A Series of Genuine Letters Between Henry and Frances, Band 1For W. Johnston, 1757 |
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Adieu affure againſt almoft Anſwer becauſe Belvidere beſt Bufinefs charming confefs Conftancy Converfation Correfpondence Counsellor Dear FANNY dear Harry dearest Defign defire Efteem Eſq Expreffion exprefs fafe faid fame feem felf fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincerely firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon forry FRANCES to HENRY Friend Friendſhip ftill fuch fuffer fufpect fuppofe fure furprized give greateſt Happineſs Health Heart HENRY to FRANCES higheſt himſelf Honour hope Hygea increaſed itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs LETTER Love Mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature never obferved Occafion paffed Paffion Pain Perfon perhaps Philofophy pleafed pleaſed Pleaſure poffible Poft prefent raiſe Reaſon reft ſay ſeem Senfe Senſe Sentiments ſhall ſhe ſome Soul ſpeak Spirit ſuch Tafte thefe theſe Thing thofe thoſe thought thro tion Truth Underſtanding uſed Virtue wiſh write wrote your's yourſelf
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Seite 44 - Let Hercules himself do what he may, The cat will mew and dog will have his day.
Seite 200 - There is indeed something truly magnificent in this kind of amusement; it gives a nobler air to several parts of nature; it fills the earth with a variety of beautiful scenes, and has something in it like creation.
Seite 105 - That good-natured author remarks, that there is a certain general claim of kindness and benevolence which every species of creatures has a right to from us. It is to be regretted that this generous maxim is not more attended to, in the affair of education, and pressed home upon tender minds in its full extent and latitude.
Seite 3 - Self-love to be. 7Each day think on me, and each day I shall For thee make Hours Canonical. By every Wind that comes this way, Send me at least a sigh or two, Such and so many I'll repay As shall themselves make winds to get to you.
Seite 162 - Thus, as faft as our time runs, we fliould be very glad in moft parts of our lives that it ran much fafter than it does. Several hours of the day hang . upon our hands ; nay we wifh away whole years : and travel through time as through a country filled with many wild and empty waftes, which we would fain hurry over, that we may arrive at thofe feveral little fetdements, or imaginary points of reft which are difperfed up and down in it.
Seite 106 - ... creatures. I know that there are grown people, and very good, kind men, too, who defend and celebrate the sport, and value themselves on their skill in it; but I think it tolerable only in boys, who are cruel because they are thoughtless.
Seite 280 - Dignity with" out pride, good-humour without fol*' ly, wit without fatirc, charity without " oftentation, and philofophy with the ** extremeft quicknefs of underftanding ** and tendernefs of heart, are all joined " in the amiable compofition of that *.* unaffectedly good woman;};.
Seite 9 - It would be an easier Task for you than almost any Man, for I think your whole Life and Character have a great deal of that Stile in them.
Seite 179 - As to the affair of Nancy and Sally, it is of no farther consequence to me, than if James and the Coachman had been the Disputants. Nor did I mention my Opinion of Sally with any Design ; for you may easily conceive, that it is a matter of Indifference to me, whether your present favourite was...