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Page iii
... means , will not tell her , unless she succeed . XIV . Mrs. Norton to Mrs. Harlowe . XV . Mrs. Harlowe's affecting answer . XVI . Clarissa to Mrs. Norton . Earnestly begs , for reasons equally generous and dutiful , that she may be left ...
... means , will not tell her , unless she succeed . XIV . Mrs. Norton to Mrs. Harlowe . XV . Mrs. Harlowe's affecting answer . XVI . Clarissa to Mrs. Norton . Earnestly begs , for reasons equally generous and dutiful , that she may be left ...
Page xi
... means by his ridicule with re- gard to his charming cousin . LXXXV . From the same . A proper test of the purity of writing . The lady again makes excuses for her allego- rical letter . Her calm behaviour , and generous and use- ful ...
... means by his ridicule with re- gard to his charming cousin . LXXXV . From the same . A proper test of the purity of writing . The lady again makes excuses for her allego- rical letter . Her calm behaviour , and generous and use- ful ...
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... means . She may possibly write too much for her health : but I have observed , on several occasions , that when the medical men are at a loss what to pre- scribe , they enquire what their patients best like , or are most diverted with ...
... means . She may possibly write too much for her health : but I have observed , on several occasions , that when the medical men are at a loss what to pre- scribe , they enquire what their patients best like , or are most diverted with ...
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... means we have no opportunities of seeing or conversing with any body who could or would shew us what we are ; and so we conclude , that we are the cleverest fellows in the world , and · the only men of spirit in it ; and , looking down ...
... means we have no opportunities of seeing or conversing with any body who could or would shew us what we are ; and so we conclude , that we are the cleverest fellows in the world , and · the only men of spirit in it ; and , looking down ...
Page 49
... means it , manifests , that he is an unpolite , rough creature , a perfect Belford , and has it not in him . But here thou'lt throw out that notable witticism , that my outside is the best of me , thine the worst of thee , and that , if ...
... means it , manifests , that he is an unpolite , rough creature , a perfect Belford , and has it not in him . But here thou'lt throw out that notable witticism , that my outside is the best of me , thine the worst of thee , and that , if ...
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admirable afraid answer apothecary assure BELFORD TO ROBERT blessing called canst cern cousin creature cursed dear Miss dearest death desire doubt earnest eyes Fair Penitent fault favour fellow forgive give hand happy HARLOWE TO MISS Harlowe's hear heart Hickman honour hope inclosed Isle of Wight Jack JOHN BELFORD July 27 letter libertines liberty Lithuania look Lord LOVELACE TO JOHN Lovick madam mind MISS CL MISS CLARISSA HARLOWE Miss Harlowe mother Mowbray never noble Norton obliged occasion penitent perhaps person pity pleased poor Belton pray present racter reason received ROBERT LOVELACE sake servant shew shocking sister Smith soul spect stept suffer sure tell thee thing thou art thou hast thou wilt thought Thursday thyself tion told Tourville uncle unhappy vile wicked wish woman words wretch write young lady
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Page 139 - When Thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, Thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment : every man therefore is but vanity.
Page 57 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Page 88 - If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: If I say, "I am perfect," it shall also prove me perverse.
Page 175 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, 0 ye, my friends! for the hand of God hath touched me.
Page 146 - When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint; Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions : So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than my life.
Page 140 - Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. "The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
Page 203 - For my days are consumed away like smoke, and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand. 4 My heart is smitten down, and withered like grass ; so that I forget to eat my bread.
Page 203 - Because of thine indignation and thy wrath : for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
Page 175 - Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness, and the shadow of death, A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Page 118 - Let. 22.) must be the Style of those who write in the height of a present distress; the mind tortured by the pangs of uncertainty (the Events then hidden in the womb of Fate); than the dry, narrative, unanimated Style of a person relating difficulties and dangers surmounted, can be; the relater perfectly at ease; and if himself unmoved by his own Story, not likely greatly to affect the Reader.