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... inter- courfe which is to me A perpetual feaft of nectar'd sweets , Where no crude surfeit reigns . I will be watchful over my heart— your advice is engraved there- and and what shall erafe the image of Albert ? Need [ 79 ]
... inter- courfe which is to me A perpetual feaft of nectar'd sweets , Where no crude surfeit reigns . I will be watchful over my heart— your advice is engraved there- and and what shall erafe the image of Albert ? Need [ 79 ]
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sir Walter James James. and what shall erafe the image of Albert ? Need I blush to say this to my Carolina ? -Your letter muft be my apology , wherein you bid me " beware of my heart . " Why should I play the hypocrite , and with ...
sir Walter James James. and what shall erafe the image of Albert ? Need I blush to say this to my Carolina ? -Your letter muft be my apology , wherein you bid me " beware of my heart . " Why should I play the hypocrite , and with ...
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... Shall I tell Ferdinand , that you are half wingless ? The two ftrangers have met : Wer- ter and Theresa are mutually pleased with each other ; there is already that very friendship between them which I wished to have subsisted be- tween ...
... Shall I tell Ferdinand , that you are half wingless ? The two ftrangers have met : Wer- ter and Theresa are mutually pleased with each other ; there is already that very friendship between them which I wished to have subsisted be- tween ...
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... shall find a house - keeper - my little Spa- niard " -so he frequently calls The- refa , whose mother was a Spanish gentlewoman of good family . The moon was juft beginning to rife , and I faid to Werter , " Let us follow my father ...
... shall find a house - keeper - my little Spa- niard " -so he frequently calls The- refa , whose mother was a Spanish gentlewoman of good family . The moon was juft beginning to rife , and I faid to Werter , " Let us follow my father ...
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... Shall I not learn to regulate my spirit by her ferenity and muft I wander thro ' the world deftitute of light - for without Charlotte all is darkness ! " -I replied , " These are words , Werter , which I did not expect to hear from you ...
... Shall I not learn to regulate my spirit by her ferenity and muft I wander thro ' the world deftitute of light - for without Charlotte all is darkness ! " -I replied , " These are words , Werter , which I did not expect to hear from you ...
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abfence accompliſhment Adieu againſt Albert almoſt aſked becauſe bert beſt bleffing bofom buſineſs cauſe Charlotte Charlotte's charms converfation dear Carolina dear Charlotte dear girl deareſt defire deftitute diftrefs diſcovered diſeaſe Engliſh eſteem exiſtence eyes faid fame father feel feemed fentiments Ferdinand fhades fhall fhould fighs firſt fituation fmiling fociety fome fometimes foon footh forrow fpirits friendſhip fubject fuch fufferings fuppofe fure fweet happineſs happy harpsichord heart heaven Henry himſelf hope laft letter laſt lotte lover melancholy ment mifery mind moft moſt mufe mufic muft muſt myſelf never obferved Offian ourſelves paffing paffion paſs paſt peace Petrarch philofophic pity pleaſures prefence reafon reaſon refa replied reſemble ſaid ſay ſcenes ſee ſeems ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſteps ſtory taſte tears thee Therefa theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion vaglia vifit Walheim Werter whilft whofe whoſe wiſh yourſelf
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Page 50 - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die; like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume...
Page 34 - We, Hermia, like two artificial Gods, Created with our needles both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion...
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Page 57 - Or any cares but his thy breaft enthrall, Thou never yet his power haft known ; Love fits on a defpotic throne, And reigns a tyrant, if he reigns at all. Now if thou art fo loft a thing, Here all thy tender forrows bring, And prove whofe patience longeft can endure; We'll ftrive whofe fancy fhall be loft In dreams of fondeft paffion moft, For if thou thus haft lov'd, oh!
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Page 133 - Ere the rifing fun Shone o'er the deep, or 'mid the vault of night The moon her filver lamp fufpended : ere The vales with fprings were water'd, or with groves Of oak or pine the ancient hills were crown'd...
Page 78 - Not harfii, and crabbed, as dull fools fuppofe, But mufical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feaft of neftar'd fweets, Where no crude furfeit reigns.
Page 76 - Cicero notices the astonishing power of music ; and Plato supposes that the effect of harmony on the mind, is equal to that of air on the body.
Page 133 - Then the Great Spirit, whom his works adore, Within his own deep essence view'd the forms, The forms eternal of created things: The radiant sun; the moon's nocturnal lamp...