 | 1728 - 344 pages
...little Fortune 7 and fn Proportion to that, (he-has herfetf diicayed'bothih her Health and Reafon. Her Husband's Death, added to her Age and infirmities, would certainly have determined her J-ife,. but that the Cr<:atnif» ot her Diftrefs ha* been t -* her. her Relief, by A pvefent Deprivation... | |
 | Tatler - 1754 - 322 pages
...; and, in Proportion to that, fhe has herfelf decayed both in her Health arid Reafon. Her Huftand's Death, added to her Age and Infirmities, would certainly have determined her Life, but that the Greatnefs of her Diilre's has been her Relief, by a prefent Deprivation of her Ser.fes. This Abfence... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 342 pages
...his person as his little fortune ; and, in proportion to that, she has herself decayed both in her health and reason. Her husband's death, added to her...greatness of her distress has been her relief, by a present deprivation of her senses. This absence of reason is her best defence against age, sorrow,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1804 - 450 pages
...his person as his little fortune ; and, in proportion to that, she has herself decayed both in her health and reason. Her husband's death, added to her age and infirmities, would certainly have deter1 Mr. Betterton married, in 1670, Mrs. Saunderson, the most eminent actress in Sir William. Davenant's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 348 pages
...herself decayed both in her health and reason. Her husband's death, added to her age and mfirmities, would certainly have determined her life, but that...greatness of her distress has been her relief, by a present deprivation of her sfenses. This absence of reason is her best defence against age, sorrow,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 342 pages
...his person as his little fortune ;. and, in proportion to that, she has herself decayed both in her health and reason. Her husband's death, added to her...greatness of her distress has been her relief, by a present deprivation of her senses. This absence of reason is her best defence against age, sorrow,... | |
 | Colley Cibber - Actors - 1822 - 564 pages
...his person as his little fortune ; and, in proportion to that, she has herself decayed both in her health and reason. Her husband's death, added to her...greatness of her distress has been her relief, by a present deprivation of her senses. This absence of reason has been her best defence against age,... | |
 | 1822 - 488 pages
...his person as his little fortune ; and, in proportion to that, she has herself decayed both in her health and reason. Her husband's death, added to her...determined her life, but that the greatness of her distress * In the year 1670, Mr. Thomas Betterton, who made the foremost figure among the men in sir William... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 334 pages
...in his person as his little fortune ; and, in proportion to that she has herself decayed both in her health and reason. Her husband's death, added to her...greatness of her distress has been her relief, by a present deprivation of her senses. This absence of reason is her best defence against age, sorrow,... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 410 pages
...in his person as his little fortune ; and, in proportion to that she has herself decayed both in her health and reason. Her husband's death, added to her...greatness of her distress has been her relief, by a present deprivation of her senses. This absence of reason is her best defence against age, sorrow,... | |
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... reason. Her husband's death, added to her age and infirmities, would certainly have determined her life, but that the greatness of her distress has been her relief, by a present deprivation of her senses. 
