The Memoirs of Ninon de L'Enclos: With Her Letters to Monsr. de St. Evremond, and to the Marquis de Sevigné, Svazek 2J. Dodsley, 1761 |
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... virtues - and the commerce in which ' tis moft necef- fary to disguise our fentiments , is galan- try . Upon many occafions , a lover gains as much by concealing the great- nefs of his paffion , as he does upon others by feigning it . I ...
... virtues - and the commerce in which ' tis moft necef- fary to disguise our fentiments , is galan- try . Upon many occafions , a lover gains as much by concealing the great- nefs of his paffion , as he does upon others by feigning it . I ...
Strana 21
... virtue , tho ' affaulted and well invested - when they happen to have neither a turn for ga- lantry , nor strong paffions , nor oppor- tunity , nor a disagreeable husband . I have a mind to repeat to you , on this occafion , a fenfible ...
... virtue , tho ' affaulted and well invested - when they happen to have neither a turn for ga- lantry , nor strong paffions , nor oppor- tunity , nor a disagreeable husband . I have a mind to repeat to you , on this occafion , a fenfible ...
Strana 23
... virtue , and presume this principle " will ever abide with you . These are , dear child , but the illufions of your self - sufficience . I am called up- " on to inftruct your inexperience , and " to make you fufpect , that fo far from ...
... virtue , and presume this principle " will ever abide with you . These are , dear child , but the illufions of your self - sufficience . I am called up- " on to inftruct your inexperience , and " to make you fufpect , that fo far from ...
Strana 25
... virtue infallible . Nay , ແ แ 66 1 your furprize may be ftill carried far- ther , and the little aid you may " be able to deduce from thence , will " naturally raise fome fufpicion , that in reality , you never were poffeffed of fuch a ...
... virtue infallible . Nay , ແ แ 66 1 your furprize may be ftill carried far- ther , and the little aid you may " be able to deduce from thence , will " naturally raise fome fufpicion , that in reality , you never were poffeffed of fuch a ...
Strana 26
... virtue or chastity , as effen- " tially within her own powers , the " fhould be certain that no danger " however great , no motive though " ever fo preffing , nor any pretence " how plausible foever , can have force " enough to overcome ...
... virtue or chastity , as effen- " tially within her own powers , the " fhould be certain that no danger " however great , no motive though " ever fo preffing , nor any pretence " how plausible foever , can have force " enough to overcome ...
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accompliſhments addrefs Adieu adviſe affections affume affured againſt alfo amuſe becauſe Befides beſt character charms confefs confequence conftancy Countefs Countess defire deſpair efteem facrifice faid fame favour fecret feem felf fenfe fenfible fentiments ferve fhall fhew fhort fhould filly fince fincerity fion firft firſt fituation flatter fole fome fometimes foon fpirit friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure furprized galantry heart herſelf higheſt imagine indifcretions indifference inftances intereſt intirely itſelf laft leaft leaſt lefs LETTER lover Madame manner Marquis meerly ment merit miſtake miſtreſs moft Monfieur mortifying moſt muft muſt myſelf never NINON DE L'ENCLOS occafion ourſelves paffion perceive perfon perfuade philofophy pleaſed pleaſure poffeffion prefent preferve racter raiſe reafon refift refolution refolve render ſay ſeems Sevigné ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtill ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe underſtanding uſe vanity virtue weakneſs woman women yourſelf
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Strana 54 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, — Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, — And maidens call it love-in-idleness.
Strana 15 - Great fpirits bear misfortunes hardly. Good offices claim gratitude ; and pride, Where pow'r is wanting, will ufurp a little, And make us, rather than be thought behind-hand, Pay over-price. Acaft. I cannot guefs your drift ; Diftruft you me ? Cba.
Strana 78 - We then fuppofe this paffion to be founded on efteem, fuftained by the acknowledgement of every amiable quality, refined by the moft perfect delicacy of fentiment; and finally corroborated by the reciprocal confidence and unreftrained overflowings of two fond, chafte, and faithful hearts, now melted into one : But unfortunately...
Strana 148 - How charming to be expecled with an impatience, that her whole prudence .cannot conceal ; to be received with a welcome, which charms the more, by the endeavours (he makes in part, to hide her tranfport!
Strana 59 - ... by dividing the attention of the mind, and the affections of the heart.
Strana 146 - How many delicate pleafures, unknown to the generality of men, would I, as it were, create create to myfelf!