| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 574 pages
...George Fairfax's wife's sister. But that only adds fuel to the fire, as being often and unavoidably in company with her revives my former passion for your Lowland beauty ; whereas, were I to live more retired from young women, I might in some measure alleviate my sorrow, by burying... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 574 pages
...George Fairfax's wife's sister. But that only adds fuel to the fire, as being often and unavoidably in company with her revives my former passion for your Lowland beauty ; whereas, were I to live more retired from young women, I might in some measure alleviate my sorrow, by burying... | |
| George Washington - United States - 1834 - 574 pages
...George Fairfax's wife's sister. But that only adds fuel to the fire, as being often and unavoidably in company with her revives my former passion for your Lowland beauty ; whereas, were I to lire more retired from young women, I might in some measure alleviate my sorrow, by burying... | |
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 pages
...agreeable young lady in the house. " But that only adds fuel to the fire, as being " often and unavoidably in company with her " revives my former passion for your Lowland " beauty ; whereas were I to live more retired " from young women I might in some measure " alleviate my sorrow by burying... | |
| 1839 - 648 pages
...George Fairfax's wife's sister. But that only adds fuel to the fire, as being often and unavoidably in company with her revives my former passion for your Lowland beauty ; whereas, were I to live more retired from young women, I might in some measure alleviate my sorrow, by burying... | |
| George Washington - United States - 1847 - 574 pages
...George Fairfax's wife's sister. But that only adds fuel to the fire, as being often and unavoidably in company with her revives my former passion for your Lowland beauty ; whereas, were I to lire more retired from young women, I might in some measure alleviate my sorrow, by burying... | |
| Washington Irving - 1857 - 1384 pages
...agreeable young lady lives in the same house (Col. George Fairfax's wife's sister) ; but as that's only adding fuel to fire, it makes me the more uneasy,...and troublesome passion in the grave of oblivion," etc. Similar avowals he makes to another of his young correspondents, whom he styles, " Dear friend... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 794 pages
...unavoidably in her company, with her revives my former I№sion for vour Lowland beauty, whereas were I to live more retired from young women, I might in some measure alleviate my sorrow, and bory that chaste and troublesome passion in oblivion ; and I am very well assured this... | |
| Arts - 1850 - 270 pages
...Fairfax's wife's sister. But that only adds fresh fuel to the tire ; as being often and unavoidably in her company, with her revives my former passion for your Lowland beauty, whereas were I to live more retired from young women, I might in some measure alleviate my sorrow, and bury... | |
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 426 pages
...agreeable young lady in the house. But that only adds fuel to the fire, as being ' often and unavoidably in company with her revives my ' former passion for your Lowland beauty ; whereas were I to live more retired from young women I might in ' some measure alleviate my sorrow by burying... | |
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