Felicia to Charlotte: Being Letters from a Young Lady in the Country, to Her Friend in Town. Containing a Series of the Most Interesting Events, Interspersed with Moral Reflections; Chiefly Tending to Prove, that the Seeds of Virtue are Implanted in the Mind of Every Reasonable BeingR. Griffiths and G. Woodfall, 1749 |
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Page 148 - But happy they, the happiest of their kind, Whom gentler stars unite, and in one fate Their hearts, their fortunes, and their beings blend. 'Tis not the coarser tie of human laws, Unnatural oft, and foreign to the mind, That binds their peace ; but harmony itself, Attuning all their passions into love . Where friendship full exerts her softest power...
Page 36 - ... as they are capable to receive them? I do not mean by the examples they give and the patterns they set before them, which is encouragement enough, but that which I would take notice of here is the downright teaching them vice and actual putting them out of the way of virtue. Before they can go, they principle them with violence, revenge, and cruelty. Give me a blow that I may beat him...
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