Rosaline de Vere [by H.A. Dillon Lee]. |
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Abbatè Adieu admire affections atheism ATHERSTONE BARBARA BELMONT Bath become bosom breast cause church Clarissa Harlowe CLORINDA TO ROSALINE confess cruel dark dear friend death delight despotism destiny divine eternal excuse existence eyes falsehood fancy fate father fear feel Florence force fortune friendship Galaor Genevra Genoa give happiness hear heard heart hope hope and fear idealism ideas immortality insolence invisible hand Italy justice lady Lascy letter liberty live look Madona mankind marriage melancholy ment metaphysical mother nature never object opinions ourselves passion person Pietro Perruvini priests pure reason religion rience Rinaldo ROSALINE DE VERE ROSALINE TO CLORINDA rotten boroughs secret selfishness sentiment Sir Arthur society soul sphere storm strive symbol things thou tion true truth vanity Venus de Medicis vital principle absolute warm woman women young Your's youth
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Page 155 - I am forced to advance. — Oh, no, I can never advance ! — I shall swoon if he should expect advances. No, I hope Sir Rowland is better bred than to put a lady to the necessity of breaking her forms. I won't be too coy, neither. — I won't give him despair — but a little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.
Page 155 - Rowland will not fail to come ? or will he not fail when he does come ? Will he be importunate, Foible, and push ? For if he should not be importunate, I shall never break decorums : — I shall die with confusion, if I am forced to advance. — Oh no, I can never advance ! — I shall swoon if he should expect advances. No, I hope sir Rowland is better bred than to put a lady to the necessity of breaking her forms. I won't be too coy, neither.
Page 156 - Or will a' not fail when he does come ? Will he be importunate, Foible, and push? For if he should not be importunate - I shall never break decorums I shall die with confusion, if I am forced to advance. Oh no, I can never advance - I shall swoon if he should expect advances. No, I hope Sir Rowland is better bred, than to put a lady to the necessity of breaking her forms. I won't be too coy neither. - I won't give him despair - but a little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.
Page 134 - No, I'll give you your revenge another time, when you are not so indifferent; you are thinking of something else now, and play too negligently: the coldness of a losing gamester lessens the pleasure of the winner.
Page 105 - Oh Death ! where is thy sting ? Oh Grave ! where is thy victory ? The sting of Death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law.
Page 156 - A sort of dyingness. - You see that picture has a sort of a - ha Foible? A swimmingness in the eyes. - Yes, I'll look so. - My niece affects it; but she wants features. Is Sir Rowland handsome? Let my toilet be removed I'll dress above. I'll receive Sir Rowland here. Is he handsome? Don't answer me. I won't know: I'll be surprised. I'll be taken by surprise.
Page 82 - IDEA of a First Cause, or of a Cause Out of Nature, by connecting CAUSE and EFFECT into INFINITE or ABSOLUTE CAUSE. 37. REASON forms the IDEA of God, or of a Supreme Intelligence out of Nature, by connecting ACTION and REACTION into INFINITE or ABSOLUTE CONCURRENCE. 38 The IDEAS of the Soul, of a First Cause, and of God, must also be ranked under those of ABSOLUTE TOTALITY, ABSOLUTE LIMITATION, and ABSOLUTE NECESSITY. 39. REASON, therefore, is a SPONTANEITY or Active Faculty, FREE from TIME and SPACE...
Page 264 - Lords to concur was met by unanimous votes, — 1. that " the people, under God, are the original of all just power; 2.
Page 48 - A borrower of one of the libraries stationed in a rural community wrote that it was the first time in her life that she had had before her 50 books with the privilege of reading them.
Page 106 - Campbells. But they may be alluded to as causes, though not excuses. It is a part of the melancholy instruction which history affords us, that in the moral as well as in the physical world, there is always a reaction equal to the action. The banishment of the...