The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 - English essays |
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... passion ima- ginable to me ; and in plain direct terms offered to marry me privately , and keep it so till he should be so happy as to gain his father's approbation , or be- come possessed of his estate . I passionately loved him , and ...
... passion ima- ginable to me ; and in plain direct terms offered to marry me privately , and keep it so till he should be so happy as to gain his father's approbation , or be- come possessed of his estate . I passionately loved him , and ...
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... passion move ? What kindled in thee this unpitied love ? Thy own warm blush within the water glows ; With thee the colour'd shadow comes and goes ; Its empty being on thyself relies ; Step thou aside , and the frail charmer dies ...
... passion move ? What kindled in thee this unpitied love ? Thy own warm blush within the water glows ; With thee the colour'd shadow comes and goes ; Its empty being on thyself relies ; Step thou aside , and the frail charmer dies ...
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... passion , and of the greatest purity . What a noble mixture of rap- ture and innocence has the author joined together , in the reflection which Adam makes on the pleasures of love , compared to those of sense ! • Thus have I told thee ...
... passion , and of the greatest purity . What a noble mixture of rap- ture and innocence has the author joined together , in the reflection which Adam makes on the pleasures of love , compared to those of sense ! • Thus have I told thee ...
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