Date: 1770
The master-passion may be concealed "but on great occasions,... It will break forth, and loudly tell the world / What fermentation often works the soul"
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Date: 1770
"These objects banish care, they set us loose / From mean attachments, and compose our souls / For fine impressions, and for heavenly airs:"
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Date: 1770
"Sylvia, if you persist to steel your heart, / Expect a mansion in that dire abode."
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Date: 1770
"Mean while, the duties of a man revolve, / And steel thy bosom with the firm resolve"
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Date: 1770
"Destructive eyes, false mirrors of the heart! / I, to my sorrow know the lies you've told me."
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Date: 1770
"I could not look upon his mangled corse: / I saw his mangled corse in my mind's eye."
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Date: 1776
The ruling passion of an author may be "strongly marked in his writings"
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Date: 1776
Oblivion may throw "Her dark blank shades" o'er your mind
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Date: 1776
"The impression left on the philosophical mind by these historical facts, will naturally suggest some reflections on human nature."
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Date: 1776
"One of her domestics, a Christian woman, had frequently talked with her on religion, and though she never renounced her idols, had made some impressions on her mind"
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