 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1778 - 400 pages
...when this fatal accident happened^ I fhould hot only have mingled my tears with yours, but aflifted you with all the confolation in my power. I am fenfible...relief: for as none are qualified to perform them, but thqfe who ftand near to us by the ties either of blood or affection, fuch perfons are generally too... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English letters - 1790 - 912 pages
...So an equal (hare with yourfe\f. If I had been near you when this fatal accident happened, I Ihould not only have mingled my tears with yours, but affifted...none are qualified to perform them, but thofe who Hand near to us by the ties either of blood or afre&ion, fuch perfons are generally too much airlifted... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...consolation in my power. I am sensible, at the same time, that offices of this kind afford, at best, but a wretched relief: for as none are qualified to perform them, but those who stand near to us, by the ties either of blood or affection, such persons are generally too... | |
 | Richard Whately - Future life - 1853 - 448 pages
...consolation in my power. I am sensible, at the same tune, that offices of this kind afford, at best, but a wretched relief ; for as none are qualified to perform them, but those who stand near to us by the ties either of blood or affection, such persons are c2 generally... | |
 | John Kennedy - Consolation - 1864 - 430 pages
...consolation in my power. I am sensible, at the same time, that offices of this kind afford, at best, but a wretched relief; for as none are qualified to perform them but those who stand near us by the ties either of blood or of affection, such persons are generally too... | |
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I fhould not only have mingled my tears with yours, but affifted you with all the confolation in my power. I am fenfible at the fame time, that offices of this kind afford at beft but a wretched relief: for as none are qualified to perform them, but... 