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... told , that the author had been cal- led the apologist of Suicide , " by those who abfurdly ascribed to him the erroneous sen- timents which he has given to his principal character . " Here feems to be a diftinction without a difference ...
... told , that the author had been cal- led the apologist of Suicide , " by those who abfurdly ascribed to him the erroneous sen- timents which he has given to his principal character . " Here feems to be a diftinction without a difference ...
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... Selftadt fignificant- ly pronounced the name of " Al- bert , " which fo much excited the curiofity of my partner , and ren- dered him so importunate , that I at length " length frankly told him the nature of my connexion with [ 10 ]
... Selftadt fignificant- ly pronounced the name of " Al- bert , " which fo much excited the curiofity of my partner , and ren- dered him so importunate , that I at length " length frankly told him the nature of my connexion with [ 10 ]
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sir Walter James James. length frankly told him the nature of my connexion with Albert . I am not vain enough to fuppofe this information had any effect on the spirits of Werter ; but from that moment he was perpetually out . I did not ...
sir Walter James James. length frankly told him the nature of my connexion with Albert . I am not vain enough to fuppofe this information had any effect on the spirits of Werter ; but from that moment he was perpetually out . I did not ...
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... told them , that you was hid in the very bofom of retirement , An- tonine Frederick faid , that con- firmed his opinion of your being an angel . " How can you , " I faid , " use such common appellations ? ” " Nay , " replied he , " I am ...
... told them , that you was hid in the very bofom of retirement , An- tonine Frederick faid , that con- firmed his opinion of your being an angel . " How can you , " I faid , " use such common appellations ? ” " Nay , " replied he , " I am ...
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... if it may be called danger to be fo near heaven . I do not wonder at your folicitude to know the story of this dear girl ; though I am rather furprized , my father VOL . I. D has has not told you , for he loves to talk [ 33 ]
... if it may be called danger to be fo near heaven . I do not wonder at your folicitude to know the story of this dear girl ; though I am rather furprized , my father VOL . I. D has has not told you , for he loves to talk [ 33 ]
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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...
Page 146 - I am covered with the drops of heaven ? The time of my fading is near, the blaft that fhall fcatter my leaves. Tomorrow fhall the traveller come ; he that faw me in my beauty fhall come. His eyes will fearch the field, but they will not find me.
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!
Page 55 - I'll teach thee what it is to love, And by what marks true paffion may be found. It is to be all bath'd in tears, To live upon a fmile for years, To lie whole ages at a beauty's feet; To kneel, to languifh and implore, And ftill tho' fhe difdain, adore ; It is to do all this and think thy fufferings fweet.
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...