Love and Madness: A Story Too True. In a Series of Letters Between Parties, Whose Names Would Perhaps be Mentioned, Were They Less Known, Or Less LamentedG. Kearsly, 1780 - 296 páginas |
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... happiness , I'll none of thee .. And yet I could argue . Suppose he has bred you up- -Suppose you do owe your numerous accomplishments , under genius , to him -- are you therefore his property ? Is it as if a horse that he has bred up ...
... happiness , I'll none of thee .. And yet I could argue . Suppose he has bred you up- -Suppose you do owe your numerous accomplishments , under genius , to him -- are you therefore his property ? Is it as if a horse that he has bred up ...
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... happiness at any price but at the expence of your's . Look over my letters , think over my conduct , confult your own heart , and read these two long letters of your writing , which I return you . Then , tell me whether we love or not ...
... happiness at any price but at the expence of your's . Look over my letters , think over my conduct , confult your own heart , and read these two long letters of your writing , which I return you . Then , tell me whether we love or not ...
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... happiness , gratifies the delicacy of us both . Yet , may it not , my H. , raise fufpi- cions elsewhere ? Your agreeable qualities were too confpicuous not to make you missed . Yet , you are the best judge . My poor , innocent ...
... happiness , gratifies the delicacy of us both . Yet , may it not , my H. , raise fufpi- cions elsewhere ? Your agreeable qualities were too confpicuous not to make you missed . Yet , you are the best judge . My poor , innocent ...
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... happiness , the existence of a fellow creature , dependent upon being able to catch a drop of his own fweat ! Shakespeare's fancy could not have invented , nor ever did in- vent , any thing more fublime ; for this is nature , and nature ...
... happiness , the existence of a fellow creature , dependent upon being able to catch a drop of his own fweat ! Shakespeare's fancy could not have invented , nor ever did in- vent , any thing more fublime ; for this is nature , and nature ...
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... happiness with H. But , am I to leave behind me that deareft H. ? Surely your recruiting business must be nearly over now . You must go to town . Though things can't often be contrived at the A , they may- they may ? -they shall happen ...
... happiness with H. But , am I to leave behind me that deareft H. ? Surely your recruiting business must be nearly over now . You must go to town . Though things can't often be contrived at the A , they may- they may ? -they shall happen ...
Términos y frases comunes
Ælla affured againſt almoſt anſwer aſked Auld Robin Gray becauſe Briſtol Catcott Chatterton circumftance crime dear death defire diſcovered exiſtence eyes fafe faid fake fame feems fend fent fervant ferve fhall fhould fide fifter fince firft firſt fituation fome fomething fometimes fong foon foul fpirits ftill ftory fubject fuch fuffer fuppofe fure genius happineſs happy heart Heaven himſelf honour houſe impoffible Jephtha John the Painter juft laft laſt leaſt lefs letter live Lord Magazine maſter miferable Mifs moft morning moſt mother mufic muft muſt myſelf never night obferve paffage paffions perfon pleaſure poffible poor prefent profe reafon refuſe Rowley Rowley's poems ſay ſcene ſee ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak ſtill tell terton thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe Thomas Chatterton thoſe thou thought to-morrow Tyburn uſed whofe wiſh word write wrote yeſterday your's
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Página 6 - No more of that. I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice...
Página 34 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 77 - They highly extol the man's learning and probity, and will not be persuaded that the university will make any difficulty of conferring such a favour upon a stranger, if he is recommended by the Dean.
Página 224 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Página 35 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. . But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 49 - WHEN thy beauty appears, In its graces and airs, All bright as an angel new dropt from the sky ; At distance I gaze, and am...
Página 142 - Much more, sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and becomes more wicked with less temptation ; who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.
Página 34 - Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature.
Página 278 - God, when they are sold, and all other matters collected, there will be nearly enough to settle our account. May Almighty God bless you and yours with comfort and happiness; and may you ever be a stranger to the pangs I now feel! May Heaven protect my beloved woman, and forgive this act, which alone could relieve me from a world of misery I have long endured! Oh, if it should ever be in your power to do her an act of friendship, remember your faithful friend. J. HACKMAN.
Página 261 - They declared, that they withdrew themselves from poverty and rags ; evils that, through a train of unlucky accidents, were become inevitable.