The Memoirs of Charles Westcote: In which is Introduced the History of the Monk Franciscobooksellers, 1807 - 323 էջ |
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... impressions of my first interview.Dull and insensible must the heart have been that could withstand the object which I beheld . I saw her but to love her , and I resolved in a moment to win her affections . I am far from being a perfect ...
... impressions of my first interview.Dull and insensible must the heart have been that could withstand the object which I beheld . I saw her but to love her , and I resolved in a moment to win her affections . I am far from being a perfect ...
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... impression she instilled . My heart beat in unison with the sympathy I discovered — each pathetic passage was a new proof of the ariableness of her disposition — and the idea I formed of her understanding was another motive to engage my ...
... impression she instilled . My heart beat in unison with the sympathy I discovered — each pathetic passage was a new proof of the ariableness of her disposition — and the idea I formed of her understanding was another motive to engage my ...
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... impression that an apology might wash away the stain ; and taking up pen , ink , and paper , thus addressed Mrs. Edwards :" I know not madam in what shape to apologize for my recent behaviour . Is it then possi“ ble to force the ...
... impression that an apology might wash away the stain ; and taking up pen , ink , and paper , thus addressed Mrs. Edwards :" I know not madam in what shape to apologize for my recent behaviour . Is it then possi“ ble to force the ...
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... impressions to which it is but too sensible . You have not to learn that our feelings are often associated with ... impression . The fates league with my desires . A sudden gust of wind extinguishes the only taper in the room — all ...
... impressions to which it is but too sensible . You have not to learn that our feelings are often associated with ... impression . The fates league with my desires . A sudden gust of wind extinguishes the only taper in the room — all ...
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... impression . Seldom have we prudence to make even an allowance for the motives which operate on the mind . Motives whose cogency is the self - determining power of human action , and which teach us , that a man may be hurried away by ...
... impression . Seldom have we prudence to make even an allowance for the motives which operate on the mind . Motives whose cogency is the self - determining power of human action , and which teach us , that a man may be hurried away by ...
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Էջ 76 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Էջ 30 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with.
Էջ 299 - Inspiration round. As o'er the dusky furniture I bend, Each chair awakes the feelings of a friend.
Էջ 319 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. Duch. Alas ! poor Richard ! where rides he the while ? York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
Էջ 300 - Her tattered mantle, and her hood of straw ; Her moving lips, her caldron brimming o'er ; The drowsy brood that on her back she bore, Imps, in the barn with mousing owlet bred, From rifled roost at nightly revel fed ; Whose dark eyes...
Էջ 301 - Oh haste, unfold the hospitable hall ! That hall, where once, in antiquated state, The chair of justice held the grave debate.
Էջ 256 - ... doing his duty as a rational creature, that, though he should miss truth, he will not miss the reward of it. For he governs his assent right, and places it as he should, who, in any case or matter whatsoever, believes or disbelieves according as reason directs him. He that doth otherwise, transgresses against his own light, and misuses those faculties which were given him to no other end, but to search and follow the clearer evidence and greater probability.
Էջ 300 - Forgot to trace the feathered feet of Time ? That massive beam, with curious carvings wrought, Whence the caged linnet soothed my pensive thought ; Those muskets, cased with venerable rust ; Those once-loved forms, still breathing thro...
Էջ 300 - twas heaven to hear, When soft it spoke a promised pleasure near ; And has its sober hand, its simple chime, Forgot to trace the...
Էջ 255 - He that believes, without having any reason for believing, may be in love with his own fancies ; but neither seeks truth as he ought, nor pays the obedience due to his Maker...