Old Love-lettersAbby Sage Richardson Ticknor and Company, 1882 - 322 páginas |
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... Miss Mary Berry To the two Misses Berry in Yorkshire . Robert Burns to Ellison Begbie Robert Burns to Mrs. McLehose The Same to the Same 87 88 90 91 95 96 98 101 • 104 The Same to the Same Robert Burns's Last Letter to xiv Contents .
... Miss Mary Berry To the two Misses Berry in Yorkshire . Robert Burns to Ellison Begbie Robert Burns to Mrs. McLehose The Same to the Same 87 88 90 91 95 96 98 101 • 104 The Same to the Same Robert Burns's Last Letter to xiv Contents .
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... missed my way and never minded where I wandered till I found myself close by Tyburn . When blind Love guides , who can forbear going astray ? Instead of laughing at myself , I fell to pity- ing poor Mr. Farquhar , who whilst he roved ...
... missed my way and never minded where I wandered till I found myself close by Tyburn . When blind Love guides , who can forbear going astray ? Instead of laughing at myself , I fell to pity- ing poor Mr. Farquhar , who whilst he roved ...
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... Miss Hester Vanhomrigh , who lived there with her mother and sister , ladies of inde- pendent fortune . Swift began ... Miss Vanhomrigh in his letters to Stella except very casually , although he goes almost daily to drink coffee with ...
... Miss Hester Vanhomrigh , who lived there with her mother and sister , ladies of inde- pendent fortune . Swift began ... Miss Vanhomrigh in his letters to Stella except very casually , although he goes almost daily to drink coffee with ...
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... Miss Vanhomrigh , " to which she answered , " Oh yes , Dr. Swift could write beautifully about a broom- stick , " -a speech whose little malice even poor Vanessa could forgive , for Stella too had suffered . Stella outlived her rival ...
... Miss Vanhomrigh , " to which she answered , " Oh yes , Dr. Swift could write beautifully about a broom- stick , " -a speech whose little malice even poor Vanessa could forgive , for Stella too had suffered . Stella outlived her rival ...
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... Miss Mary Scurlock , and the first two of the following letters were written to her during courtship . It is said that she was at first averse to marriage , but surrendered after a month's wooing , and then erased the dates of their ...
... Miss Mary Scurlock , and the first two of the following letters were written to her during courtship . It is said that she was at first averse to marriage , but surrendered after a month's wooing , and then erased the dates of their ...
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Términos y frases comunes
absence Adieu affection Anne Boleyn beauty believe beloved bless Buckingham charming child Clarinda comfort Countess of Shrewsbury Countess of Suffolk daughter dear dearest death desire Duchess of Buckingham Earl Edward Wortley Montagu Endymion Porter eyes faithful fancy Fanny Brawne favour fear feel following letters fortune friendship girl give grace happy hast hath hear heart honour hope husband John JOHN PASTON John Winthrop king kiss Lady Hamilton last letter Laurence Sterne live look Lord Lord Peterborough lover Madam Margery marriage married Mary Wollstonecraft mind misery Misses Berry mistress morning mother never night pain passion Paston person pleased pleasure poor pray Queen received Russell seems sent sorrow soul spirit Stella sure sweet Swift tell tenderness thee thine things thou thought tion told unto Vanessa wife Winthrop wish woman word write written wrote
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Página 64 - MADAM, — It is the hardest thing in the world to be in love, and yet attend business. As for me, all who speak to me find me out, and I must lock myself up, or other people will do it for me. " A gentleman asked me this morning, ' What news from Lisbon ? ' and I answered,
Página 164 - If I should die," said I to myself, " I have left no immortal work behind me — nothing to make my friends proud of my memory — but I have lov'd the principle of beauty in all things, and if I had had time I would have made myself remember'd.
Página 185 - I at any time so far forget myself in my exaltation, or received queenship, but that I always looked for such an alteration as...
Página 112 - They say that thou wert, lovely from thy birth, Of glorious parents thou aspiring Child : I wonder not, for One then left this earth Whose life was like a setting planet mild, Which clothed thee in the radiance undefiled Of its departing glory ; still her fame Shines on thee, through the tempests dark and wild Which shake these latter days ; and thou canst claim The shelter, from thy Sire, of an immortal name.
Página 185 - You have chosen me, from a low estate, to be your Queen and companion, far beyond my desert or desire. If then you found me worthy of such honour, good your Grace let not any light fancy, or bad counsel of mine enemies, withdraw...
Página 85 - ... as they happen to be formed. These are the letters by which souls are united, and by which minds naturally in unison move each other as they are moved themselves. I know, dearest lady, that in the perusal of this, such is the consanguinity of our intellects, you will be touched as I am touched. I have indeed concealed nothing from you, nor do I expect ever to repent of having thus opened my heart. I am, &c.
Página 184 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty, perform your command. " But let not your grace ever imagine that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.
Página 145 - But all this is too late. I love you, and you love me, — at least, you say so, and act as if you did so, which last is a great consolation in all events. But /more than love you, and cannot cease to love you. " Think of me, sometimes, when the Alps and the ocean divide us, — but they never will, unless you wish it.
Página 186 - ... for whose sake I am now as I am, whose name I could some good while since have pointed unto, your Grace being not ignorant of my suspicion therein.
Página 186 - My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your Grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen who, as I understand, are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of Anne Boleyn hath been pleasing in your ears, then let me obtain this request...