The Rambler. ...J. Payne, 1752 |
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... most easily obtained by indirect and concealed approaches ; he who too foon profeffes him- telf a lover , raifes obftacles to his own wishes and thole whom difappointments have taught ex- experience , endeavour to conceal their paffion ...
... most easily obtained by indirect and concealed approaches ; he who too foon profeffes him- telf a lover , raifes obftacles to his own wishes and thole whom difappointments have taught ex- experience , endeavour to conceal their paffion ...
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... most fixed on pardon or praife , I think it not neceffary to discover ; for having accurately weighed the reafons for arrogance and fubmiffion I find them fo nearly equiponderant , that my impati- ence to try the event of my first ...
... most fixed on pardon or praife , I think it not neceffary to discover ; for having accurately weighed the reafons for arrogance and fubmiffion I find them fo nearly equiponderant , that my impati- ence to try the event of my first ...
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... most flagrant , has been ftudioufly collected ; it has been marked with every epithet of contempt , and all the tropes and figures have been called forth against it . CENSURE is willingly indulged , because it always always implies fome ...
... most flagrant , has been ftudioufly collected ; it has been marked with every epithet of contempt , and all the tropes and figures have been called forth against it . CENSURE is willingly indulged , because it always always implies fome ...
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... most authors willing rather to tranfmit than examine fo advantageous a principle , and more inclined to purfue a track fo smooth and fo flowery , than attentively to confider whether it leads to truth . THIS quality of looking forward ...
... most authors willing rather to tranfmit than examine fo advantageous a principle , and more inclined to purfue a track fo smooth and fo flowery , than attentively to confider whether it leads to truth . THIS quality of looking forward ...
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... most fumple and necef- fary employments , no man turns up the ground but because he thinks of the harvest , that har- veft which blights may intercept , which inur dations dations may sweep away , or which death or calamity 12 N ° 2 The ...
... most fumple and necef- fary employments , no man turns up the ground but because he thinks of the harvest , that har- veft which blights may intercept , which inur dations dations may sweep away , or which death or calamity 12 N ° 2 The ...
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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...