Selected WritingsCarcanet, 1988 - 180 pàgines |
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Pàgina 38
... desire , and then supplies ; Unknown to them , when sensual pleasures cloy , To fill the languid pause with finer joy ; Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame , Catch every nerve and vibrate through the frame . Their level ...
... desire , and then supplies ; Unknown to them , when sensual pleasures cloy , To fill the languid pause with finer joy ; Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame , Catch every nerve and vibrate through the frame . Their level ...
Pàgina 112
... desire an intimacy only with a few . The man in black whom I have often mentioned , is one whose friendship I cou'd wish to acquire , because he possesses my esteem . His manners it is true , are tinctured with some strange ...
... desire an intimacy only with a few . The man in black whom I have often mentioned , is one whose friendship I cou'd wish to acquire , because he possesses my esteem . His manners it is true , are tinctured with some strange ...
Pàgina 126
... desire to be well served , I would apply only to those who made it their trade , and lived by it . You smile at the oddity of my opinion ; but be assured , my friend , that wit is in some measure mechanical ; and that a man long ...
... desire to be well served , I would apply only to those who made it their trade , and lived by it . You smile at the oddity of my opinion ; but be assured , my friend , that wit is in some measure mechanical ; and that a man long ...
Continguts
Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Texts | 14 |
Description of an Authors Bedchamber | 21 |
Copyright | |
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