Melancholy: As it Proceeds from the Disposition and Habit, the Passion of Love, and the Influence of ReligionVernor, 1801 - 420 pages |
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... lover more enamoured , and a religious man more de- vout . Ifmenias the Theban , Chiron the Cen- taur , Clinias and Empedocles , are faid to have cured not only melancholy , but many other dif- eafes , by the power of music alone ...
... lover more enamoured , and a religious man more de- vout . Ifmenias the Theban , Chiron the Cen- taur , Clinias and Empedocles , are faid to have cured not only melancholy , but many other dif- eafes , by the power of music alone ...
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... lover's flame , Sinks in those arms which clothe his head with shame . There wan Dejection , wandering as he goes , In silent torture vainly seeks repose ; In musing bitterhess , consumes the day , And , lost in darkness , weeps the ...
... lover's flame , Sinks in those arms which clothe his head with shame . There wan Dejection , wandering as he goes , In silent torture vainly seeks repose ; In musing bitterhess , consumes the day , And , lost in darkness , weeps the ...
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... Lovers , who oft drink Of Circe's poison'd cup , and down the stream Of soothing pleasure all resistless flow Enervate , deem unworthy of your wish CONNUBIAL LOVE . While ye restless seek The phantom PLEASURE , where INDULGENCE plays ...
... Lovers , who oft drink Of Circe's poison'd cup , and down the stream Of soothing pleasure all resistless flow Enervate , deem unworthy of your wish CONNUBIAL LOVE . While ye restless seek The phantom PLEASURE , where INDULGENCE plays ...
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... lover into a fool's paradife ; for there are many who , if they do but fee a fair maid laugh , or fhew a pleafant countenance , immediately fancy it a favour be- stowed peculiarly on themfelves . A fmile ' is un- questionably a most ...
... lover into a fool's paradife ; for there are many who , if they do but fee a fair maid laugh , or fhew a pleafant countenance , immediately fancy it a favour be- stowed peculiarly on themfelves . A fmile ' is un- questionably a most ...
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... lovers kneel , and vent their souls In softly swelling strains , let not these charms Dilate your tender hearts . The opportunities , indeed , of conference are fo dangerous , that weak and unsuspecting maids are frequently deluded by ...
... lovers kneel , and vent their souls In softly swelling strains , let not these charms Dilate your tender hearts . The opportunities , indeed , of conference are fo dangerous , that weak and unsuspecting maids are frequently deluded by ...
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Page 253 - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume...
Page 252 - Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate.
Page i - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 229 - So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair That ever since in love's embraces met ; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Page 315 - Such an act, That blurs the grace and blush of modesty ; Calls virtue, hypocrite; takes off the rose From the fair forehead of an innocent love, And sets a blister there ; makes marriage vows As false as dicers...
Page 222 - Yet empty of all good wherein consists Woman's domestic honour and chief praise ; Bred only and completed to the taste Of lustful appetence, to sing, to dance, To dress, and troll the tongue, and roll the eye.
Page 291 - She, who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting sways, Yet has her humour most, when she obeys...
Page 266 - Alack ! there lies more peril in thine eye, Than twenty of their swords ; look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity.
Page 68 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Page 234 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her, with timbrels, and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.