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" But a woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world; it is there her ambition strives for empire; it is there her avarice seeks for hidden treasures; she sends forth her sympathies on adventure; she embarks her whole soul in... "
The Flowers of Literature: Consisting of Selections from History, Biography ... - Page 151
by William Oxberry - 1824
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 26

England - 1829 - 1008 pages
...seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies in adventure ; she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection ; and if shipwrecked,...case is hopeless, for it is a bankruptcy of the heart ! " Then with respect to her beauty, I require not to search for quotations ; for there I could go...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies on adventure ; she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection; and if shipwrecked, her...tenderness — it blasts some prospects of felicity; but he is an active being — he may dissipate his thoughts in the whirl of varied occupation, or may...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 1

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 364 pages
...seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies on adventure ; she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection; and if shipwrecked, her...tenderness — it blasts some prospects of felicity ; but he is an active being — he can dissipate his thoughts in the whirl of varied occupation, or...
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Selections, from Several Literary Works: Comprising The Declaration of ...

Thomas O'Connor - English literature - 1824 - 180 pages
...seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies on adveniures ; she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection; and if shipwrecked, her...tenderness — it blasts some prospects of felicity ; but he is an active being — he can dissipate his thoughts in the whirl of varied occupation, or...
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The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the fine ..., Volume 2

Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies on adventure ; she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection ; and if shipwrecked,...tenderness — it blasts some prospects of felicity ; but he is an active being — he may dissipate his thoughts in the whirl of varied occupation, or...
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The cabinet; or The selected beauties of literature [ed. by J ..., Volume 1

Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies on adventure ; she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection ; and, if shipwrecked,...tenderness — it blasts some prospects of felicity ; but he is an active being — he may dissipate his thoughts in the whirl of varied occupation, or...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies on adventure ; she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection; and if shipwrecked, her...tenderness — it blasts some prospects of felicity; but he is an active being — he may dissipate his thoughts in the whirl of varied occupation, or may...
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The Ladies' pocket magazine

1834 - 638 pages
...seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies on adventures ; she emharks her whole soul in the traffic of affection ; and, if shipwrecked her case is hopeless, for it is a hankruptcy of the heart. To a man, the disappointment of love may occosion some hitter pangs. It wounds...
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Bower of Taste, Volume 1

Katherine Augusta Ware - 1828 - 848 pages
...place in the saddle, and either killed or much maimed the hapless domestic. Disappointed Love. — To a man, the disappointment of love may occasion...of tenderness, it blasts some prospects of felicity ; but he is an active being; he can dissipate his thoughts in the whirl of varied occupation, or plunge...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...sends forth her sympathies on adventure ; she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection 5 and if shipwrecked, her case is hopeless — for it-...tenderness — it blasts some prospects of felicity ; but he is an active being; he may dissipate his thoughts in the whirl of varied occupation, or may...
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