Letters Supposed to Have Passed Between M. De St. Evremond and Mr. Waller: Now First Collected and Published. Carefully Correctedprinted in the year, 1770 - 199 pages |
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... tell you that he had -But , how ridiculous ! Is the defection of an infamous woman a difgrace to the man fhe forfakes Far otherwife - It is rather a mark of his integrity . The antipathy that vice has to virtue , is a proof of this . It ...
... tell you that he had -But , how ridiculous ! Is the defection of an infamous woman a difgrace to the man fhe forfakes Far otherwife - It is rather a mark of his integrity . The antipathy that vice has to virtue , is a proof of this . It ...
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... tell you that I mean the great philofopher , Mr. Hobbs , fo diftinguished for the fingularity of his fentiments and his dif pofition . * Chatsworth . I arrived a little before dinner , notwith- ftanding which C 2 [ 19 ] LETTER V. ...
... tell you that I mean the great philofopher , Mr. Hobbs , fo diftinguished for the fingularity of his fentiments and his dif pofition . * Chatsworth . I arrived a little before dinner , notwith- ftanding which C 2 [ 19 ] LETTER V. ...
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... telling him that you made better verses than himself . Poetry is a foolish thing , faid Hobbs , ⚫ but I hate to do any thing that is better done by others . ' • Charles II . [ 24 ] LETTER VI . WALLER to ST . LETTER V. 23.
... telling him that you made better verses than himself . Poetry is a foolish thing , faid Hobbs , ⚫ but I hate to do any thing that is better done by others . ' • Charles II . [ 24 ] LETTER VI . WALLER to ST . LETTER V. 23.
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... Tell me how I may re- concile inconsistencies -how I may love the country I have loft , and be fatisfied with an- other . Be it yours , likewife , to inftruct me in the cultivation of that fincerity which , till this moment , has been ...
... Tell me how I may re- concile inconsistencies -how I may love the country I have loft , and be fatisfied with an- other . Be it yours , likewife , to inftruct me in the cultivation of that fincerity which , till this moment , has been ...
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... tell you your faults - You are the most fingular of your fingular nation . It is true , you have more wit and a better understanding than half the peo- ple in your island , and yet it is very feldom that you make any valuable use of ...
... tell you your faults - You are the most fingular of your fingular nation . It is true , you have more wit and a better understanding than half the peo- ple in your island , and yet it is very feldom that you make any valuable use of ...
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abfurd againſt anſwered beauty becauſe beſt bien breaſt Catullus charms circumſtances converfation defire deſtroy Dieu duchefs eaſy Engliſh EVREMOND to WALLER exerciſe exiſtence expreffion fafely faid fair fait fame fancy feems felf fenfe fentiments fervice fhade fhall fhould fifter fighs fincerity firſt flowers fociety fome fomething foul ftill fubject fuch fuffer fuppofe fupport give greateſt happineſs heart himſelf honour idea indulgence infpiration itſelf KING laft laſt le monde leaft leaſt lefs LETTER lofs Madame majeſty Mazarin miſtreſs monde moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obfervable object occafion ourſelves paffion philofopher pleaſe pleaſure poffible praiſe prefervation preſent purpoſe purſued qu'il que vous reafon refpect ROCHESTER ſcenes ſhall ſhe Sir THOMAS ſome ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtill thee thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thing thofe thoſe tout uſe virtue WALLER to ST weakneſs whofe whoſe yourſelf
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Page 124 - tis not unlike the same Which I thither ought to send, So that if it could take end, 'Twould to heaven itself be due, To succeed her, and not you, Who already have of me All that's not idolatry; Which, though not so fierce a flame, Is longer like to be the same.
Page 120 - ... 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 120 - Ye lofty beeches, tell this matchless dame, That if together ye fed all one flame, It could not equalise the hundredth part Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart!
Page 119 - The plants acknowledge this, and her admire, No less than those of old did Orpheus...
Page 123 - 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.
Page 116 - 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 117 - I fuffer not myfelf to lofe The memory of what augments my woes : But with my own breath ftill foment the fire, Which flames as high as fancy can afpire! This laft complaint th...
Page 183 - With the same sighs some happier fair adore ! Your alter'd faith I blame not, nor bewail — And haply yet, (what woman is not frail ?) Yet, haply, might I calmer minutes prove, If he that...
Page 19 - I now write to you from the Earl of Devonshire's, where I have been this fortnight past, paying my devotions to the Genius of Nature. Nothing' can be more romantic than this country except the region about Valois, and nothing can equal this place in beauty but the borders of the lake. " It was not, however, so much the desire of seeing natural curiosities that drew me hither : there is a certain moral curiosity under this roof which I have long wished to see, and my Lord Devonshire had the goodness...
Page 123 - Tis amazement more than love, Which her radiant eyes do move : If lefs fplendor wait on thine, Yet they fo benignly fhine, I would turn my dazzled fight To behold their milder light.