"In saying this, I was making not so much La Fleur's eloge, as my own, having been in love with one princess or another almost all my life, and I hope I shall go on so, till I die, being firmly persuaded, that if ever I do a mean action, it must be in some interval betwixt one passion and another: whilst this interregnum lasts, I always perceive my heart locked up--I can scarce find in it, to give Misery a sixpence; and therefore I always get out of it as fast as I can, and the moment I am rekindled, I am all generosity and good will again; and would do any thing in the world either for, or with any one, if they will but satisfy me there is no sin in it."
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.
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Text from <u>A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. By Mr. Yorick.</u>, 2 vols. 2nd ed. (London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1768). 