The Mirror: A Periodical Paper, Pub. at Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780, Band 2W. Creech, Edinburgh, and W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, London, 1781 |
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... a small e- " state in fhire , of about 200 acres . " The fituation is delightfully romantic ; " Hic gelidi fontes , hic mollia prata , 68 hic nemus " My " My house is small , but wonderfully com " 6 THE N ° 37 . MIRROR .
... a small e- " state in fhire , of about 200 acres . " The fituation is delightfully romantic ; " Hic gelidi fontes , hic mollia prata , 68 hic nemus " My " My house is small , but wonderfully com " 6 THE N ° 37 . MIRROR .
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... state ; fo it is the duty of the moral writer to em- ploy his principal endeavours to regulate and correct thofe affections of the mind , which , when carried to excefs , often obfcure the most deferving characters , though they are ...
... state ; fo it is the duty of the moral writer to em- ploy his principal endeavours to regulate and correct thofe affections of the mind , which , when carried to excefs , often obfcure the most deferving characters , though they are ...
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... state of languor and infipidity would be produced , if every individual fhould have marked out to him the rank he was to hold , and the line in which he was to move , with- out any danger of being joftled in his pro- grefs . The Author ...
... state of languor and infipidity would be produced , if every individual fhould have marked out to him the rank he was to hold , and the line in which he was to move , with- out any danger of being joftled in his pro- grefs . The Author ...
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... state exactly " the reverse of a very rude one , it follows , " that , instead of allowing the paffions thus " to lord it over their minds and faces , it be- " hoves them to mitigate and restrain those " violent emotions , both in ...
... state exactly " the reverse of a very rude one , it follows , " that , instead of allowing the paffions thus " to lord it over their minds and faces , it be- " hoves them to mitigate and restrain those " violent emotions , both in ...
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... to the practice of this rule amongst people of fa " fhion , the inferior world has been led to " imagine , that matrimony with them is a " state " ftate of indifference or averfion ; whereas , " 30 N ° 40 . THE MIRROR .
... to the practice of this rule amongst people of fa " fhion , the inferior world has been led to " imagine , that matrimony with them is a " state " ftate of indifference or averfion ; whereas , " 30 N ° 40 . THE MIRROR .
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Seite 138 - And he gave it for his opinion, " That whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Seite 317 - ... into ten thousand pieces had her body been made of adamant. It is much easier for my reader to imagine my state of mind upon such an occasion than for me to express it. I said to myself, It is not in the power of heaven to relieve me! when I awaked, equally transported and astonished, to see myself drawn out of an affliction which, the very moment before, appeared to me altogether inextricable.
Seite 48 - s hand) ; but when I look on this renovated being as the gift of the Almighty, I feel a far different sentiment; my heart dilates with gratitude and love to him ; it is prepared for doing his will, not as a duty, but as a pleasure; and regards every breach of it, not with disapprobation, but with horror." " You say right, my dear sir...
Seite 65 - You behold the mourner of his only child, the last earthly stay and blessing of his declining years! Such a child too! - It becomes not me to speak of her virtues; yet it is but gratitude to mention them, because they were exerted towards myself. Not many days ago you saw her young, beautiful, virtuous, and happy; ye who are parents will judge of my felicity then, - ye will judge of my affliction now.
Seite 43 - ... some distant country, and that the father had been suddenly seized in the night with a dangerous disorder, which the people of the inn where they lodged feared would prove mortal; that...
Seite 51 - He found in them the guileless manner of the earliest times, with the culture and accomplishment of the most refined ones. Every better feeling warm and vivid ; every ungentle one repressed or overcome. He was not addicted to love ; but he felt himself happy in being the friend of Mademoiselle La...
Seite 66 - The inspiration of the pulpit was past; at sight of him the scenes they had last met in, rushed again on his mind; La Roche threw his arms round his neck, and watered it with his tears. The other was equally affected; they went together, in silence, into the parlour, where the evening service was wont to be performed.
Seite 52 - The honest folks were awkward but sincere in their professions of regard. They made some attempts at condolence ; it was too delicate for their handling, but La Roche took it in good part.
Seite 61 - Not that he was ever a lover of the lady's; but he thought her one of the most amiable women he had seen, and there was something in the idea of her being another's for ever, that struck him, he knew not why, like a disappointment.
Seite 59 - About three years after our philosopher was on a visit at Geneva: the promise he made to La Roche and his daughter, on his former visit, was recalled to his mind by the view of that range of mountains, on a part of which they had often looked together. There was a reproach, too, conveyed along with the recollection for his having failed to write to either for several months past.