Delphine, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1803 |
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Page xvii
... will ap- pear that what is in different works called poetic inspiration , is almost always that pre- sentiment of the heart , that transport of genius , genius , which extends hope beyond the bounds of human PREFACE . XVH.
... will ap- pear that what is in different works called poetic inspiration , is almost always that pre- sentiment of the heart , that transport of genius , genius , which extends hope beyond the bounds of human PREFACE . XVH.
Page xviii
... hope . Finally , the sublimity of religion consists in all those secret , vague , and indefinite ideas which surpass , but do not contradict , our reason . . It has for some time been endeavoured to establish a sort of opposition ...
... hope . Finally , the sublimity of religion consists in all those secret , vague , and indefinite ideas which surpass , but do not contradict , our reason . . It has for some time been endeavoured to establish a sort of opposition ...
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... hope , there' fore , that you will not be offended with any strong expressions which I may use in my own justification . In the first place you attribute to delicacy the present I have the pleasure of offering you , while that offer ...
... hope , there' fore , that you will not be offended with any strong expressions which I may use in my own justification . In the first place you attribute to delicacy the present I have the pleasure of offering you , while that offer ...
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... hope I may be allow- ed some claim to that title : but if by phi- losophy you understand the slightest indit- ference for the pure and delicate virtues of our sex - if you even understand by the term that force of character which makes ...
... hope I may be allow- ed some claim to that title : but if by phi- losophy you understand the slightest indit- ference for the pure and delicate virtues of our sex - if you even understand by the term that force of character which makes ...
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... hope we shall then speak no more on the subject of our letters , and that you will grant me the happiness of being useful to you without interrapting it with reflections , which always give some displeasure , whatever efforts we may ...
... hope we shall then speak no more on the subject of our letters , and that you will grant me the happiness of being useful to you without interrapting it with reflections , which always give some displeasure , whatever efforts we may ...
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