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“bemoaned him with that strong grief which springs naturally from a generous heart, though it be tough as tempered steel.”

“you might as well bid a man struggling in the water, rest within arm’s length of the shore! I’m must reach it first, and then I’ll rest.”

“I have a single wish, and my whole being and faculties are yearning to attain it. They have yearned towards it so long, and so unwaveringly, that I’m convinced it will be reached — and soon — because it has devoured my existence — I’m swallowed in the anticipation of its fulfillment.”

“What fiend possesses you to stare back at me, continually, with those infernal eyes? Down with them! and don’t remind me of your existence again. I thought I had cured you of laughing!”

“both their minds tending to the same point — one loving and desiring to esteem, and the other loving and desiring to be esteemed — they contrived in the end to reach it.”

“I perceived two such radiant countenances bent over the page of the accepted book, that I did not doubt the treaty had been ratified on both sides, and the enemies were, thenceforth, sworn allies.”

“all his surly harshness had deserted him”

“I’ll go to hell, body and soul, before I look sideways after you again!”

“broke away, to enjoy his grief and anger in solitude.”

“But his self-love would endure no further torment”