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... PASSIONATE LOVE 4. COMPANIONSHIP IN MARRIAGE PAGE I 9 29 40 5. FAMILY TIES 58 6. FATHERS AND SONS 72 7. THE RIGHTS OF THE GUEST 92 8. THE DEATH OF FRIENDSHIP 102 9. THE FLUX OF WEALTH IIO IO . DIFFERENCES OF RANK AND WEALTH 121 II . THE ...
... PASSIONATE LOVE 4. COMPANIONSHIP IN MARRIAGE PAGE I 9 29 40 5. FAMILY TIES 58 6. FATHERS AND SONS 72 7. THE RIGHTS OF THE GUEST 92 8. THE DEATH OF FRIENDSHIP 102 9. THE FLUX OF WEALTH IIO IO . DIFFERENCES OF RANK AND WEALTH 121 II . THE ...
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... passionate delight in art . Innocent , well - intentioned friends think that because two men " like painting " they ought to be introduced , as they are sure to amuse each other . In reality their tastes may be more opposed than the ...
... passionate delight in art . Innocent , well - intentioned friends think that because two men " like painting " they ought to be introduced , as they are sure to amuse each other . In reality their tastes may be more opposed than the ...
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... passion , instead of expressing more than we feel , have generally rather a tendency to be reserved upon the subject , as we seldom expect sympathy . Many of us would rather live in solitude and on small means at Como than on a great ...
... passion , instead of expressing more than we feel , have generally rather a tendency to be reserved upon the subject , as we seldom expect sympathy . Many of us would rather live in solitude and on small means at Como than on a great ...
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... old , and wonders if life might not have been made to seem a little longer , and if , after all , it has been quite the best policy always to avoid ennui . ESSAY III . OF PASSIONATE LOVE . THE wonder of 28 [ ESSAY II . HUMAN INTERCOURSE .
... old , and wonders if life might not have been made to seem a little longer , and if , after all , it has been quite the best policy always to avoid ennui . ESSAY III . OF PASSIONATE LOVE . THE wonder of 28 [ ESSAY II . HUMAN INTERCOURSE .
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... passion is not to attri- bute every physical and mental quality to its object , but rather to think , " Such as she is , with the endowments that are really her own , I love her above all women , though I know that she is not so ...
... passion is not to attri- bute every physical and mental quality to its object , but rather to think , " Such as she is , with the endowments that are really her own , I love her above all women , though I know that she is not so ...
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