A series of genuine letters between Henry and Frances [by R. and E. Griffith].W. Johnston, 1766 |
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... Dear FANNY , XSET out on my Journey , Yefterday , upon the Credit of the Almanac I depended on the Weather's be- coming fair , on the Change of the Moon , and was heartily foused , for so ignorant a Prefumption . How could fo vulgar an ...
... Dear FANNY , XSET out on my Journey , Yefterday , upon the Credit of the Almanac I depended on the Weather's be- coming fair , on the Change of the Moon , and was heartily foused , for so ignorant a Prefumption . How could fo vulgar an ...
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... dear Harry may speedily return hither , to affift me with his Counsel , or rescue her by his Conduct . Adieu ! Frances . B 3 LETTER LETTER CCCCLV . Dear FANNY , AM as much concerned Henry and Frances . 5.
... dear Harry may speedily return hither , to affift me with his Counsel , or rescue her by his Conduct . Adieu ! Frances . B 3 LETTER LETTER CCCCLV . Dear FANNY , AM as much concerned Henry and Frances . 5.
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Richard Griffith. LETTER CCCCLV . Dear FANNY , AM as much concerned as you can be , IAM at the Hint you give , but not so much furprized . The Philofophy or Caprice of Na- ture , in this Matter , may be seen in the CXXXIXth Chapter of ...
Richard Griffith. LETTER CCCCLV . Dear FANNY , AM as much concerned as you can be , IAM at the Hint you give , but not so much furprized . The Philofophy or Caprice of Na- ture , in this Matter , may be seen in the CXXXIXth Chapter of ...
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... the String of Widows bewitched , who have lately taken the fame Route before her . I fhall return to you on Thursday next , to Dinner . Till then , Adieu ! Henry . LETTER B 4 LETTER CCCCLVI . The Farm . Dear FANNY . T Henry and Frances .
... the String of Widows bewitched , who have lately taken the fame Route before her . I fhall return to you on Thursday next , to Dinner . Till then , Adieu ! Henry . LETTER B 4 LETTER CCCCLVI . The Farm . Dear FANNY . T Henry and Frances .
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Richard Griffith. LETTER CCCCLVI . The Farm . Dear FANNY . T has fhocked me , to the highest Degree , to see our amiable Friend , Mr. N. It fo greatly declining in his Health every Day . He has refigned his Employment to his Son , which ...
Richard Griffith. LETTER CCCCLVI . The Farm . Dear FANNY . T has fhocked me , to the highest Degree , to see our amiable Friend , Mr. N. It fo greatly declining in his Health every Day . He has refigned his Employment to his Son , which ...
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Adieu againſt alfo Amuſement Anſwer becauſe beſt Bufinefs Character Chefter confefs Confequence Countess of NORTHUMBERLAND Dear FANNY Dear HARRY Death defire Dublin expreffed Expreffion fafe faid fame fecond feem feen felf fend fent feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fole fome fometimes foon Frances Friend ftill fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed fure Happineſs Henry himſelf Holyhead Houſe Huſband Hygea Inftance Ireland itſelf juft juſt Kilfane Kind King laft laſt leaft leaſt LETTER LETTER Lord Love Meaſure Mind moft Morals Morning moſt Mufic muft muſt myſelf Nature never Number Occafion Paffage Paffion Perfon Philofophers pleaſant pleaſed Pleaſure poffibly Poft Portarlington prefent preferve Purpoſe raiſe Reaſon received reft render ſay ſeem Senfe Senſe ſhall ſhe ſpend Spirit thefe themſelves theſe Thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion Tranflator Triglyph uſed Virtue whofe Wife wiſh worfe write Yeſterday yourſelf
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Página 95 - When Solon and Lycurgus taught To moralize the human thought Of mad opinion's maze, To erring zeal they gave new laws, Thy charms, O Liberty, the cause That blends congenial rays.
Página 86 - Tranquility of Mind which I wanted for a long Time : But, Oh ! it grieves me to think of the length of Eternity ; the Lord fave me from eternal Damnation.
Página 83 - Emperor of Russia ! A title, Which, instead of adding to his glory, Became glorious by his wearing it.
Página 50 - From the dark regions of the' abyss below, With pestilence, the guardian of her throne, Breathing contagion from the realms of woe. In vain her citron groves Italia boasts, Or Po, the balsam of his weeping trees ; In vain Arabia's aromatic coasts Perfume the pinions of the passing breeze, No wholesome scents impregn the western...
Página 89 - The hoarfe, rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar : When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow ; Not fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and fkirns along the main.
Página 85 - tis a sinful remedy, and very uncertain to seek happiness, but I hope that God will forgive my poor soul ; Lord have mercy on it ! But all I beg is to let none reproach my friends with it, or suspect my virtue or my honour in the least, though I am no more.
Página 84 - Creatures with the names of Men, but with qualities rather brutal than rational. Yet even These He polished from their native Ruggedness : And breaking out, like a new Sun, to illuminate the Minds of a People, dispelled their Night of hereditary Darkness : Till, by Force of his invincible Influence...
Página 8 - Let me not live, quoth he, After my flame lacks oil, to be the snuff Of younger spirits, whose apprehensive senses All but new things disdain ; whose judgments are Mere fathers of their garments ; whose constancies Expire before their fashions.
Página 86 - ... of mind, which I wanted for a long time; but oh, it grieves me to think of the length of eternity; and the Lord save me from eternal damnation!