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雨霖铃 更新:2024-12-13 14:16 字数:1342
those violent passions which makes the mind all turbulence and
anxiety; I had had a lover whom I esteemed and valued; and at the
latter part of my life I was raised to a station as high as the
vainest woman could wish。 But in all these various changes I
never enjoyed any real satisfaction; unless in the little time I
lived retired in the country free from all noise and hurry; and
while I was conscious I was the object of the love and esteem of
a man of sense and honor。〃
On the conclusion of this history Minos paused for a small time;
and then ordered the gate to be thrown open for Anna Boleyn's
admittance on the consideration that whoever had suffered being
the queen for four years; and been sensible during all that time
of the real misery which attends that exalted station; ought to
be forgiven whatever she had done to obtain it。'11'
'11' Here ends this curious manuscript; the rest being destroyed
in rolling up pens; tobacco; &c。 It is to be hoped heedless people
will henceforth be more cautious what they burn; or use to other
vile purposes; especially when they consider the fate which had
likely to have befallen the divine Milton; and that the works
of Homer were probably discovered in some chandlers shop in Greece。
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