...fame, for fortune, for space in the world's thought, and dominion over his fellow men. But a woman s whole life is a history of the affections. The heart...is her world : it is there her ambition strives for empires; it is there her avarice seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies on adventure...

...seeks for fame, for fortune, for space in the world's thought, and dominion over his fellow-men. But a woman's whole life is a history of the affections....hopeless — for it is a bankruptcy of the heart. To a man, the disappointment of love may occasion some bitter pangs : it wounds some feelings of tenderness...

...the object of their devotion, — a book or a domestic animal. " Woman's whole life," says Irving, " is a history of the affections. The heart is her world ; it is there her ambition seeks for hidden treasures. She embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection ; and if shipwrecked,...

...lovely star in his firmament. But to a woman it is her sun — her Hie is a history of her love. " She embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection...is hopeless, for it is a bankruptcy of the heart." In a life of comparative seclusion, with only her own thoughts to interest, she can have no consolation,...

...seeks for fame, for fortune, for space in the world's thought, and dominion over his fellow men. But a woman's whole life is a history of the affections....is hopeless, for it is a bankruptcy of the heart. " To a man the disappointment of love may occasion some bitter pangs : it wounds some feelings of tenderness,...

...suffered to preponderate. Thus, speaking of the love of woman, the author of the Sketch-Book says, "she sends forth her sympathies on adventure; she...is hopeless, for it is a bankruptcy of the heart." Shakspeare apostrophises it thus — :l'O, most potential love! vow, bond, or space, In thee hath neither...

...seeks for fame, for fortune, for space in the world's thought, and dominion over his fellow men. But a woman's whole life is a history of the affections....hopeless — for it is a bankruptcy of the heart. To a man, the disappointment of love may occasion some bitter pangs : it wounds some feelings of tenderness...

...ambition ; love is the embellishment of his early life, or a song piped in the interval of the acts, but a woman's whole life is a history of the affections...hidden treasures ; she sends forth her sympathies on a venture, she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection, and if shipwrecked, her case is...

...— it is there her avarice seeks for hidden treasures; she sends forth her sympathies on a venture, she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection,...if shipwrecked, her case is hopeless— for it is the bankruptcy of the heart." How delightful was this evening which we passed' together. Gabriclli...

...injured wife of the faithless husband are scarcely less disastrous. " Woman's whole life," saya Irving, " is a history of the affections. The heart is her world ; it is there her ambition seeks for hidden treasures. She embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection ; and if shipwrecked,...