The Swan of Litchfield: Being a Selection from the Correspondence of Anna Seward |
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... passions . MISS WESTON , Lichfield , Oct. 29 , 1784 . I have lately been in the almost daily habit of con- templating a ... passion for his present sufferings , and fervently wish I had power to relieve them . A few days since I was to ...
... passions . MISS WESTON , Lichfield , Oct. 29 , 1784 . I have lately been in the almost daily habit of con- templating a ... passion for his present sufferings , and fervently wish I had power to relieve them . A few days since I was to ...
Page 105
... passion for Honora Sneyd ; and , after his sad fate , succeeded that gallant officer in his appointments in America ; who has studied politeness from Chesterfield , poetry after our best critics , and moral philosophy and style after ...
... passion for Honora Sneyd ; and , after his sad fate , succeeded that gallant officer in his appointments in America ; who has studied politeness from Chesterfield , poetry after our best critics , and moral philosophy and style after ...
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... passionate tenderness . The fervent , dis- interested attachment of such a heart , originally and solely inspired by ... passion , though you were as to its object , that cir- cumstance makes her situation hopeless , so long as either of ...
... passionate tenderness . The fervent , dis- interested attachment of such a heart , originally and solely inspired by ... passion , though you were as to its object , that cir- cumstance makes her situation hopeless , so long as either of ...
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