The Young Philosopher: A Novel ...T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1798 |
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... letters to Mrs. Glenmorris from her husband , one to Delmont , and one to himself alfo from Glenmorris . Petrify , careful only about the poftage , which Armitage willingly paid , delivered him the letters , and he retired , eager to ...
... letters to Mrs. Glenmorris from her husband , one to Delmont , and one to himself alfo from Glenmorris . Petrify , careful only about the poftage , which Armitage willingly paid , delivered him the letters , and he retired , eager to ...
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... letter dropped out from it ; he ftooped to replace it , when cafting his eyes on the words written on it , he faw they were a direction to himself -and in the hand of Medora . His heart beat violently ; yet he imme- diately recollected ...
... letter dropped out from it ; he ftooped to replace it , when cafting his eyes on the words written on it , he faw they were a direction to himself -and in the hand of Medora . His heart beat violently ; yet he imme- diately recollected ...
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... letter . - I know not where to direct ; but furely Delmont will be at Upwood . - My dear , dear mother , I dare not trust myself to think on the state of mind you may have been thrown into.- I am watched - I am confined - Hardly dare I ...
... letter . - I know not where to direct ; but furely Delmont will be at Upwood . - My dear , dear mother , I dare not trust myself to think on the state of mind you may have been thrown into.- I am watched - I am confined - Hardly dare I ...
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... letter had left London about eight days before , and that it had lain at Upwood when he arrived there , before he went to London . Trembling and agitated more than certainly became his philosophy , he now ' fummoned his fervants , to ...
... letter had left London about eight days before , and that it had lain at Upwood when he arrived there , before he went to London . Trembling and agitated more than certainly became his philosophy , he now ' fummoned his fervants , to ...
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... letter he had found at Up-- wood , " whether this letter was written before or after you met Mifs Glenmor-- ris . " " Before , I think moft likely , " faid Adolphus , after he had perused it . " Well ! --and fo now . What do you intend ...
... letter he had found at Up-- wood , " whether this letter was written before or after you met Mifs Glenmor-- ris . " " Before , I think moft likely , " faid Adolphus , after he had perused it . " Well ! --and fo now . What do you intend ...
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affure afked againſt almoft anfwer Armitage aſk becauſe believe brother Brownjohn coach confequence confiderable converfation Crewkherne cried Crowling Darnell daughter dear defire Delmont eſcape fafe faid fame father fear fearch feemed feen felf fenfes fent fervant fhall fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething foon fortune fpeak fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fuppofe fure girl Glenmorris haftened happineſs heard heart herſelf himſelf hope houfe houſe intereft knew Lady Mary lefs liftened loft London looked Louifa Madam Medora Mifs Cardonnel Mifs Goldthorp Mifs Richmond mind Miſs moft mont moſt mother muft muſt myſelf neceffary never occafion paffed perfon perfuaded pleaſure poffeffed poffible poor prefent purpoſe reafon reft reftored ſaid ſeemed ſhall ſhe Sir Harry Richmond Skipton ſpeak tell thefe ther theſe thing thofe thoſe thought told underſtand Upwood uſed whofe whoſe Winflow woman young lady
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Page 6 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 394 - You agree with me, that tru« philanthropy does not confift in loving John, and Thomas, and George, and James, becaufe they are our brothers, our coufins, our neighbours, our countrymen, but in benevolence to the whole human race...
Page 394 - ... see that the miseries inflicted by the social compact greatly exceed the happiness derived from it; where I observe an artificial polish, glaring but fallacious on one side, and on the other real and bitter wretchedness; where for a great part of the year my ears are every week...
Page 16 - ... included under it, that I either approve, or ever did approve of the violence, cruelty, and perfidy, with which the French have polluted the cause of freedom, you are greatly mistaken; far from thinking that such measures are likely to establish liberty, and the general rights of mankind, I hold them to be exactly the means that will delay the period when rational freedom, and all that its enjoiment can give to humanity, shall be established in the world.
Page 7 - I imagine that our way to please God is, to do all the good that is in our power to his creatures; never wilfully or wantonly to hurt or injure one of them ; never, that we may gratify ourselves...
Page 394 - ... home, it is at the mercy of any rafcal, to whom I have given an opportunity of cheating me of ten pounds, to fwear a debt againft me, and carry me to the abodes of horror, where the malefa&or groans in irons, the debtor languishes in dcfpair.
Page 227 - ... which has learned to look on the good and evil of life, and to appreciate each, is alone capable of true gentlenefs and calmnefs.
Page 145 - With a pair of fore feet curioufly adapted to the purpofe, it burrows and works under ground like the niole.
Page 343 - It was on an heap of the fallen cliff, and where other fragments beetled fearfully...
Page 227 - ... that nothing is good for any human being,, whether man or woman, but a confcien...