 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...benevolence, and particular fondnefs. There is nothing but liberality, gratitude, conflancy, and tendernefs. It has been fo long faid as to be commonly believed,...that he who writes to his friend lays his heart open be-; fore him. But 'the truth is, that fuch were fimpie friendfhips of the Golden Age^ and are now... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...benevolence, and particular fondnefs. There is nothing but liberality, gra^ titude, conftancy, and tendernefs. It has been fo long faid as to be commonly believed,...that he who writes to his friend lays his heart open be-r fore him. But 'the truth is, that fuch were fimple friendfhips of the Golden Age, and are now... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 418 pages
...benevolence, and particular fondnefs. There is nothing but liberality, gratitude, conftancy, and tendernefs. It has been fo long faid as to be commonly believed, that the true characters of men maybe found in their Jitters, and that he who writes to his friend lays' his heart open before him.... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1781 - 506 pages
...benevolence, and particular fondnefs. There is nothin"but liberality, gratitude, c'onftancy, and tendernefs. It has been fo long faid as to be commonly believed, that the true characters of rnen may be found in their letters, and that he who writes to his friend lays his heart open before... | |
 | samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 pages
...benevolence, .and particular fondnefs. There is nothing but liberality, gratitude, conftancy, and tendernefs. It has been fo long faid as. to be commonly believed, that the true of men may-be found in their Letters, -and that he who writes to his friend lays his .heart open, before... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 340 pages
...benevolence, an<i particular fondnefs. There is nothing but liberality, gratitude, conftancy, and tendernefs. It has been fo long faid as to be commonly believed, that the true characters of men may be found in fheir Letters, and that he who writes to his friend lays. his heart open before him. But the truth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 464 pages
...fondness. There is nothing but liberality, gratitude, constancy and tenderness. It has been so long said as to be commonly believed, that the true characters of men may be found in Iheir letters, and that he who writes to his friend lays his heart open before him. But the truth is,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...fondness. There is nothing but liberality, gratiturto, constancy, and tenderness. It has been so long said as to be commonly believed, that the true characters of men may he found in their letters, and that he ivho writes to his friend lays his heart open before him. But... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 694 pages
...gratitude, constancy, and tenderness." He also observes, that " it has been so long said, as to be generally believed, that the true characters of men may be found...that he who writes to his friend lays his heart open to him ;" " but," he adds, " the truth is, that such were the friendships of the golden age, and are... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 pages
...gratitude, constancy, and tenderness." He also observes, that " it has been so long said, as to be generally believed, that the true characters of men may be found...that. he who writes; to his friend lays his heart open to him ;" " but," he adds, "the truth is, that such were the friendships of the golden age, and are... | |
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It has been so long said as to be commonly believed, that the true characters of men may be found in their letters, and that he who writes to his friends lays his heart open before him. But the truth is, that such were the simple friendships of the "Golden... 
