The Rambler. ...J. Payne, 1752 |
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... attention of the publick may have changed its object ; but that he who is confined to no fingle fubject , may follow the national taste through all its variations , and catch the Aura popularis , the gale of favour , from what point ...
... attention of the publick may have changed its object ; but that he who is confined to no fingle fubject , may follow the national taste through all its variations , and catch the Aura popularis , the gale of favour , from what point ...
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... scenes of the universal drama , as may be the lot of any other man ; young fpectators fix their eyes upon him with closer attention , and hope by ob- obferving his behaviour and success to regu- late their own 30 The RAMBLER . N ° 4 :
... scenes of the universal drama , as may be the lot of any other man ; young fpectators fix their eyes upon him with closer attention , and hope by ob- obferving his behaviour and success to regu- late their own 30 The RAMBLER . N ° 4 :
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... attention ought moft to be employ'd ; as a diamond , though it cannot be made , may be polifhed by art , and placed in such a situation , as to display that luftre which before was buried among common ftones . It is justly confidered as ...
... attention ought moft to be employ'd ; as a diamond , though it cannot be made , may be polifhed by art , and placed in such a situation , as to display that luftre which before was buried among common ftones . It is justly confidered as ...
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... ages the great corrupters of the world , and their refemblance ought no more to be preserved , than the art of murdering without pain . C5 SOME SOME have advanced , without due attention to the confequences N ° 4. The RAMBLER . 33.
... ages the great corrupters of the world , and their refemblance ought no more to be preserved , than the art of murdering without pain . C5 SOME SOME have advanced , without due attention to the confequences N ° 4. The RAMBLER . 33.
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Samuel Johnson. SOME have advanced , without due attention to the confequences of this notion , that certain virtues have their correfpondent faults , and therefore that to exhibit either apart is to de- viate from probability . Thus men ...
Samuel Johnson. SOME have advanced , without due attention to the confequences of this notion , that certain virtues have their correfpondent faults , and therefore that to exhibit either apart is to de- viate from probability . Thus men ...
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againſt amuſement becauſe caufe cauſe cenfure confider converfation defire diſcover eafily eaſy endeavour equally eſcape fafe fame favour fear fecret fecurity feem feldom felf felves fent fentiments fervant fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt folicitations folly fome fometimes foon frequently friends ftate ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fudden fuffer fufficient fuperiority fuppofe fure genius happineſs himſelf honour hope houſe imagination indulge induſtry intereft itſelf juſt labour lady laft laſt LEARNING leaſt lefs loft loſe mankind ment miferies mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity never NUMB obfervation occafion ourſelves paffed paffions perfons perfuaded perfuit philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſure praiſe precept prefent promife publick purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reaſon reft ſchemes ſee ſeem ſhall ſhe ſmall ſome ſpend ſtate ſtudy ſuch themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand underſtanding univerfal uſe virtue whofe whoſe wiſh
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Seite 19 - The task of an author is, either to teach what is not known, or to recommend known truths, by his manner of adorning them; either to let new light in upon the mind, and open new scenes to the prospect, or to vary the dress and situation of common objects, so as to give them fresh grace and more powerful attractions...
Seite 33 - Many writers, for the sake of following nature, so mingle good and bad qualities in their principal personages, that they are both equally conspicuous ; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favour, we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder our pleasure, or, perhaps, regard them with some kindness, for being united with so much merit.
Seite 28 - The task of our present writers is very different; it requires, together with that learning which is to be gained from books, that experience which can never be attained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse, and accurate observation of the living world.
Seite 18 - ... or corrupted by prejudices, which preclude their approbation of any new performance. Some are too indolent to read any thing, till its reputation is established ; others too envious to promote that fame which gives them pain by its increase.
Seite 33 - There have been men indeed splendidly wicked, whose endowments threw a brightness on their crimes, and whom scarce any...
Seite 76 - ... succour old age with subsidiary sight. Thus was the first artificer in glass employed, though without his own knowledge or expectation. He was facilitating and prolonging the enjoyment of light, enlarging the avenues of science, and conferring the highest and most lasting pleasures ; he was enabling the student to contemplate nature, and the beauty to behold herself.
Seite 32 - If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot see of what use it can be to read the account; or why it may not be as safe to turn the eye immediately upon mankind, as upon a mirror which shows all that presents itself without discrimination.
Seite 30 - ... all that passes among men, that the reader was in very little danger of making any applications to himself; the virtues and crimes were equally beyond his sphere of activity; and he amused himself with heroes and with traitors, deliverers and persecutors, as with beings of another species, whose actions were regulated upon motives of their own, and who had neither faults nor excellencies in common with himself.
Seite 35 - In narratives where historical veracity has no place, I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit, we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach...