Letters Supposed to Have Passed Between M. de St. Evremond and Mr. Waller, Volume 1P. and W. Wilson, 1769 - 203 pages |
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... hope to be ❝indebted for it to your kind Intercession . " This was certainly very great . It was a Re- turn of Reafon ; a Recovery from a State of In- fanity . What is true Honour but the Exercise of right Reason ? All else is false ...
... hope to be ❝indebted for it to your kind Intercession . " This was certainly very great . It was a Re- turn of Reafon ; a Recovery from a State of In- fanity . What is true Honour but the Exercise of right Reason ? All else is false ...
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... hope , not abfolutely barren , though it may have been over - run with Weeds : The Climate will affift you in your Culture , and I cannot wish you better Succefs , than that he who was $ . Beyamond in France may become Waller in England ...
... hope , not abfolutely barren , though it may have been over - run with Weeds : The Climate will affift you in your Culture , and I cannot wish you better Succefs , than that he who was $ . Beyamond in France may become Waller in England ...
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... or Power , or whatever else may be the Subject , the Rule is ftill the fame . While either Hope , or Defire can be reasonably exercifed , we follow our our Happiness in the Paths that Nature has pointed out 56 LETTER XIV .
... or Power , or whatever else may be the Subject , the Rule is ftill the fame . While either Hope , or Defire can be reasonably exercifed , we follow our our Happiness in the Paths that Nature has pointed out 56 LETTER XIV .
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... Hope is cut off , our Pursuits are Madness ; and when Defire can no longer be gratified , the Indulgence of it is Folly . Thefe Speculations , you will fay , are easy , and the Charge may be just ; but is it so easy to overcome an ...
... Hope is cut off , our Pursuits are Madness ; and when Defire can no longer be gratified , the Indulgence of it is Folly . Thefe Speculations , you will fay , are easy , and the Charge may be just ; but is it so easy to overcome an ...
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... hope , from so vain , and fo " variable a Creature as Woman , any Cer- " tainty of Happiness , or Enjoyment ! The Sen- " timents of that Sex are fo lightly taken up , 66 and fo fuperficially impreft , that they are difper- " fed and ...
... hope , from so vain , and fo " variable a Creature as Woman , any Cer- " tainty of Happiness , or Enjoyment ! The Sen- " timents of that Sex are fo lightly taken up , 66 and fo fuperficially impreft , that they are difper- " fed and ...
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abfurd Amuſement Beauty becauſe beſt bien Bishop of Salisbury Breaſt Catullus Charms Confequence Connétable Defire Dieu Duchefs eaſy EVREMOND to WALLER Exercife Exiſtence Expreffion faid fair fait fame Fancy feems fhall firſt Flowers fmile fome fomething foothing Friend Friendſhip ftand ftill fuch fuffer fuppofed fure Genius give greateſt Happineſs Heart himſelf Hobbs Honour Idea Indulgence infpire Intereft itſelf KING laft laſt le monde leaft leaſt lefs LETTER LETTER lofe Lofs loft Love Madame Majefty maux Mazarin ment Miſtreſs moft monde moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature neceffary never Object occafioned ourſelves paffed Paffion Paftoral Perfon Philofopher pleaſe Pleaſure poffible Power Prefervation preſent Purfuit Purpoſe purſue qu'il Reaſon Refpe&t Reſpect ROCHESTER Senfe ſhall ſhe ſhould Sifter Sir THOMAS Soul ſtill ſuppoſe thee thefe Theocritus theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tout uſed Virtue WALLER to ST Weakneſs whofe whoſe World yourſelf
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Page 128 - While in the park I sing, the listening deer Attend my passion, and forget to fear : When to the beeches I report my flame, They bow their heads, as if they felt the same. To gods appealing, when I reach their bowers, With loud complaints they answer me in showers. To thee a wild and cruel soul is given, More deaf than trees, and prouder than the Heaven...
Page 129 - This last complaint the indulgent ears did pierce Of just Apollo, president of verse ; Highly concerned that the Muse should...
Page 135 - tis not unlike the fame, Which I thither ought to fend. So that if it could take end, 'Twould to...
Page 131 - Ye lofty beeches, tell this matchless dame, That if together ye fed all one flame, It could not equalize the hundredth part Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart...
Page 134 - Tis amazement more than love, Which her radiant eyes do move : If less splendour wait on thine, Yet they so benignly shine, I would turn my dazzled sight To behold their milder light. But as hard 'tis to destroy...
Page 131 - Embroidered so with flowers where she stood, That it became a garden of a wood. Her presence has such more than human grace, That it can civilize the rudest place: And beauty too, and order can impart, Where nature ne'er intended it, nor art. The plants acknowledge this, and her admire, No less than those of old did Orpheus...
Page 185 - Lord of my life, my future cares are thine, My love, my duty greet thy holy shrine : No more my heart to vainer hopes I give, But live for thee, whose bounty bids me live.
Page 128 - WHILE in this park I sing, the listening deer Attend my passion, and forget to fear; When to the beeches I report my flame. They bow their heads as if they felt the same. To gods appealing, when I reach their bowers With loud complaints, they answer me in showers. To thee a wild and cruel soul is given, More deaf than trees, and prouder than the heaven!
Page 132 - ... together ye fed all one flame, It could not equalize the hundredth part Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart ! Go, boy, and carve this passion on the bark " Of yonder tree, which stands the sacred mark Of noble Sidney's birth ; when such benign, Such more than mortal-making stars did shine, That there they cannot but for ever prove The monument and pledge of humble love ; His humble love whose hope shall ne'er rise higher, Than for a pardon that he dares admire.
Page 135 - Amoret! as sweet and good As the most delicious food, Which, but tasted, does impart Life and gladness to the heart; Sacharissa's beauty's wine, Which to madness doth incline, Such a liquor, as no brain That is mortal can sustain.