The Spectator, Volume 5W. Wilson, 1778 |
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... paffion move ? What kindled in thee this unpitied love ? Thy own warm blush within the water glows ; With thee the colour'd fhadow comes and goes : Its empty being on thyself relies ; Step thou afide , and the frail charmer dies ...
... paffion move ? What kindled in thee this unpitied love ? Thy own warm blush within the water glows ; With thee the colour'd fhadow comes and goes : Its empty being on thyself relies ; Step thou afide , and the frail charmer dies ...
Page 108
... paffion first I felt , Commotion frange ! in all enjoyments elfe Superior and unmov'd , here only weak Against the charm of beauty's pow'rful glance . Or nature fail'd in me , and left fome part Not proof enough such object to fuftain ...
... paffion first I felt , Commotion frange ! in all enjoyments elfe Superior and unmov'd , here only weak Against the charm of beauty's pow'rful glance . Or nature fail'd in me , and left fome part Not proof enough such object to fuftain ...
Page 237
... paffion naturally infpires . Thefe inward languifhings of a mind infected with this foftness , have given birth to a phrafe which is made ufe of by all the melting tribe , from the highest to the loweft , I mean that of dying for love ...
... paffion naturally infpires . Thefe inward languifhings of a mind infected with this foftness , have given birth to a phrafe which is made ufe of by all the melting tribe , from the highest to the loweft , I mean that of dying for love ...
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