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... should think too glaring to mislead a mind not totally deftitute of all moral cultivation and yet I am sorry to fay , we have had inftances , in which , to- gether with the influence of the example , it has operated to the destruction ...
... should think too glaring to mislead a mind not totally deftitute of all moral cultivation and yet I am sorry to fay , we have had inftances , in which , to- gether with the influence of the example , it has operated to the destruction ...
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... we quote the ancients ; and it was natural she should do fo : fenti- ments acquired through the medium of ano- ther language make the strongest impressions on the mind . It It afforded me no small pleasure to find , that PREFACE . ix.
... we quote the ancients ; and it was natural she should do fo : fenti- ments acquired through the medium of ano- ther language make the strongest impressions on the mind . It It afforded me no small pleasure to find , that PREFACE . ix.
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... whilft retire- ment is the very nurse of contemp- lation . But it is not neceffary that we should always contemplate . The active virtues of fociety demand C VOL . I. our our presence in the world . Re- tirement is not [ 17 ]
... whilft retire- ment is the very nurse of contemp- lation . But it is not neceffary that we should always contemplate . The active virtues of fociety demand C VOL . I. our our presence in the world . Re- tirement is not [ 17 ]
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... eye to yourself : you should not cenfure the effect , without ad- verting to the cause . - Come , you are a strenuous advocate for Albert ; and it would be ungenerous in me not not to take the part of Ferdinand ; though , [ 20 ]
... eye to yourself : you should not cenfure the effect , without ad- verting to the cause . - Come , you are a strenuous advocate for Albert ; and it would be ungenerous in me not not to take the part of Ferdinand ; though , [ 20 ]
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... should arife : - " grow with our growth , and ftrengthen with our ftrength . " We flept in the fame bed ; were educated in the fame manner ; and both my pa- rents regarded Therefa as another Charlotte . When we grew up , we discovered a ...
... should arife : - " grow with our growth , and ftrengthen with our ftrength . " We flept in the fame bed ; were educated in the fame manner ; and both my pa- rents regarded Therefa as another Charlotte . When we grew up , we discovered a ...
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abfence accompliſhment Adieu againſt Albert almoſt aſked becauſe bert beſt bleffing bofom buſineſs cauſe Charlotte Charlotte's charms converfation dear Carolina dear Charlotte dear girl deareſt defire deftitute diftrefs diſcovered diſeaſe Engliſh eſteem exiſtence eyes faid fame father feel feemed fentiments Ferdinand fhades fhall fhould fighs firſt fituation fmiling fociety fome fometimes foon footh forrow fpirits friendſhip fubject fuch fufferings fuppofe fure fweet happineſs happy harpsichord heart heaven Henry himſelf hope laft letter laſt lotte lover melancholy ment mifery mind moft moſt mufe mufic muft muſt myſelf never obferved Offian ourſelves paffing paffion paſs paſt peace Petrarch philofophic pity pleaſures prefence reafon reaſon refa replied reſemble ſaid ſay ſcenes ſee ſeems ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſteps ſtory taſte tears thee Therefa theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion vaglia vifit Walheim Werter whilft whofe whoſe wiſh yourſelf
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