midwife: or, The old woman's magazine, Volume 1

Midwife - 1750 - 302 pages
...Torrents tumbled from the Hills. Ef jwnrj^aj/xftav iru/Aj'aAAfTOv oSgipov u'Jwp, .ri T5iA<WE Sxirtv Iv Thus forlorn and diftrefled, he wandered through the...going, or whether he was every Moment drawing nearer to Safety or to Deftruction. At length not Fear but Labour began to overcome him ; his Breath grew fhort,...
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The Rambler. ...

Samuel Johnson - 1763 - 292 pages
...ihow'rs, Down the fteep hill the roaring torrent pours ; The mountain fhepherd hears the diftant nolle. , THUS forlorn and diftrefled, he wandered through the...he was every moment drawing nearer to fafety or to deftru&ion. At length not fear but labour began to overcome him; his breath grew fhort, and his knees...
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The Rambler: In Four Volumes, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1784 - 372 pages
...roaring torrent pours ; The mountain fhepherd hears the diftant noife. Thus forlorn and diftreffed, he wandered through the wild, without knowing whither...he was every moment drawing nearer to fafety or to deftruclion. At length not fear but labour began to overcome him ; his breath grew fhort, and his knees...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 1

1785 - 596 pages
...&ow"rt, Down the ftccp hill the roaring torrent pours} The mountain /hcphcrd hears the cialact noifc. Thus forlorn and diftrefled, he wandered through the wild, without knowing whither he was joing, or whether Le was every moment drawing nearer to fafety or to dcftruftion. At length nut fear...
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The Rambler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...fhow'rs, Down the fteep hill the roaring torrent pours ; The mountain fhepherd hears the diftsnt noife. Thus forlorn and diftrefled, he wandered through the...he was every moment drawing nearer to fafety or to deftrucHon. At length not fear but labour began to overcome him ; his breath grew fhort, and his knees...
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The County Magazine, Volume 1

1788 - 404 pages
...roaring torrent pours; The mountain fhephcrd hears the diftant n ill-. Thus forlorn and diflreflcd, he wandered through the wild, without knowing whither...whether he was every moment drawing nearer to fafety or deftruclion. At length not fear but labour began to overcome him j his breath grew fhort, and his knees...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1789 - 416 pages
...woods, and the torrents tumbled from the bill*. Tliu Thus forlorn and diftreffed, he wandered throughr the wild, without knowing whither he was going, or whether he was every moment drawing nearer lo fafety or to deftruftion. At length not fear but labour befan to overcome him ; his breath grew...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 pages
...torrent pours; T'UC mountain ihcpherd lie.irs the dlftant noil'e. Thus forlorn and dillreiTed, lie wandered through the wild, without knowing whither...he was every moment drawing nearer to fafety or to daftruftion. At length, not fear, but labour; began to overcome him ; his breath grew ihort, and his...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose ..., Volume 1

1797 - 680 pages
...r-iriiig torrent pours; 'ÏM mountain Ibcpherd hears the diltant noife. Thus forlorn and ditlrefied, he wandered through the wild, without knowing whither...he was every moment drawing nearer to fafety or to deftruftion. At length, not fear, but labour, began to overcome him; his breath grew fhort, and his...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 pages
...the winds roared in the woods; and the torrents tumbled from the hills. Thus forlorn and diftrefsed, he wandered through the wild, without knowing whither...he was every moment drawing nearer to fafety or to deftructkm. At length, not fear, but labout began to overcome him ; his breath grew fliort, and his...
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