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Page 140
... defire : but Fancy performs her airy excurfions upon light and vagrant wings , and flying round her objects without examination , embraces every pleafing image with encreasing ... defires which feize upon the 140 THE INFLUENCE OF SOLITUDE.
... defire : but Fancy performs her airy excurfions upon light and vagrant wings , and flying round her objects without examination , embraces every pleafing image with encreasing ... defires which feize upon the 140 THE INFLUENCE OF SOLITUDE.
Page 241
... defire . Oh ! that you had not fo power- you " ful an influence over all my foul ! It is your " fears furely that make you thus deaf to my " entreaties , and negligent of my defires but " what is there for you to fear ? * When we ...
... defire . Oh ! that you had not fo power- you " ful an influence over all my foul ! It is your " fears furely that make you thus deaf to my " entreaties , and negligent of my defires but " what is there for you to fear ? * When we ...
Page 261
... defires of fenfe , and the dreams of fancy . He cannot form that delightful union of the fexes , where fentiments of admiration are encreased by prospects of personal advantage ; where private enjoyment arifes from a fenfe of mutual ...
... defires of fenfe , and the dreams of fancy . He cannot form that delightful union of the fexes , where fentiments of admiration are encreased by prospects of personal advantage ; where private enjoyment arifes from a fenfe of mutual ...
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ABELARD againſt almoſt alſo becauſe beſt bofom cauſe celebrated character choly cifed circumftances cloſe conftitution converfation courſe defires delight deſtroy difpofition DIOCLESIAN eaſe effects ELOISA endeavour enjoy enjoyment envy exerciſe faid fame fancy fays feek feelings feems fenfe fentiments fhall fhew fhould fighs filence firſt focial fociety folitary fome foon forrows foul fource fpecies frequently friends friendſhip ftill ftudy fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior furrounded greateſt happineſs heart higheſt himſelf houſe human imagination increaſe indulgence inftruction inſtead intercourſe interefts itſelf joys lefs live mankind melan melancholy ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obferved occafion paffed paffions perfons PETRARCH philofopher PLATO pleaſe pleaſures poffeffed preſent purpoſe purſued purſuits racter raiſed rational reaſon religion reſpect retirement retreat ſcenes ſcience ſenſe ſeverity ſhe Solitude ſpirit ſtate ſtudy ſuch temper thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tranquillity underſtanding uſeful vices virtue virtuous whofe whoſe