A Series of Genuine Letters Between Henry and FrancesAfter a long engagement, Elizabeth and Richard wdre married about 1752. These somewhat sentimental love letters, which passed between them during this period, had a great success on publication. A delightful account of the authors is to be fund in Dr. Tompkins': The polite marriage. |
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Adieu affured againſt alfo almoſt amufe anſwer becauſe charming confefs conftancy converfation correfpondence Dear FANNY dear Harry dearest defign defire effay eſteem expreffion fafe faid fame fecond feem felf fend fenfe fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincerely firft firſt fome fomething fometimes fools foon forry foul fpeak fpirits FRANCES to HENRY friendship ftate ftile ftill ftrength fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fufpect fuppofe fure furprized give greateſt happineſs heart HENRY to FRANCES HIATUS higheſt himſelf honour hope Hygea infpiration itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs letter Maidenhall ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never obferve occafion paffage paffion perfon perhaps philofophy pleafed pleaſed pleaſure poffible poft poſt prefent raiſe reafon received ſhall ſhe tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thro underſtanding uſe virtue wiſh worfe write wrote your's yourſelf
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Page 192 - ... passions, a man had better be in a fair than in a wood alone. They may, like petty thieves, cheat us perhaps, and pick our pockets in the midst of company, but like robbers, they use to strip and bind, or murder us when they catch us alone. This is but to retreat from men, and fall into the hands of devils.
Page 2 - Self-love to be. 7Each day think on me, and each day I shall For thee make Hours Canonical. By every Wind that comes this way, Send me at least a sigh or two, Such and so many I'll repay As shall themselves make winds to get to you.
Page 60 - O loft to virtue, loft to manly thought, Loft to the noble fallies of the foul ! Who think it folitude, to be alone. Communion fweet ! communion large, and high...
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Page 130 - ... a country filled with many wild and empty waftes, which we would fain hurry over, that we may arrive at thofe feveral little fetdements, or imaginary points of reft which are difperfed up and down in it.
Page 86 - Tis then, thou art yon' angry main, D.eform'd by winds, and dafh'd by rain ; And the poor failor, that muft try Its fury, labours lefs than I.. Shipwreck'd, in vain to land I make, While Love and Fate ftill drive me back : Forc'd to doat on thee thy own way, I chide thee firft, and then obey. Wretched when from thee, vex'd when nigh, I with thee, or without thee, die.