The History Of Sir Charles Grandison

‰ЫП‰Ы_ I can now, methinks (for the first time) a little account for those dark spirits who may be too much obliged; and who, despairing to be able ever to return the obligation, are ready to quarrel with the obliger.‰Ыќ

‰ЫПAre we not taught, that this world is a state of trial, and of mortification? And is not calamity necessary to wean our vain hearts from it?‰Ыќ

‰ЫПThe happiness of human Life ‰Ы_ is at best but comparative. The utmost we should hope for here, is such a situation, as, with a self-approving mind, will carry us best through this present scene of trial: Such a situation, as, all circumstances considered, is, upon the whole, most eligible for us, tho‰ЫЄ some of its circumstances may be disagreeable. Young people set out with false notions of happiness; gay, fairyland imaginations; and when these schemes prove unattainable, sit down in disappointment and dejection.‰Ыќ

‰ЫПYou look upon Love as a blind irresistable Deity, whose darts fly at random, and admit neither defence nor cure. Consider the matter, my dear, in a more reasonable light. The passions are intended for our servants, not our masters, and we have, within us, a power of controuling them, which it is the duty and the business of our lives to exert. You will allow this readily in the case of any passion that poets and romance-writers have not set off with their false colourings. To instance in anger; Will my Henrietta own, that she thinks it probable, anger should ever transport her beyond the bounds of duty?‰Ыќ