 I was once myself in agonies of grief that are unutterable, and in so great a distraction of mind, that I thought myself even out of the possibility of receiving comfort. The occasion was as follows : When I was a youth in a part of the army which was...  Select British Classics - Page 1091803Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 348 pages
...distraction of mind, that I thought myself even out of the possibility of receiving comfort. The occasion was as follows. When I was a youth in a part of the anny which was then quartered at Dover, I fell in love with an agreeable young woman, of a good family... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 348 pages
...distraction of mind, that I thought myself even out of the possibility of receiving comfort. The occasion was as follows. When I was a youth in a part of the army which was flien quartered at Dover, I fell in love with an agreeable young woman, of a good family in those parts,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 332 pages
...distraction of mind, that I thought myself even out of the possibility of receiving comfort. The occasion was as follows. When I was a youth in a part of the...which occasioned the perplexity I am going to relate. In the midst of these our innocent endearments, she snatched a paper of verses out of my hand, and... | |
 | English essays - 1823 - 344 pages
...distraction of mind, that I thought myself even out of the possibility of receiving comfort. The occasion was as follows : — When I was a youth, in a part...seeing my addresses kindly received, which occasioned ihe perplexity I am going to relate. We were, in a calm evening, diverting ourselves, on Ihe top of... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 410 pages
...distraction of mind, that I thought myself even out of the possibility of receiving comfort. The occasion was as follows. When I was a youth in a part of the...those parts, and had the satisfaction of seeing my ad- ' dresses kindly received, which occasioned the perplexity I am going to relate. We were in a calm... | |
 | English essays - 1829 - 804 pages
...distraction of mind that I thought myself even out of the possibility of receiving comfort. The occasion was as follows. When I was a youth in a part of the army which was t hen quartered at Dover, I fell in love with an agreeable young woman, of a good family in those parts,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1837 - 548 pages
...distraction of mind, that I thought myself even out at the possibility of receiving comfort The occasion was as follows : When I was a youth, in a part of...addresses kindly received, which occasioned the perplexity 1 am going to relate. We were in a calm evening diverting ourselves upon the top of the cliff, with... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...distraction of mind, that I thought myself even out of the possibility of receiving comfort. The occasion was as follows. When I was a youth in a part of the...was then quartered at Dover, I fell in love with an asrreeable young woman, of a good family in those parts, and had the satisfaction of seeing my addresses... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...distraction of mind, that I thought myself even out of the possibility of receiving comfort. The occasion was as follows. When I was a youth in a part of the...quartered at Dover, I fell in love with an agreeable youngwoman, of a good family in those parts, and had the satisfaction of seeing my addresses kindly... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 524 pages
...distraction of mind, that I thought myse] even out of the possibility of receiving comfort. The occa sion was as follows : When I was a youth in a part of th army which was then quartered at Dover, I fell in love wit] an agreeable young woman, of a good... | |
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