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" The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally that which passes in courtship, provided his passion be sincere, and the party beloved kind with discretion. Love, desire, hope, all the pleasing motions of the soul, rise in the pursuit. "
The Literary Magazine, and American Register - Page 31
edited by - 1806
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Truths illustrated by great authors [ed. by W. White].

Truths - 1885 - 572 pages
...the old philosophers. ?lubr. — Addison. mHE pleasantest part of a man's life is generally that JL which passes in Courtship, provided his Passion be...pleasing motions of the Soul, rise in the pursuit. 3La il?. — Hawkesworth. AS Love without Esteem is volatile and capricious; Esteem without Love is...
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Treasury of Wisdom, Wit and Humor, Odd Comparisons and Proverbs: Authors ...

1891 - 556 pages
...Then I'll commend her volubility And say she uttereth piercing eloquence. Shakespeare. PLEASURES OF. The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally...with discretion. Love, desire, hope, all the pleasing emotions of the soul, rise in the pursuit. Addison, PLUCK IN. Great or good, or kind or fair, I will...
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Treasury of Thought: Forming an Encyclopædia of Quotations from Ancient and ...

Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 pages
...knelt, and with the fervor of a lip unused to the cool breath of reason, told my love. — Willis. The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally...discretion. Love, desire, 'hope, all the pleasing emotions of the soul, rise in the pursuit. — Addison. Men are April when they woo, December when...
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Many Thoughts of Many Minds: A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of ...

Louis Klopsch - 1896 - 382 pages
...but in wedlock wake! — POPE. With women worth the being won, The softest lover ever best succeeds. The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally...with discretion. Love, desire, hope, all the pleasing emotions of the soul, rise in the pursuit. — ADDISON. How would that excellent mystery, wedded life,...
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Selections from the Spectator of Addison and Steele

A. Meserole - 1896 - 450 pages
...time from the good old man above-mentioned, have produced the following essay upon love and marriage. The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally...with discretion. Love, desire, hope, all the pleasing emotions of the soul rise in the pursuit. / It is easier for an artful man who is not in love, to persuade...
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The Spectator, Volume 4

George Gregory Smith - 1898 - 314 pages
...Time from the good old Man above-mentioned, have produced the following Essay upon Love and Marriage. The pleasantest Part of a Man's Life is generally...sincere, and the Party beloved kind with Discretion. Love No. 261, Love, Desire, Hope, all the pleasing Motions of the Soul Saturday, rise in the Pursuit Dec,...
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The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 10

David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 644 pages
...cure the extravagances of this Passion, as any one of the old philosophers. (3949) 395° Courtship.— The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally...pleasing motions of the Soul, rise in the pursuit. Manners and Civilization. — Complaisance renders a Superior amiable, an Equal agreeable, and an Inferior...
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Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced ..., Volume 10

David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 566 pages
...this Passion, as any one of the old philosophers. 395° Courtship.— The pleasantest part of a mac's life is generally that which passes in Courtship,...pleasing motions of the Soul, rise in the pursuit Manners and Civilization. — Complaisance renders a Superior amiable, an Equal agreeable, and an Inferior...
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A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the ...

Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 pages
...of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood. — Sterne. — Addison. She half consents, who silently denies. — Ovid. She is a woman, therefore may be wooed...
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A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the ...

Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 776 pages
...of quiet attentions, not ao pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood. — Sterne. which we were born and educated. — Wattt. Peregrinations charm our senses with such uns hiR passion be sincere, and the party beloved, kind, with discretion. Love, desire, hope, all the pleasing...
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