I should prefer a Woman that is agreeable in my own Eye, and not deformed in that of the World, to a celebrated Beauty. If you mar...ry one remarkably beautiful, you must have a violent Passion for her, or you have not the proper Taste of her Charms; and if you have such a Passion for her, it is odds but it will be imbittered [sic] with Fears and Jealousies.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is easier for an artful Man, who is not in Love, to persuade his Mistress he has a Passion for her, and to succeed in his Pursu...its, than for one who loves with the greatest Violence. True Love hath ten thousand Griefs, Impatiencies and Resentments, that render a Man unamiable in the Eyes of the Person whose Affection he sollicits.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There are such beings in the World perhaps, one in a Thousand, as the Creature You and I should think perfection, Where Grace... & Spirit are united to Worth, where the Manners are equal to the Heart & Understanding, but such a person may not come in your way, or if he does, he may not be the eldest son of a Man of Fortune, the Brother of your particular friend & belonging to your own Country.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
She found his manners very pleasing indeed.--The little flaw of having a Mistress now living with him at Ashdown Park, seems ...to be the only unpleasing circumstance about him.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is scarcely a young lady in the united kingdoms, who would not rather put up with the misfortune of being sought by a clever..., agreeable man, than have him driven away by the vulgarity of her nearest relations.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
and the words never said, And the ominous, ominous dancing ahead.... We sat in the car park till twenty to one And now I'm engaged to Miss Joan Hunter Dunn.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Let it be stairways, and a splintery box Where you have thrown me, scraped me with your kiss,... Have honed me, have released me after this Cavern kindness smiled away our shocks. That is the birthright of our lovely love In swaddling clothes.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
And a man of tan engages For the springtime of her pride,... Eats the green by easy stages, Nibbles at the root beneath With intimidating teeth.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »