 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 Age of Pope (1700-1744). - Page 128by John Dennis - 1899 - 260 pagesFull view - About this book
 | British essayists - 1803 - 342 pages
...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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 348 pages
...body lay, and my mother sat weeping alone by it. I had my battledore in my hand, and fell a- heating the coffin, and calling Papa; for, I know not how,...has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo; and receives impressions so forcible, that... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 412 pages
...spirit, and there was a dignity in her grief amidst all the wildness of her transport; which, methotight, struck me with an instinct of sorrow, that, before...has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo; and receives impressions so forcible, that... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1809 - 360 pages
...spirit, and 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...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 - English literature - 1814 - 494 pages
...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 influence of the Duke of Ormond, the patron of the family, and who was at that time one... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 342 pages
...melancholy circumstances of this kind which have occurred to me in my whole life. The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which...has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo ; and receives impressions so forcible, that... | |
 | 1822 - 488 pages
...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...has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo, and receives impressions so for-i cible,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 334 pages
...melancholy circumstances of this kind which have occurred to me in my whole life. The first sense of sorrow I ever knew was upon the death of my father, at which...has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo ; and receives impressions so forcible, that... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 410 pages
...and, transported beyond all patience of the sile^' grief she was before in, she almost smothered 2 I 2 in her embraces ; and told me in a flood of tears,...has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo ; and receives impressions so forcible, that... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 414 pages
...was a dignity in her grief amidst all the wildness of her transport ; which, methought, struck ine with an instinct of sorrow, that before I was sensible...has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo ; and receives impressions so forcible, that... | |
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