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" ... before I was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo; and receives impressions so forcible, that they are as hard to be... "
The Tatler - Page 352
by Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 400 pages
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A Hand-book of English Literature Intended for the Use of High Schools, as ...

Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...of sorrow, which, before I *as sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind...that they are as hard to be removed by reason, as inynurk, with which a child is born, is to be taken away by any future application. Hence it is, that...
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Cassell's illustrated readings, Volume 1; Volume 66

Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...of sorrow, which, before I was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind...taken away by any future application. Hence it is that good nature in me is no merit ; but having been as frequently overwhelmed with her tears before I knew...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 3; Volume 79

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...of sorroy, that, before I was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made bom, is to be taken away by any future application. Hence it is, that good-nature in me is no merit...
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The Casket of Literary Gems: Containing Tales and Sketches. Choice ...

American literature - 1879 - 336 pages
...instinct of sorrow, that before I was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind...away by any future application. Hence it is, that good nature in me is no merit; but having been so frequently overwhelmed with her tears before I knew...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 3

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1879 - 428 pages
...instinct of sorrow, which, before I was sensible what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind...born is to be taken away by any future application. Agreeable Companions and Flatterers. An old acquaintance who met me this morning seemed overjoyed to...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

English essays - 1881 - 578 pages
...instinct of sorrow, that before I was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made where there is an opinion, and bnt having been so frequently overwhelmed with her tears before I knew the cause of any affliction,...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 842 pages
...of sorrow, which, before I was e;-ntihle whr.t it was to grieve, seized mv very soul, and has imde pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, m-.thiuk?, like the Ixxly in cmhryo. and receives impressions HO forcible that ihey aiv as hard to...
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Development of English Literature and Language

Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1108 pages
...instinct of sorrow, which, before I was sensible what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind...be removed by reason as any mark with which a child i» born to be taken away by auy future application/ From the Spectator: ' M. St. Evremond has concluded...
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Development of English Literature and Language, Volume 2

Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1883 - 586 pages
...instinct of sorrow, which, before I was sensible what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind...removed by reason as any mark with which a child is born to be taken away by any future application.' From the Spectator: 'M. St. Evremond has concluded one...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley

Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 488 pages
...of sorrow, that, before I was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embrvo ; and receives impressions so forcible, that they are as hard to be removed by reason, as any...
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