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... passion touched my heart , I triumphed in his pain . " Till quite dejected with my scorn , He left me to my pride ; And sought a solitude forlorn , In secret , where he died . " But mine the sorrow , mine the fault , And well my life ...
... passion touched my heart , I triumphed in his pain . " Till quite dejected with my scorn , He left me to my pride ; And sought a solitude forlorn , In secret , where he died . " But mine the sorrow , mine the fault , And well my life ...
Page 70
... passion sleeps , The joy that dimples and the woe that weeps . How hast thou filled the scene with all thy brood , Of fools pursuing , and of fools pursued ! Whose ins and outs no ray of sense discloses ; Whose only plot it is to break ...
... passion sleeps , The joy that dimples and the woe that weeps . How hast thou filled the scene with all thy brood , Of fools pursuing , and of fools pursued ! Whose ins and outs no ray of sense discloses ; Whose only plot it is to break ...
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... passions incompatible with each other , and it is impossible that both can reside in any breast for the smallest space ... passion , and seldom affords distress more than transitory assistance : With some it scarce lasts from the first ...
... passions incompatible with each other , and it is impossible that both can reside in any breast for the smallest space ... passion , and seldom affords distress more than transitory assistance : With some it scarce lasts from the first ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Texts | 14 |
Description of an Authors Bedchamber | 21 |
Copyright | |
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