A Series of Genuine Letters Between Henry and Frances, Band 2For W. Johnston, 1757 |
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... Epistle is extremely fine . The eighth Epistle of Pliny has a great Noblenefs of Senti- ment , and a particular Juftnefs of Thought . I love the fine Struggle between natural Vanity , and the Contempt of Praife ; which is obvious ...
... Epistle is extremely fine . The eighth Epistle of Pliny has a great Noblenefs of Senti- ment , and a particular Juftnefs of Thought . I love the fine Struggle between natural Vanity , and the Contempt of Praife ; which is obvious ...
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... Epistle , there is poetical Wit in the Allufion to Ajax's Shield . There is an Expreffion in the fame Comment , which I think exceptionable : Speaking of the young Men among the Romans , he calls them Gentlemen ; which , being a modern ...
... Epistle , there is poetical Wit in the Allufion to Ajax's Shield . There is an Expreffion in the fame Comment , which I think exceptionable : Speaking of the young Men among the Romans , he calls them Gentlemen ; which , being a modern ...
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... Epistle , there is a good deal of Wit and Juftness in the Simile of Lightning . There is also something extremely pretty in the Anno- tation to the second Epiftle of the fecond Book , in the Allufion to the Flux and Reflux of the Sea ...
... Epistle , there is a good deal of Wit and Juftness in the Simile of Lightning . There is also something extremely pretty in the Anno- tation to the second Epiftle of the fecond Book , in the Allufion to the Flux and Reflux of the Sea ...
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... Epistle , puts me in mind of a Humour of the Widow Country ; who was fome Time ago married , and the Morning after fhe appeared caparisoned with an Horfe - whip pinned to her Girdle ; and stold her Husband , the meant always to wear it ...
... Epistle , puts me in mind of a Humour of the Widow Country ; who was fome Time ago married , and the Morning after fhe appeared caparisoned with an Horfe - whip pinned to her Girdle ; and stold her Husband , the meant always to wear it ...
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... Epistle of the third Book puts me in mind of Lord Orrery's Wish about the latter Scenes of his Life , hinted at in one of my former Letters to you ; and in the Paffage I here allude to , for Want of better Light from Hiftory , he ...
... Epistle of the third Book puts me in mind of Lord Orrery's Wish about the latter Scenes of his Life , hinted at in one of my former Letters to you ; and in the Paffage I here allude to , for Want of better Light from Hiftory , he ...
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Abfence Adieu affure againſt almoſt Amuſement anſwer becauſe beft Belvidere beſt Bleffing Blifs charming Chriftian Confequence confider Converfation Courſe Dear FANNY dear Harry dearest defire Diſappointment divine Effay Epiftle eternal Exercife Expreffion fafe faid fame fecond feems fenfible fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincerely firft firſt fome fometimes fpeak FRANCES to HENRY Friendſhip ftill fuch fuffer fufficient fure give Happineſs happy Heart higheſt himſelf hope human Inftance itſelf juft Juftice juſt laft laft Letter laſt leaft leaſt lefs Love Mifery Mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature never Number obferve Occafion ourſelves Paffage Paffion pafs Pain Perfon perhaps Philofophy pleafed pleaſed Pleaſure Pliny Poft prefent Puniſhments Reaſon reft Regard render ſay Senfe Senſe Sentiments ſhall Soul ſpeak Spirits Subject ſuch Tenderneſs thee thefe themſelves theſe Thing thofe thoſe thou Thoughts Underſtanding uneafy Uſe Virtue Weakneſs wifh Wiſh worfe write your's yourſelf
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Seite 100 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Seite 21 - When you have proved that the three angles of every triangle are equal to two right angles...
Seite 101 - I am, not wholly fo, Since quick'ned by thy breath ; Oh lead me wherefo'er I go, Thro' this day's life or death. This day, be bread and peace my lot: All elfe beneath the fun, Thou know'ft if beft beftow'd or not, And let thy will be done. To thee, whofe temple is all fpace, Whofe altar, earth, fea, fkies ! One chorus let all being raife ! All nature's incenfe rife I THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOUL, ODE.
Seite 99 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heav'n pursue. What blessings thy free bounty gives Let me not cast away ; For God is paid when man receives, T
Seite 213 - Close-twisted with the fibres of the heart ! Which, broken, break them ; and drain off the soul Of human joy ; and make it pain to live — And is it then to live ? When such friends part, 'Tis the survivor dies — My heart ! no more.
Seite 101 - Thro' this day's Life or Death. This day, be Bread and Peace my Lot : All elfe beneath the Sun, Thou know'ft if beft beftow'd or not, And let Thy Will be done. To thee, whofe Temple is all Space, Whofe Altar, Earth, Sea, Skies ! One Chorus let all Being raife ! All Nature's Incenfe rife ! MORAL ESSAYS, IN FOUR EPISTLES TO Several Perfons.
Seite 9 - Lord, to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wifdom ; ever to remember my laft end, that I may not dare to fin againft thee.
Seite 99 - Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou Great Firft Caufe, leaft underftood ; Who all my Senfe confin'd To know but this, that Thou art Good, And that myfelf am blind ; Yet gave me, in this dark Eftate, To fee the Good from Ill; And, binding Nature faft in Fate, Left free the Human Will...
Seite 168 - Nemesis visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation...