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. Kearsley, 1780 - 296 pàgines |
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Pàgina 8
... thofe and the weakness of these - I maintain it to be lefs wonderful that an hundred or fo fhould fall in the world , than that even one fhould ftand . Is it firange the serpent conquered Eve ? The devil against a woman is fearful odds ...
... thofe and the weakness of these - I maintain it to be lefs wonderful that an hundred or fo fhould fall in the world , than that even one fhould ftand . Is it firange the serpent conquered Eve ? The devil against a woman is fearful odds ...
Pàgina 18
... thofe , to whom it could do any harm , could poffibly understand it . For uninitiated means , I believe , not yet admitted into the myf- teries - thofe who have not yet taken the veil ; or , I should rather say , those who have not yet ...
... thofe , to whom it could do any harm , could poffibly understand it . For uninitiated means , I believe , not yet admitted into the myf- teries - thofe who have not yet taken the veil ; or , I should rather say , those who have not yet ...
Pàgina 22
... thofe features ' every grace ! But what is this - my M.'s mortal part- There is a fubject beggars all thine art : Paint but her mind , by Heav'n ! and thou shalt be , Shalt be my more than pagan deity.- Nature may poffibly have caft ...
... thofe features ' every grace ! But what is this - my M.'s mortal part- There is a fubject beggars all thine art : Paint but her mind , by Heav'n ! and thou shalt be , Shalt be my more than pagan deity.- Nature may poffibly have caft ...
Pàgina 28
... thofe of mine own country pointed at me as they paffed by , and faid , " Logan is the friend of white men . " I had even thought to live with you . But the in- juries of one among you , did away that thought , and dragged me from my ...
... thofe of mine own country pointed at me as they paffed by , and faid , " Logan is the friend of white men . " I had even thought to live with you . But the in- juries of one among you , did away that thought , and dragged me from my ...
Pàgina 61
... Thofe ties , which bids him for his country fall ; At this high fummons , with undaunted zeal , He bares his breast , invites th ' impending steel , Smiles at the hand that deals the fatal blow , Nor heaves one figh for all he leaves ...
... Thofe ties , which bids him for his country fall ; At this high fummons , with undaunted zeal , He bares his breast , invites th ' impending steel , Smiles at the hand that deals the fatal blow , Nor heaves one figh for all he leaves ...
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Love and Madness: A Story Too True : in a Series of Letters Between Parties ... Sir Herbert Croft Visualització completa - 1780 |
Love and Madness: A Story Too True : in a Series of Letters Between Parties ... Sir Herbert Croft Visualització completa - 1780 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 218 - 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.
Pàgina x - 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...
Pàgina 71 - 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.
Pàgina 17 - Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, Or from the soft-eyed virgin steal a tear...
Pàgina 29 - 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.
Pàgina 71 - I hope you will burn this, and pardon me for giving you so much trouble about an impracticable thing; but if you think there is a probability of obtaining the favour asked...
Pàgina 85 - ... their appetites in a short time, and commonly in about two years expire, from a total contraction of all the joints of the body. In this horrid...
Pàgina 226 - My love is dead, Gone to his death-bed All under the willow tree. Black his hair as the winter night, White his skin as the summer snow, Red his face as the morning light; Cold he lies in the grave below. My love is dead, Gone to his death-bed, All under the willow-tree.
Pàgina 26 - I'll rant as well as thou. Queen. This is mere madness : And thus a while the fit will work on him ; Anon, as patient as the female dove, When that her golden couplets are disclosed. His silence will sit drooping.
Pàgina 28 - Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature.