I consider fidelity and constancy as two distinct things; yet the former is necessary to give life to the other, and such a degree of respect do I think due to myself, that, if only probity, which is a good thing in its place, brings you back, never return... Letters to Imlay - Page 85by Mary Wollstonecraft - 1879 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
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...is neceflkry, to give life to the other—- and fuch a degree of refpeft do I think due to myfelf, that, if only probity, which is a good thing in its...detains you— there is an end of all my hopes of happinefs — I could not forgive it, if I would. I have got/en into a melancholy mood, you perceive.... | |
| Biography - 1800 - 702 pages
...former is neceflary, to give life to the other— and fuch a degree of refpeft do 1 think due to myfelf, that, if only probity, which is a good thing in its...detains you— there is an end of all my hopes of happinefs — I could not forgive it, if I would. " I have gotten into a melancholy mood, you perceive.... | |
| 1901 - 604 pages
...fidelity and constancy as two distinct things, yet the former is necessary to give life to the latter ; and such a degree of respect do I think due to myself,...if a wandering of the heart, or even a caprice of imagination, detains you, there is an end of all my hopes of happiness. I could not forgive it, if... | |
| Mary Wollstonecraft - Authors, English - 1879 - 286 pages
...mean to wife you. I only take advantage of every occasion, that one out of three of my epistlesmay reach your hands, and inform you that I am not of...hopes of happiness. I could not forgive it if I would. general ; you know that I think them systematic tyrants, and that it is the rarest thing in the world... | |
| Abby Sage Richardson - Authors, English - 1882 - 348 pages
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| Elizabeth Robins Pennell - Authors, English - 1884 - 380 pages
...if they debauch their hearts and prostitute their persons, following perhaps a gust of inebriation, the wife, slave rather, whom they maintain has no...of all my hopes of happiness. I could not forgive if" if I would. " I have gotten into a melancholy mood, you perceive. You know my opinion of men in... | |
| Literature - 1901 - 886 pages
...fidelity and constancy as two distinct things, yet the former is necessary to give life to the latter: and such a degree 'of respect do I think due to myself,...a good thing in its place, brings you back, never to return!— for if a wandering of the heart, or even a caprice of imagination, detains you, there... | |
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