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It was gratitude; gratitude, not merely for having once loved her, but for loving her still well enough to forgive all the petulance and acrimony of h...more

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Every moment has its pleasures and its hope.

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The past, present, and future, were all equally in gloom.

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...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

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I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.

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It was gratitude; gratitude, not merelyfor having once loved her, but for loving her still well enough to forgive all the petulance and acrimony of he...more

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But above all, above respect and esteem, there was a motive within her of good will which could not be overlooked. It was gratitude. -- Gratitude, not...more

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There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me...more

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My dear, dear aunt,' she rapturously cried, what delight! what felicity! You give me fresh life and vigour. Adieu to disappointment and spleen. What a...more

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But think no more of the letter. The feelings of the person who wrote, and the person who received it, are now so widely different from what they were...more

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In books too, as well as in music, she courted the misery which a contrast between the past and present was certain of giving.