 I'm an object of compassion, because I know nothing about love. Well, what does the book say about it ? ' He found the word, and ran his finger down the paragraphs of explanation which followed. ' Seven meanings to Love,' he remarked. ' First : An affection...  A Popular and Complete English Dictionary,: I-Z - Page 802by John Boag - 1848 - 761 pagesFull view - About this book
 | GEORGE RIPLEY - 1852 - 670 pages
...Louvre contains a museum of sculpture, antiquities, and other specimens of art, equally valuable. LOVEj, an affection of the mind excited by beauty and worth...sexes, is a compound affection, consisting of esteem, benevolence, and animal desire. Love is excited by pleasing qualities iof any kind, as by kindness,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1852 - 678 pages
...of sculpture, antiquities, and other specimens of art, equally valuable. LOVE, an affection of tho mind excited by beauty and worth of any kind, or by...intellectual. It is opposed to hatred. Love between til»: м?хез, iff a compound affection, consisting of esteem, benevolence, and anim.il ¡Jesire.... | |
 | W.A. Payne - 1868 - 158 pages
...Orestilla, Alfieri, Aristotle, Mohammed, Brigham Young, Queen Elizabeth, and others. Webster says love is an affection of the mind, excited by beauty and worth of any kind ; the opposite of hatred. Oliver Ledana does not regard it as a distinct entity iu human nature, but... | |
 | John Ogilvie - English language - 1872 - 488 pages
...of; to have good-will for. vi. To delight; to take pleasure, ppr. loving, pre(. t£ pp. loved. — n. An affection of the mind excited by beauty and worth of any kind ; passionate affection; fond attachment; the passion between the sexes; patriotism; the attachment... | |
 | Henry Southgate - Love poetry - 1873 - 448 pages
...devotion to another ; affection, as a mother's love. Fondness, satisfaction, devotion. Webster. LOVE, n. An affection of the mind excited by beauty and...which communicate pleasure sensual or intellectual. Love is excited by pleasing qualities of any kind, as by kindness, benevolence, charity, and by the... | |
 | John Morris (author of The new nation.) - 1880 - 620 pages
...fancy for. Polish Lubie, I like, love, &c. Anglo-Saxon Lufu, love. Alemanic — Liubi. English Love, an affection of the mind excited by beauty and worth of any kind. Hindu 1781 Lihaf, a wife. Arabic 1055 Labbat, excellent women who love their husbands. No. 183. Npth,... | |
 | Wilkie Collins - Brain - 1883 - 350 pages
...down the paragraphs of explanation which followed. ' Seven meanings to Love,' he remarked. ' First : An affection of the mind excited by beauty and worth...qualities of an object which communicate pleasure. Second : Courtship. Third : Patriotism, as the love of country. Fourth : Benevolence. Fifth : The object... | |
 | 1883 - 568 pages
...down the paragraphs of explanation which followed. ' Seven meanings to Love,' he remarked. ' First : An affection of the mind excited by beauty and worth...qualities of an object which communicate pleasure. Second : Courtship. Third : Patriotism, as the love of country. Fourth : Benevolence. Fifth : The object... | |
 | John Ogilvie - English language - 1908 - 488 pages
...enamoured of; to have good -will for. vi. To delight; to take pleasure, ppr. loving, pret. <t pp. loved.— n. An affection of the mind excited by beauty and worth of any kind; t>as.*ion:it«i affection; fond attachment; the passion between the sexes; patriotism; the attachment... | |
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