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" I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady herself, and my love subsided in friendship... "
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Page 13
by Edward Gibbon - 1811
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The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature, Volume 28

1796 - 622 pages
...fighed as a lover, I obeyed as a fon ; my wound was infenfibly healed by time, abfence, and the habits of a new life; My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulnefs of 'the lady herfelf, and my love fubiided in fricndlhip and eileem. The minifter of Crafly...
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Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire: With Memoirs of His ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 520 pages
...as a lover, I obeyed as a fon * ; my wound was infenfibly healed by time, abfertce, and the habits of a new life. My cure was. accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity, and cheerfulnefs of the lady herfelf, and, my love fubfidcd in friendfhip and efleem. The rniuifter of...
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Miscellaneous Works of Edw. Gibbon: With Memoirs of His Life and ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 360 pages
...as a lover , I obeyed as a fon " ; my wound was infenfibly healed by time, abfencei and the . habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the- tranquillity and cheerfulnefs of the lady herfelf , and my love fubfided in friendfhip and efteem. The minifter of Crafly...
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Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 99

1796 - 502 pages
...as a ¡over, 1 obeyed аз a fon j my wound was infenfibly healed by time, abfence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulnefs of die lady herftlf, and my love fnbfided in friendfliip and efteem. Tiie minifter of...
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 1

1797 - 610 pages
...fighe4 as a lover, I obeyed as a fon l my wound was infenfibllr healed by time, abfence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulncfs of the lady herfelf ; and Iny love fubfided m friendfliip and efteem.'' This lady however...
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 8

1797 - 512 pages
...fighed as a lover, I obeyed as a Ton ; my wound was infeniibly healed by time, abfence, and the liabits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulnefs of the lady herfelf, and my love fubfided in friendlhip and efteem. The minifterof Graffy...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 212

1922 - 874 pages
...fruitless love affair with Mile, de Curchod. " My cure was accelerated," writes Gibbon in his memoirs, " by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady herself " ; but the report was perhaps not so faithful as he liked to imagine, for a Swiss pastor who knew...
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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 1

Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...sighed as a lover; I obeyed as a son: my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful...cheerfulness of the lady herself; and my love subsided into friendship and esteem. A rich banker of Paris, a citizen of Geneva, had the good fortune and good...
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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 6

Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...sighed as a lover; I obeyed as a son: my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful...cheerfulness of the lady herself; and my love subsided into friendship and esteem. A rich banker of Paris, a citizen of Geneva, had the good fortune and good...
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The Life of Edward Gibbon: With Selections from His Correspondence and ...

Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 396 pages
...a lover, I obeyed as a son 9 ; (8) my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful...subsided in friendship and esteem. The minister of Crassy soon afterwards died; his stipend died with him : his daughter retired to Geneva, where, by...
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