In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself, initiated me in that delicious passion, which, in spite of acid disappointment, gin-horse prudence, and book-worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below... Letters - Page 58by Robert Burns - 1819Full view - About this book
| Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 586 pages
...and lovable girl, a year younger than himself: ' In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself, initiated me in that delicious passion, which, in...to be the first of human joys, our dearest blessing henbelow.'3 He sat beside her, with a joy which he did not understand, to ' pick 1 AMre*s to the Deil.... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 564 pages
...herself, initiated me in that delicious passion, which, in spite of acid disappointment, gin -horse prudence, and bookworm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below.'1 He sat beside her, with a joy which he did not understand, to ' pick 1 Address to the Dcil.... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 568 pages
...and lovable girl, a year younger than himself: ' In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself, initiated me in that delicious passion, which, in spite of acid disappointment, gin -horse prudence, and bookworm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys, our dearest blessing... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1873 - 496 pages
...some fair enslaver. (Récit clé sqn frère.) 2. In short she, altogether uiiwittiugly to herself, initiated me in that delicious passion, which in spite...ginhorse prudence, and book-worm philosophy, I hold to be thé first of liuman joys, our dearest blessing hère below. et ses chansons montrent qu'au moindre... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 280 pages
...initiated me in that delicious passion which, in spite of acid disappointment, gin-horse prndence, and book-worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of...human joys, our dearest blessing here below ! How she canght the contagion I cannot tell ; you medical people talk much of infection from breathing the same... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 274 pages
...idiom, — she was a bonnie, sweet, sonsic lass. In short, she altogether, unwittingly to herself, initiated me in that delicious passion which, in spite of acid disappointment, gin-horse prndence, and book-worm philosophy, I hold to be the lii'st of human joys, our dearest blessing here... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1876 - 462 pages
...sweet and lovable girl, a year younger than himself: "In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself, initiated me in that delicious passion, which, in...the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below."8 He sat beside her with a joy which he did not understand, to "pick out from her little hand... | |
| Allan Cunningham, Charles Mackay - 1879 - 628 pages
...year younger than myself : she was in truth a bonnie, sweet, sonsie lass, and unwittingly to herself, initiated me in that delicious passion, which, in...philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys. How she caught the contagion I cannot tell ; I never expressly said I loved her : indec'JI did not... | |
| John Campbell Shairp - 1879 - 230 pages
...Scottish idiom. She was a bonnie, sweet, sonsie lass. In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself, initiated me in that delicious passion, which, in...spite of acid disappointment, gin-horse prudence, and book -worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys here below ! How she caught the contagion... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 pages
...and lovable girl, a year younger than himself: * In .short, she altogether, unwittingly to herself, initiated me in that delicious passion which, in spite...gin-horse prudence, and book-worm philosophy, I hold to lie the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below!' In the evening, as the toilers returned... | |
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