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Pagina 17
... tion , to have it to hope , that one's prayers are an- swered ! Mrs. Smith , as well as Mrs. Lovick , was with her . They were both in tears ; nor had I , any more than they , power to say a word in answer : yet she spoke all this , as ...
... tion , to have it to hope , that one's prayers are an- swered ! Mrs. Smith , as well as Mrs. Lovick , was with her . They were both in tears ; nor had I , any more than they , power to say a word in answer : yet she spoke all this , as ...
Pagina 55
... tion ) that of Ovid , Heu ! patior telis vulnera facta meis . But yet I do insist upon it , that all that part of my information , which I took upon mine own per- sonal inquiry , which is what relates to Mr. Belford and his character ...
... tion ) that of Ovid , Heu ! patior telis vulnera facta meis . But yet I do insist upon it , that all that part of my information , which I took upon mine own per- sonal inquiry , which is what relates to Mr. Belford and his character ...
Pagina 69
... tion , that thou losest her not by thine own fault , is never to be forgiven . Thou hast but one way to atone for the torments thou givest me , and that is , by sending me word that she is better , and will re- cover . Whether it be ...
... tion , that thou losest her not by thine own fault , is never to be forgiven . Thou hast but one way to atone for the torments thou givest me , and that is , by sending me word that she is better , and will re- cover . Whether it be ...
Pagina 113
... tion of it . Her request to be buried with her ancestors , made a letter of the following import necessary , which I prevailed upon the colonel to write ; being unwil- ling myself ( so early at least ) to appear officious in the eye of ...
... tion of it . Her request to be buried with her ancestors , made a letter of the following import necessary , which I prevailed upon the colonel to write ; being unwil- ling myself ( so early at least ) to appear officious in the eye of ...
Pagina 123
... tion , purified and exalted , she the more fearlessly writes to her sister ; and NOW is assured of par- don for all those little occasions of displeasure which her frowarder youth might give you ; and for the disgrace which her fall has ...
... tion , purified and exalted , she the more fearlessly writes to her sister ; and NOW is assured of par- don for all those little occasions of displeasure which her frowarder youth might give you ; and for the disgrace which her fall has ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 406 - When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Pagina 403 - Tis he, who gives my breast a thousand pains, Can make me feel each passion that he feigns; Enrage, compose, with more than magic art, With pity, and with terror, tear my heart; And snatch me, o'er the earth, or through the air, To Thebes, to Athens, when he will, and where.
Pagina 398 - ... or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous doctrine in modern criticism, that they are obliged to an equal distribution of rewards and punishments, and an impartial execution of poetical justice. Who were the first that established this rule I know not ; but I am sure it has no foundation in nature, in reason, or in the practice of the ancients.
Pagina 402 - Terror and commiseration leave a pleasing anguish in the mind; and fix the audience in such a serious composure of thought, as is much more lasting and delightful than any little transient starts of joy and satisfaction.
Pagina 363 - Sir, said the colonel, with the piety of a confessor (wringing Mr. Lovelace's hand), snatch these few fleeting moments, and commend yourself to God. And so he rode off. The voiture proceeded slowly with my chevalier; yet the motion set both his wounds bleeding afresh; and it was with difficulty they again stopped the blood.
Pagina 200 - I am nobody's, he insist upon viewing her dead, whom he ONCE before saw in a manner dead, let his gay curiosity be gratified. Let him behold, and triumph over the wretched remains of one who has been made a victim to his barbarous perfidy: but let some good person, as by my desire, give him a paper, whist he is viewing the ghastly spectacle, containing these few words only, — 'Gay, cruel heart! behold here the remains of the once ruined, yet now happy, Clarissa Harlowe! — See what thou thyself...
Pagina 230 - This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Pagina 398 - We find that Good and Evil happen alike to all Men on this Side the Grave; and as the principal Design of Tragedy is to raise Commiseration and Terror in the Minds of the Audience, we shall defeat this great End, if we always make Virtue and Innocence happy and successful.
Pagina 230 - Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Pagina 230 - His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.