The History of Sir George Ellison, Volume 1University Press of Kentucky, 1766 - Fiction |
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Page xiii
... heart problems , younger even than herself , and the daughter of the first Earl of Halifax . Of Lady Barbara , her cousin George Montagu was to write after her death , " She was the one I always loved and passed all my youth with in ...
... heart problems , younger even than herself , and the daughter of the first Earl of Halifax . Of Lady Barbara , her cousin George Montagu was to write after her death , " She was the one I always loved and passed all my youth with in ...
Page xiv
... heart , and understanding , had entirely captivated his affections , and given him such a prejudice in favour of her ... hearts , educat- ing their offspring , loving one another without abatement , and distributing their money to all in ...
... heart , and understanding , had entirely captivated his affections , and given him such a prejudice in favour of her ... hearts , educat- ing their offspring , loving one another without abatement , and distributing their money to all in ...
Page xxi
... heart that can be soften'd , in short I am afraid she has nothing that people mean by a heart when they talk of it in any other light than a Surgeon wou'd do , but I see she will soon have sense enough to be a good Hypocrite . I don't ...
... heart that can be soften'd , in short I am afraid she has nothing that people mean by a heart when they talk of it in any other light than a Surgeon wou'd do , but I see she will soon have sense enough to be a good Hypocrite . I don't ...
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Page xxxviii - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; But yet...
Page xx - In narratives where historical veracity has no place, I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach...
Page xix - It is therefore not a sufficient vindication of a character, that it is drawn as it appears, for many characters ought never to be drawn ; nor of a narrative, that the train of events is agreeable to observation and experience, for that observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.