A Series of Genuine Letters Between Henry and Francesprinted in the year, 1770 |
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... used to club their Wits , and lay their Heads together , in order to polish and refine their Works : This muft have been a vast Advantage to them - think of Swift's ftriking out Two - hundred , adding Two- hundred , and altering Two ...
... used to club their Wits , and lay their Heads together , in order to polish and refine their Works : This muft have been a vast Advantage to them - think of Swift's ftriking out Two - hundred , adding Two- hundred , and altering Two ...
Page 79
... used to hear from you leaft . once a Week at Writing is to moft People a Labour - to you it is merely a Sport , why then should you deny yourself an Amusement , only to withhold an In- dulgence from me ? But I have hitherto had no ...
... used to hear from you leaft . once a Week at Writing is to moft People a Labour - to you it is merely a Sport , why then should you deny yourself an Amusement , only to withhold an In- dulgence from me ? But I have hitherto had no ...
Page 80
... used to Medicine ; and Nature , grown jealous of thy Art , fuffers me to pine without your Re- cipés . I but reproach myself while I seem to upbraid you - have they not been my conftant Regimen , my Epicurean Feaft , for more than ...
... used to Medicine ; and Nature , grown jealous of thy Art , fuffers me to pine without your Re- cipés . I but reproach myself while I seem to upbraid you - have they not been my conftant Regimen , my Epicurean Feaft , for more than ...
Page 83
... used by Fortune and Friends , when I knew her last , about an Hundred and Fifty Years . ago , and had died of Diftrefs and . Disappoint- ment about Half a Century past .. It is a Jeft to talk of it - People never die ; and ? the World ...
... used by Fortune and Friends , when I knew her last , about an Hundred and Fifty Years . ago , and had died of Diftrefs and . Disappoint- ment about Half a Century past .. It is a Jeft to talk of it - People never die ; and ? the World ...
Page 89
... , that at first you used to hear from me Once a Week at leaft . It was not my Neglect if you did not hear from me Thrice , and fometimes Twice by the fame Pacquet . " Upbraid " Upbraid me not , thou Eve . " How Henry and Frances . 89.
... , that at first you used to hear from me Once a Week at leaft . It was not my Neglect if you did not hear from me Thrice , and fometimes Twice by the fame Pacquet . " Upbraid " Upbraid me not , thou Eve . " How Henry and Frances . 89.
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Adieu affure againſt alfo almoſt alſo Amuſement anſwer becauſe beſt Bleffing Buſineſs charming Chefter Cloyne dear Harry dearest defire Diſorder Dublin Expreffion exprefs fafe faid fame Fançhon Fanny Farmley feel feem felf fend fenfible fent fhall fince firft firſt fome fometimes fond foon forry FRANCES to HENRY Friend ftiled ftill fuch fuffer fufficient fupply fuppofe fure Happineſs happy Heart HENRY to FRANCES himſelf hope Houſe Huſband Indulgence Inftance itſelf juft juſt laft laſt Letter leaſt lefs LETTER LETTER London Love Mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never Occafion Pacquet Paffage paffed Paffion paft Pain Panopea Paragraph paſt Perfon Philofophy pleaſant pleaſed Pleaſure Poft poor prefent raiſe Reaſon received Reft rejoice ſay ſee ſeems ſend Senfe Senſe ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpeak Spirits ſtill ſuch Tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe Thing thofe thoſe thought uſed Voifinage Weather Windfor wiſh write Yeſterday yourſelf
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Page 28 - Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest...
Page 78 - Like as the culver, on the bared bough Sits mourning for the absence of her mate, And in her songs sends many a wishful vow For his return, that seems to linger late ; So I alone, now left disconsolate, Mourn to myself the absence of my love : And wandering here and there all desolate, Seek with my plaints to match that mournful dove : Ne joy of aught that under...
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Page 78 - Lilceas the Culver36 on the bared bough fits mourning for the abfence of her mate ; and, in her fongs fends many a wifhful vow, for his return that feems to linger late: So I alone now left difconfolate, mourn to myfelf the abfence of my love : and, wand'ring here and there all defolate, feek with my plaints to match that mournful dove.
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Page 123 - THE heavy hours are almoft paft That part my love and me : My longing eyes may hope at laft, Their only wifh to fee. But how, my Delia, will you meet The man you've loft fo long ? Will love in all your pulfes beat, And tremble on your tongue? Will you in every look declare, Your heart is ftill the fame ; And heal each...