Brown, William Hill, 1765-1793 [1789], The power of sympathy, or, The triumph of nature, Volume 2 (Isaiah Thomas & Co., Boston) [word count] [eaf034v2T].
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LETTER LX. HARRINGTON to WORTHY.
BOSTON.
How vain is the wi&longs;h that &longs;ighs
for the enjoyment of worldly happine&longs;s.
Our imagination dre&longs;&longs;es up a phantom to
impo&longs;e on our rea&longs;on: As Pygmalion loved
the work of his own hand—&longs;o do we fall
in love with the offspring of our brain. But
our work illudes our embrace—we find no
&longs;ub&longs;tance in it—and then fall a weeping and
complain of di&longs;appointment. Mi&longs;erable
rea&longs;oners are we all.
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WHY &longs;hould I mourn the lo&longs;s of Harriot
any longer? Such is my &longs;ituation—in the
mid&longs;t of anxiety and di&longs;tre&longs;s, I complain of
what cannot be remedied.—I lament the
lo&longs;s of that which is irretrievable: So on
the &longs;ea-beat &longs;hore, the hopele&longs;s maid, unmindful
of the &longs;torm, bewails her drowned
lover.
Brown, William Hill, 1765-1793 [1789], The power of sympathy, or, The triumph of nature, Volume 2 (Isaiah Thomas & Co., Boston) [word count] [eaf034v2T].
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