Excerpt from The White Rose, Vol. 1 Dear! Dear! Was there ever any state Of society in which youthful affections, fancies, attachments, call them what you will, were Of a material to withstand the Wear Of a little time, a little absence, a good deal of amusement bordering on dissipation Would such an Arcadia be pleasant or wearisome, or is it simply impossible Alas! I know not; but as far as my own observation goes, you may talk of your first love as poetically as you please - it's your last love that comes in and makes a clean sweep of every thing ou the board. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.