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" Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Let wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame, August her deed, and sacred be her fame; Before true passion all those views remove, Fame, wealth, and honour! what... "
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 96
by Alexander Pope - 1869 - 485 lehte
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Tales, and Miscellaneous Pieces, 4. köide

Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 390 lehte
...suited to far other raptures ; and if Olivia be called upon for sacrifices, Olivia can make them. " Let wealth, let honour wait the wedded dame, August...remove, Fame, wealth, and honour, what are you to love ?" These lines, though quoted perpetually by the tender and -passionate, can never become stale and...
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Essays, moral, political, and literary

David Hume - 1825 - 562 lehte
...passion, she refused to marry her beloved Abelard. How oft, when pressed to marriage, have I said, Curse on all laws but those which love has made : Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads hii light wings, and in a moment flies. Gat friendship is a calm and sedate affection, conducted by...
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A Christian View of the Present State of the Country, Its Causes and ...

Christian view - 1829 - 112 lehte
...of nations. " Religion," say they, " is so ecstatic a feeling, that it, like the poet's romantic " Love, free as air, at sight of human ties Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies." Religion can only be genuine in a conventicle, but the moment she comes into a cathedral,she is transformed...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 lehte
...I see. Nor envy them that heaven I lose for thee. How об, when press'd to marriage, have I said ; . A* when some simple swain hi* cot forsakes. And...journey takes ; If chance a swelling brook his passage fliei. Let wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame, August her deed, and sacred be her fame ; Before...
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The Separation: A Novel, 2. köide

Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1830 - 150 lehte
...chance of durable happiness — since she waived all vulgar prejudices, and thought like him, that Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. There was a momentary pause after this rhapsody, during which Lenoras expressive eyes spoke daggers,...
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Thaddeus of Warsaw. Revised

Jane Porter - 1831 - 482 lehte
...maiden charms, these worthy lords and gentlemen had, to a man, adopted the oracle of the poet — " Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies!" They all professed to adore Lady Sara; some were caught by her beauty, others by her eclat, but none...
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Tales and Novels, 7. köide

Maria Edgeworth - 1833 - 522 lehte
...suited to far other raptures ; and if Olivia be called upon for sacrifices, Olivia can make them. " Let wealth, let honour wait the wedded dame, August...remove, Fame, wealth, and honour, what are you to love !" These lines, though quoted perpetually by the tender and passionate, can never become stale and...
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Leonora: With Letters on Several Subjects

Maria Edgeworth - 1833 - 404 lehte
...suited to far other raptures ; and if Olivia be called upon for sacrifices, Olivia can make them. " Let wealth, let honour wait the wedded dame, August...remove, Fame, wealth, and honour, what are you to love : " L 2 These lines, though quoted perpetually by the tender and passionate, can never become stale...
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Tales and Novels, 13–14. köide

Maria Edgeworth - 1833 - 522 lehte
...suited to far other raptures ; and if Olivia be called upon for sacrifices, Olivia can make them. " Let wealth, let honour wait the wedded dame, August...deed, and sacred be her fame ; Before true passion all tbose views remove, Fume, wealth, and honour, what are you to love V These lines, though quoted perpetually...
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A Layman's Apology, for the Appointment of Clerical Chaplains by the ...

Solomon Southwick - 1834 - 336 lehte
...stead the vicious principle suggested by Pope : — " How oft when press' d to marriage have I said, " Curse on all laws, but those which love has made!..."Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies." And again — • " Should at my feet, the world's great master fall, " Himself, his Throne, his world,...
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