Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility? or why was not my fortune adapted to its impulse? Tenderness, without a capacity of relieving, only makes the man who feels it more wretched than the object which sues for assistance. Select British Classics - Pagina 781804Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Jeffrey Cane Robinson - 2006 - 166 pagina’s
...others security, becomes an enemy to them Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility' or why was not my fortune adapted to its impulse!...wretched than the object which sues for assistance ' "A City Night-Piece" is truly an "essay," an experiment or trial in feelings that lead the speaker... | |
| 124 pagina’s
...of mine formed with so much sensibility! Or why not my fortune adapted to its impulses! Tt_uderness without a capacity of relieving only makes the man...wretched than the object which sues for assistance. - Oliver Goldsmith (The Citizen of the World) So long as space remains So long as sentient beings'... | |
| 1902 - 590 pagina’s
...others security becomes an enemy to them. Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility; or why was not my fortune adapted to its impulse?...wretched than the object which sues for assistance." When we read this passage we feel that the author is unbosoming his own heart, wrung by the anguish... | |
| University of St. Andrews - 1901 - 712 pagina’s
...others security becomes an enemy to them. Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility, or why was not my fortune adapted to its impulse ?...wretched than the object which sues for assistance. II.— FOR UNSEEN TRANSLATION. (a) " Si me degeneri stravissent fata sub hoste, Non deerat fortis rapiendo... | |
| 1928 - 728 pagina’s
...Our greatest glory is, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Tenderness, without capacity of relieving, only makes the man who feels...wretched than the object which sues for assistance. Were angels to write books, they would never write folios. You must know, then, that I am very well... | |
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