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Pagina 6
... never saw a man , whose person I could like , before this man ; yet his faulty character allowed me but little merit from the indifference I pretended to on his account . But I like him less than ever . You will say I rave : forbidden ...
... never saw a man , whose person I could like , before this man ; yet his faulty character allowed me but little merit from the indifference I pretended to on his account . But I like him less than ever . You will say I rave : forbidden ...
Pagina 7
... never will recover . Think not of corresponding with a wretch who now seems absolutely devoted . How can it be otherwise , if a parent's curses have the weight I always attributed to them , and have heard so many instances in ...
... never will recover . Think not of corresponding with a wretch who now seems absolutely devoted . How can it be otherwise , if a parent's curses have the weight I always attributed to them , and have heard so many instances in ...
Pagina 10
... never think of marrying . In justice to the man I shall have , I have vowed this : for , my dear , must I not be miserable , if you are so ? And what an unworthy wife must I be to any man who cannot have interest enough in my heart to ...
... never think of marrying . In justice to the man I shall have , I have vowed this : for , my dear , must I not be miserable , if you are so ? And what an unworthy wife must I be to any man who cannot have interest enough in my heart to ...
Pagina 23
... never caught a glimpse of such a world as Lovelace and his com- panions lived in , she shrinks from the bold faces and the meretricious airs of those with whom she is forced into contact . Feminine quickness supplies the place of ...
... never caught a glimpse of such a world as Lovelace and his com- panions lived in , she shrinks from the bold faces and the meretricious airs of those with whom she is forced into contact . Feminine quickness supplies the place of ...
Pagina 24
... never be separated . See , Jack , what I get by my charity ! I thanked her heartily . But said , that I must take the liberty to observe , that good folks were generally so un- charitable , that , devil take me , if I would choose to be ...
... never be separated . See , Jack , what I get by my charity ! I thanked her heartily . But said , that I must take the liberty to observe , that good folks were generally so un- charitable , that , devil take me , if I would choose to be ...
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acquainted answer apprehensions attend behaviour believe beloved beseech canonical hour Captain Tomlinson charmer charming coach cousin Covent Garden cursed dear creature desired devil dining-room door Dorcas doubt excuse expect eyes favour fellow forgive gentleman give gout Hampstead hand happy happy day HARLOWE TO MISS heard heart honour hope Jack JOHN BELFORD July 17 June 28 knew Lady Betty lady's leave letter libertine lodgings look Lord LOVELACE TO JOHN Mabell madam marriage married MISS CLARISSA HARLOWE Miss Harlowe Miss Montague Morden morning mother never night nymphs obliged occasion once person pity poor present pretended Lady ready ROBERT LOVELACE sake Sally Sally Martin seems sent servant Sinclair soul suffered suppose sure tell thee thou hast thou wilt thought Thursday told uncle unhappy vile villain wench wish woman women word wretch write
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Pagina 16 - The wise and active conquer difficulties, By daring to attempt them. Sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make th
Pagina 335 - A horrid hole of a house, in an alley they call a court ; stairs wretchedly narrow, even to the first-floor rooms : And into a den they led me, with broken walls, which had been papered, as I saw by a multitude of tacks, and some torn bits held on by the rusty heads. The floor indeed was clean, but the ceiling was smoked with...
Pagina 157 - ... longer from her, any more than (from the violent impulses of my passion) to forbear manifesting myself. I unbuttoned therefore my cape, I pulled off my flapt slouched hat ; I threw open my great coat, and, like the devil in Milton (an odd comparison though !) I started up in my own form divine, Touch' a by the beam of her celestial eye, More potent than Ithuriel's spear...
Pagina 166 - O the poor Clarissa Harlowe! She tore off her head-clothes; inquired where I was: and in she came, her shining tresses flowing about her neck; her ruffles torn, and hanging in tatters about her snowy hands; with her arms spread out; her eyes wildly turned, as if starting from their orbits. Down sunk she at my feet, as soon as she approached me; her charming bosom heaving to her uplifted face; and clasping her arms about my knees, Dear Lovelace...
Pagina 167 - ... besought her reliance on my faith and honour — and revowed all my old vows, and poured forth new ones. At last, with a heart-breaking sob, I see, I see, Mr. Lovelace, in broken sentences she spoke — I see, I see — that at last — at last — I am ruined ! — Ruined, if your pity — let me implore your pity! — and down on her bosom, like a half-broken stalked lily top heavy with the over-charging dews of the morning, sunk her head, with a sigh that went to my heart.