 I had many; friends who found pleasure in my conversation, who were convinced of the integrity of my principles of conduct, and who would have trusted me in the most important concerns. But what sort of a friend is it whose kindness shall produce a conviction...  Fleetwood: Or, The New Man of Feeling - Page 141by William Godwin - 1805Full view - About this book
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...which, if I had been compelled to take up my abode in it, would speedily have lost its illusion. CHAPTER XI. I SAW that I was alone, and I desired to have...smiles when I am no longer present, though my head continues bent to the earth with anguish. — I do not condemn the man, upon whom a wound through my... | |
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