A series of genuine letters between Henry and Frances [by R. and E. Griffith].Johnston, 1767 |
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... this fubject , for it is indeed a nice affair to advise in . As often as your leifure will admit , I fhall be pleased with your obfervations on Pliny ; for , though though I have not the books by me , at 2 LETTERS between.
... this fubject , for it is indeed a nice affair to advise in . As often as your leifure will admit , I fhall be pleased with your obfervations on Pliny ; for , though though I have not the books by me , at 2 LETTERS between.
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... pleased with , Epiftle I. Book V. for that from Curianus was the only one , which did him honour . He fays , " A fmall legacy is fallen to me ; " which fhews , he was telling his friend fomething new : and the former legacy was above ...
... pleased with , Epiftle I. Book V. for that from Curianus was the only one , which did him honour . He fays , " A fmall legacy is fallen to me ; " which fhews , he was telling his friend fomething new : and the former legacy was above ...
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... pleased with Pliny's fentiment upon ridi- cule , in the laft paragraph of the twenty - ninth epiftle : And I approve of it as an admirable wea- pon against vice ; and furely fitter here employed , than , as Shaftsbury recommends it ...
... pleased with Pliny's fentiment upon ridi- cule , in the laft paragraph of the twenty - ninth epiftle : And I approve of it as an admirable wea- pon against vice ; and furely fitter here employed , than , as Shaftsbury recommends it ...
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... pleased , that I carried my fentiments no farther upon that fubject , than merely to fuggeft , that , perhaps , there might be no relation between them : For , when I come close to the argument with the di- vines , I enter the lifts ...
... pleased , that I carried my fentiments no farther upon that fubject , than merely to fuggeft , that , perhaps , there might be no relation between them : For , when I come close to the argument with the di- vines , I enter the lifts ...
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... pleased at this hypothefis pre- fenting itself to my reflection ; as the explanation of any prophecy , by natural means , is a ftronger motive to our belief , than the mere faith of it , from a miracle . Now the deftruction of the world ...
... pleased at this hypothefis pre- fenting itself to my reflection ; as the explanation of any prophecy , by natural means , is a ftronger motive to our belief , than the mere faith of it , from a miracle . Now the deftruction of the world ...
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abfence Adieu affure againſt amufement anfwer becauſe beſt bleffing blifs charming confequence confider conftant converfe Dear FANNY dear Harry dearest defign defire difappointment divine epiftle exercife expreffion exprefs fafe faid fame fecond feems felf fenfe fenfible fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fituation folitude fome fomething fometimes foul fpeak fpirits FRANCES ftate ftile ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure fweet give happineſs happy heart HENRY HIATU higheſt himſelf hope human inftance itſelf juft juftice juſt laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs LETTER lofs Maidenhall mind moft moral moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary nefs never obferved occafion ourſelves paffage paffion pafs perfon philofophy pleafed pleaſed pleaſure Pliny poffible poft prefent reafon reft render ſhall ſpeak ſtate tenderneſs thee thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion underſtanding uſe virtue weakneſs worfe writing your's yourſelf
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 219 - 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 219 - 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 76 - When you have proved that the three angles of every triangle are equal to two right angles...
Seite 232 - In Pope I cannot read a line But, with a sigh, I wish it mine : When he can in one couplet fix More sense than I can do in six, It gives me such a jealous fit, I cry, "Pox take him and his wit.
Seite 219 - Who all my fenfe 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 294 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Seite 220 - I am, not wholly fo, Since quick'ned by thy Breath ; O lead me wherefoe'er I go, 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...
Seite 220 - If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way. Save me alike from foolifh pride, Or impious difcontent, At aught thy wifdom has deny'd, Or aught thy goodnefs lent.
Seite 276 - Those seats, whence long excluded thou must mourn ; That gate, for ever barr'd to thy return : Wilt thou not then bewail ill-fated love, And hate a banish'd man, condemn'd in woods to rove?
Seite 219 - Thy goodnefs let me bound, Or think Thee Lord alone of man, When thoufand worlds are round. Let not this weak unknowing hand . Prefume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge thy foe.