Pictures of the heart; sentimentally delineated in the danger of the passions, an allegorical tale The adventures of a friend of truth, an oriental ... and The double disguide, a drama in two acts - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1783 Excerpt: ...because unmerited--from the reflection to.what a pass his wife had rendered herself despicable, he learned at length to think of her with contempt himself. As for Candidus, in the mean while, of a guilt, so flagrantly-complicated as that of Oraicko. and Azira, he had not formed the most distant conception till his adventure with Tongluck. With horrour did he now perceive, that there is no enormity too gross for the perpetration of an abandoned man, aided by the machinations of an abandoned woman; and, actually stupified with grief himself, a considerable time was suffered to elapse before he found himself in a condition to utter a single word of consolation to the wretched Tunquinese. Wjth the return, however, of their-wonted composure, they began to chcrisii for.each other. v sentiments sentiments of the most tender attachment. Delicate souls are ready to embrace as a friend every victim of misfortune; and the regard, thus formed, is sure to be yet-more firmly riveted, when, on the one hand, there exists the sense of an obligation received, and, on the other, that of an obligation conferred. "Let us not separate," said Candidus.--My lot, Tongluck, obliges me to travel--let us, then, travel together. Renounce this inauspicious spot!--to reside longer upon it, would. be to perpetuate your sorrows! In the bosom of Candidus, you will find the bosom of a Friend, zealous to mitigate those woes over which Heaven alone can enable you effectually to triumph. Come, then, with me; and to Time and Reason leave it to accomplish the rest." The proposal was couched in terms so feelingly sympathetic, that Tongluck embraced it with a countenance on which Pleasure seemed again ready to diffuse her smiles. Not many days were required for the disposal of what p...