 Hence it is that good-nature in me is no merit; but having been so frequently overwhelmed with her tears before I knew the cause of any affliction, or could draw defences from my own judgment, I imbibed commiseration, remorse, and an unmanly gentleness...  The British Essayists: Tatler - Seite 3861823Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1888 - 266 Seiten
...judgment, I imbibed commiseration, remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of mind, which has since ensnared me into ten thousand calamities ; and from whence...can reap no advantage, except it be, that, in such a humor as I am now in, I can the better indulge myself in the softnesses of humanity, and enjoy that... | |
 | 1888 - 576 Seiten
...judgment, I imbibed commiseration, remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of mind, which has since ensnared me into ten thousand calamities, and from whence I...can reap no advantage, except it be that, in such a hmnour as I am now in, I can better indulge myself in the foftness of humanity, and enjoy that sweet... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 440 Seiten
...judgment, I imbibed commiseration, remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of mind, which has since insnared me into ten thousand calamities ; and from whence...am now in, I can the better indulge myself in the softnesses of humanity, and enjoy that sweet anxiety which arises from the memory of past afflictions.... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 454 Seiten
...judgment, I imbibed commiseration, remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of mind, which has since insnared me into ten thousand calamities; and from whence I...am now in, I can the better indulge myself in the softnesses of humanity, and enjoy that sweet anxiety which arises from the memory of past afflictions."... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 462 Seiten
...judgment, I imbibed commiseration, remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of mind, which has since insnared me into ten thousand calamities ; and from whence...am now in, I can the better indulge myself in the softnesses of humanity, and enjoy that sweet anxiety which arises from the memory of past afflictions.... | |
 | 1891 - 478 Seiten
...remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of mind, which has since ensnared me into ten thousand calamities ; from whence I can reap no advantage, except it be,...afflictions. We, that are very old, are better able to remember things which befel us in our distant youth, than the passages of later days. For this reason... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 462 Seiten
...judgment, I imbibed commiseration, remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of mind, which has since insnared me into ten thousand calamities ; and from whence...am now in, I can the better indulge myself in the softnesses of humanity, and enjoy that sweet anxiety which arises from the memory of past afflictions."... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 440 Seiten
...judgment, I imbibed commiseration, remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of mind, which has since insnared me into ten thousand calamities ; and from whence...am now in, I can the better indulge myself in the softnesses of humanity, and enjoy that sweet anxiety which arises from the memory of past afflictions."... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 674 Seiten
...judgment, I imbibed commiseration, remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of mind, which has since insnared me into ten thousand calamities ; and from whence...am now in, I can the better indulge myself in the softnesses of humanity, and enjoy that sweet anxiety which arises from the memory of past afflictions.... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 Seiten
...judgment, I imbibed commiseration, remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of mind, which has since insnared me into ten thousand calamities ; and from whence...am now in, I can the better indulge myself in the softnesses of humanity, and enjoy that sweet anxiety which arises from the memory of past afflictions.... | |
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