Eloisa, Or, A Series of Original Letters, Volume 4H. Baldwin, sold by R. Baldwin ... and T. Becket, 1784 |
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affected affliction affurance againſt agreeable alfo anfwer becauſe bleffed caufe cauſe charms Clara Clarens confefs converfation coufin danger dear defire diſcharge duty Eloifa errours eſteem exift fafe faid fame fear feemed feen felf felves fenfe fenfible fentiments ferve fhall fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fituation fome fomething fometimes foon forrow foul fpeak friendſhip ftill ftrength fubject fuch fufceptible fufficient fupport fure give greateſt happineſs happy heart her's herſelf himſelf honour horrour houſe huſband imagine increaſe intereft itſelf juft laft laſt Laura leaſt lefs letter live Lord Edward Marchionefs marriage ment moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion Orbe ourſelves paffed paffion perfon philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs poffible prefent Preux reafon refolved refpect ſee ſhall ſhe ſpeak thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tranfports underſtanding uſe virtue weakneſs whofe Wolmar your's yourſelf
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Page 126 - G 3 well well enough upon fentimental fubjedts, if they were not too particular in words, or knew how to addrefs the heart. But their periods and their commas are infupportable ; and they defcribe fo compofedly the moft violent paffions, that, When they have done, one looks about one, to fee who is affe&ed.