 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
 | 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.... | |
 | J. H. Lobban - 1896 - 362 Seiten
...remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of mind, which has since insnared 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 befell us in our distant youth than the passages of later days. For this reason... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1896 - 152 Seiten
...judgment, I imbibed commiseration, remorse, and an unnianly gentleness of mind, which has since insnared me into ten thousand calamities ; and from whence...humanity, and enjoy that sweet anxiety which arises from 30 the memory of past afflictions. We, that are very old, are better able to remember things which... | |
 | J. H. Lobban - 1896 - 324 Seiten
...remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of mind, which has since insnared me into ten thousand calamities; from whence I can reap no advantage, except it be...which arises from the memory of past afflictions. companions of my strong and vigorous years present themselves more immediately to me in this office... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1896 - 580 Seiten
...judgment, I imbibed commiseration, remorse, and 2o 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 - 1896 - 446 Seiten
...judgment, I imbibed commiseration, remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of mind, which has since insnared me into ten thousand calamities ; and from whence...can reap no advantage, except it be, that, in such a'humour as I am now in, I can the better indulge myself in the softnesses of humanity, and enjoy that... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1897 - 298 Seiten
...judgment, I imbibed 25 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 hu30 manity, and enjoy that sweet anxiety which arises from the memory of past afflictions.... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1897 - 298 Seiten
...in such a humour as I am now in, I can the better indulge myself in the softnesses of hu30 manity, and enjoy that sweet anxiety which arises from the memory of past afflictions. FROM MY OWN APARTMENT, [No. 207.] August 4 [7770]. Having yesterday morning received a paper of Latin... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1898 - 448 Seiten
...judgment, I imbibed commiseration, remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of mind, which has since insnared me into ten thousand calamities ; and from whence...be, that, in such a humour as I am now in, I can the hettcr indulge myself in the softnesses of humanity, and enjoy that sweet anxiety which arises from... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1899 - 424 Seiten
...except it be, that in such a humour as 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*1 We that are very old, are better able to remember things which befell us in our distant... | |
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