Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Moralityauthor., 1797 - 304 oldal |
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... nature . After mature delibe- " ration , " faid he , " remember that the whole " value of my life depends upon your will . I do " not request an explicit confent , with whatever " tranfport I might behold the lovely confufion " which it ...
... nature . After mature delibe- " ration , " faid he , " remember that the whole " value of my life depends upon your will . I do " not request an explicit confent , with whatever " tranfport I might behold the lovely confufion " which it ...
42. oldal
... natural levity of her fex . He renewed his bacchanalian acquaintance ; he found more pleasure in difcharg- ing her vifits ... Nature was foon more predominant than the ties of gentility , or the rules of decency . Their tempers were ...
... natural levity of her fex . He renewed his bacchanalian acquaintance ; he found more pleasure in difcharg- ing her vifits ... Nature was foon more predominant than the ties of gentility , or the rules of decency . Their tempers were ...
46. oldal
... natural character of a just and reasonable human creature ! And yet , how many thousands are there , who debafe their own nature , by a continued courfe of depraved and vicious gratifications ! However lamentable the idea . of fuch ...
... natural character of a just and reasonable human creature ! And yet , how many thousands are there , who debafe their own nature , by a continued courfe of depraved and vicious gratifications ! However lamentable the idea . of fuch ...
60. oldal
... nature ; as very well knowing , that friendship , though it be not nice and exceptious , yet must not be treated coarsely ; and that the neg- lect of good manners therein , is the want of its greatest ornament . Above all , he is ...
... nature ; as very well knowing , that friendship , though it be not nice and exceptious , yet must not be treated coarsely ; and that the neg- lect of good manners therein , is the want of its greatest ornament . Above all , he is ...
63. oldal
... be- come irresistible . Self - love , like a falfe glass , generally represents the complexion better than nature has made it ; men have no great inclination to to be prying into their own deformities , and have [ 63 ]
... be- come irresistible . Self - love , like a falfe glass , generally represents the complexion better than nature has made it ; men have no great inclination to to be prying into their own deformities , and have [ 63 ]
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acquainted againſt almoſt ANECDOTE anſwer appeared aqua fortis aſked beauty becauſe behaviour beſtowed buſineſs cauſe Clarinda confent confequence confider confiderable converfation courſe defign defire difpofition diſappointed diſcovered eſteem Eumenius eyes faid fame fatisfaction favour fays fecret feemed fenfe fenfible fent feveral fhall fhew fince firft firſt fituation Flavilla fociety fome fometimes foon fortune foul fpirits friendſhip ftill fuch fuffered fufficient fuperior fure greateſt happineſs happy heart herſelf himſelf honour hope houſe huſband increaſe juſt lady laft laſt leaſt lefs Licinius Lord meaſure Medoro Mencius Metella mind miſtreſs moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffion perfon pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed prefent promife purpoſe racter raiſed reaſon reflection requeſt ſaid ſee ſhall ſhe Shenſtone ſhould ſome ſtarted ſtate ſtep ſtill thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion uſe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſhes
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64. oldal - ... person then in his power. He mentioned this to no one; but, as soon as it was dark, retired to his garden...
252. oldal - And not a cloud o'ercafts the folemn fcene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And ftars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole : O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure...
54. oldal - ... not get him again. Follow after him no more, for he is too far off ; he is as a roe escaped out of the snare. As for a wound, it may be bound up, and after reviling there may be reconciliation ; but he that bewrayeth secrets, is without hope.
43. oldal - Which against death some weapon does not bear. Let cities boast that they provide For life the ornaments of pride ; But 'tis the country and the field, That furnish it with staff and shield.
118. oldal - These two incongruous animals spent much of their time together in a lonely orchard, where they saw no creature but each other. By degrees an apparent regard began to take place between these two sequestered individuals. The fowl would...
245. oldal - Vanity and transient Glory of all this habitable World; how, by the Force of one Element breaking loose upon the rest, all the Varieties of Nature, all the Works of Art, all the Labours of Men, are reduced to nothing; all that we admired and adored before, as great...
9. oldal - ... manners, had been a gay man, and was well acquainted with the town. He had often heard Flavilla toasted by rakes of quality, and had often seen her at public places.
132. oldal - ... will but quicken it to action. Depart, therefore, and be thankful for all things : put thy...
2. oldal - ... of fashion, and treated by those of a lower class with distant respect. Flavilla thus continued to move in a sphere, to which she had no claim ; she was perpetually surrounded with elegance and splendour, which the caprice of others, like the rod of an enchanter, could dissipate in a moment, and leave her to regret the loss of enjoyments, which she could neither hope to obtain nor cease to desire. Of this, however, Flavilla had no dread. She was remarkably tall for her age, and was celebrated...