She was a very beautiful woman, of a noble spirit, and there was a dignity in her grief amidst all the wildness of her transport; which, methought, struck me with an instinct of sorrow, that, before I was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very... The British Essayists: Tatler - Sivu 366muokkaaja - 1823Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| Tatler - 1754 - 322 sivua
...what it was to grieve, fei2ed my very Soul, and has made Pity tht Weaknefs of my Heart ever fince. The Mind in Infancy is, methinks, like the Body in Embryo, and receives Impreffions- fo forcible, that they are as hard to be removed by Reafon, as any Mark with which a Child... | |
| 1785 - 698 sivua
...of what it was to grieve, feized my very foul, and has made pity the weaknels of my heart ever fmce. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo; and receives imprtlTums fo forcible, that they are as hard to be removed by reafon, аэ any mark, with which a... | |
| British essayists - 1803 - 342 sivua
...wildness of her transport; which, methonght, struck me will) an instinct of sorrow, that, before I vas sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very...soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever smce. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo ; and receives im-. pressions so forcible,... | |
| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 450 sivua
...there was a dignity in her grief amidst all the wildness of her transport; which, methought, struck me with an instinct of sorrow that, before I was sensible...it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made 1 Steele's father was a barrister, and at one time private secretary to James, the first duke of Ormond.... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1809 - 360 sivua
...there was a dignity in her grief amidst all the wildness of her transport ; which, mcthought, struck me with an instinct of sorrow, that, before I was sensible...soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever sincQ. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo ; and receives impressions so forcible,... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1814 - 494 sivua
...was a dignity in her grief amidst all the wildness of her transport, which, mer thought, struck me with an instinct of sorrow, that before I was sensible of what it was to grievBj seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since." * Through the... | |
| 1822 - 488 sivua
...in a more proper placet See Tatler, No. 190. and note. struck me with an instinct of sorrow, which, before I was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized...like the body in embryo, and receives impressions so for-i cible, that they are as hard to be removed by reason, | as any mark, with which a child is born,... | |
| 1829 - 804 sivua
...was a dignity in her griff amidst all the vvildness of her transport ; which, met bought, struck me with an instinct of sorrow, that, before I was sensible...weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, metliinks, like the body in em* 'Iliis anecdote of Sterle'i history Kerns to have esoirrrri Ihc notice... | |
| 1831 - 704 sivua
...wa§ a dignity in her grief amidst all the wildness of her transport ; which, methonght, struck me with an instinct of sorrow, that, before I was sensible...weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy i?, * This niimtnte of Steele's history seems to have escaped the notice of the writer of hi'a life... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 sivua
...of her transport, which methought struck me with an instinct of sorrow that, before I was sensible what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since." Can there be three more characteristic moods of minds and men? "Fools, do you know anything of this... | |
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