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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LETTER III. From the Same to the Samt, Dear Sommers, . Yevay. 4. Concluded my laft with an honeft con- feffion, that I wrote becaufe, in my pre- fent circumftances, it is my only refource agairtft ennui. I will not be honeft by halves. My reafon for addreffing my letters to you is juft as felfifh. To whom elfe could I 'write with that freedom, which alone can make writing agreeable ? To what other perfon could I pour out my thoughts as they occur, without felecting words or arranging phrafes ? For, were I obliged to take that trouble, I well know- That in the midft of hums and haw?, Ad fatal intervening paufe, the foul fiend above mentioned would be ready to take hold of me, and put an end tflp my fcribbling at once. Congreve I was preparing to leave Italy with as much impatience as I had entered it, when the arrival of the Comteffina from Madrid pre- fented to my eyes a new object of admiration. Urit grata protervitas, Jit vultus nioiium lubricus afpici. Jn me tota ruens Venus Cyprlim deferuit. Dazzled by her beauty, I miftook affectation for elegance, coquetry for naivete:, and '%. eflitmed paffion for real love. So completely was I intoxicated, that I was on the point of binding myfelf to her for life. To you, my ' -, dear Sommers, I owe, and I fhall never for- t the obligation, that I efcaped the fnares of 'that woman, the atrocity of whofe mind ''''' became afterwards more manifeft at Vienna. There I formed the refolution, to which I fhall adhere moft firmly, never to m rry. I beqn what is called in love twenty fince, and am now fure of myfelf, Germany was a new fcene?the German armies a frefh objevft of contemplation, I was eager to be a witnefs of the wonderfulprecifion to which military manoeuvres have been brought in that country. ..
| ISBN-13 | 9780217262446 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217262449 |
| Weight | 0.57 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.39 In |
| List Price | $23.16 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 168 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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