The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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Page viii
... passion is a step towards the relief of it ; and there is a certain comfort in the very act of sorrowing , which , I suppose , arises from a secret consciousness in the mind , that the affliction it is un- der flows from a virtuous ...
... passion is a step towards the relief of it ; and there is a certain comfort in the very act of sorrowing , which , I suppose , arises from a secret consciousness in the mind , that the affliction it is un- der flows from a virtuous ...
Page x
... passionate starts of mine , in some parts of our time together , to say nothing but thank me for the good , if there was any good suitable to her own excellence ! All that I had ever said to her , all the circumstances of sorrow and joy ...
... passionate starts of mine , in some parts of our time together , to say nothing but thank me for the good , if there was any good suitable to her own excellence ! All that I had ever said to her , all the circumstances of sorrow and joy ...
Page xix
... passion on both sides , and perfected by the generosity of one party , must be adorned with so many handsome incidents on the other side , that every particular couple would be an example in many circumstances to all the rest of the ...
... passion on both sides , and perfected by the generosity of one party , must be adorned with so many handsome incidents on the other side , that every particular couple would be an example in many circumstances to all the rest of the ...
Page 15
... virtues and agreeable quali- ties , and cultivates the mind while it improves the be- havior . The passion of love to a mistress , even where it is most sincere , resembles too much the flame No. 525 . 15 THE SPECTATOR .
... virtues and agreeable quali- ties , and cultivates the mind while it improves the be- havior . The passion of love to a mistress , even where it is most sincere , resembles too much the flame No. 525 . 15 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 16
... passionate raptures , extravagant encomiums , and slavish adoration . If we were ad- mitted to search the cabinet of the beautiful Narcissa , among heaps of epistles from several admirers , which are there preserved with equal care ...
... passionate raptures , extravagant encomiums , and slavish adoration . If we were ad- mitted to search the cabinet of the beautiful Narcissa , among heaps of epistles from several admirers , which are there preserved with equal care ...
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