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" ... of a female mind she adds the stronger features of a manly understanding, an apprehension instantly to seize, and a taste exactly to determine, the merit of whatever comes before her ; a firmness, yet only tried in the little occurrences of life,... "
Athenian Letters: Or, The Epistolary Correspondence of an Agent of the King ... - Page 362
1810
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Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century ..., Volume 1

John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1817 - 882 pages
...forward, and " the undeserving. " Fondly to lean upon such a bosom ! to retire " into such a heart ! Can I form a wish beyond it ? " Here, perplexed with Court factions, and fatigued " with public business, I deposit all my cares — "think them over again — assisted by the most " exquisite...
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The Life and Correspondence of Philip Yorke: Earl of Hardwicke ..., Volume 1

Philip Chesney Yorke - 1913 - 720 pages
...Sisamnes gave infinitely more than these," Orsames is made to say in the Athenian Letters, clxvi., "when with his dying hand he gave me his daughter....Here, perplexed with Court factions, and fatigued with public business, I may deposit all my cares ; think them over again, assisted by the truest good sense,...
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