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... attention by abruptness . The epick writers have found the proemial part of the poem fuch an addition to their undertaking , that they have almost unanimously adopted the first lines of Homer , and the reader needs only be in- formed of ...
... attention by abruptness . The epick writers have found the proemial part of the poem fuch an addition to their undertaking , that they have almost unanimously adopted the first lines of Homer , and the reader needs only be in- formed of ...
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... attention of the publick may have changed its object ; but that he who is confined to no fingle topick , may follow the national taste through all its variations , and catch the aura popu- laris , 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 topick , may follow the national taste through all its variations , and catch the aura popu- laris , the gale of favour , from what point ...
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... attention ought most to be employed : as a diamond , though it cannot be made , may be polished by art , and placed in fuch a fituation , as to display that luftre which before was buried among common ftones . It is juftly confidered as ...
... attention ought most to be employed : as a diamond , though it cannot be made , may be polished by art , and placed in fuch a fituation , as to display that luftre which before was buried among common ftones . It is juftly confidered as ...
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... dering without pain . Some have advanced , without due attention to the confequences of this notion , that certain virtues have their their correspondent faults , and therefore that to exhi- bit 24 N ° 4 . THE RAMBLER .
... dering without pain . Some have advanced , without due attention to the confequences of this notion , that certain virtues have their their correspondent faults , and therefore that to exhi- bit 24 N ° 4 . THE RAMBLER .
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... attention ; and thofe , whom fear of any future affliction chains down to mifery , must endea- vour to obviate the danger . My confiderations fhall , on this occafion , be turned on fuch as are burdenfome to themselves merely be- cause ...
... attention ; and thofe , whom fear of any future affliction chains down to mifery , must endea- vour to obviate the danger . My confiderations fhall , on this occafion , be turned on fuch as are burdenfome to themselves merely be- cause ...
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Seite 386 - If the Biographer writes from personal Knowledge, and makes haste to gratify the publick Curiosity, there is Danger lest his Interest, his Fear, his Gratitude, or his Tenderness, overpower his Fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There are many who think it an Act of Piety to hide the Faults or Failings of their Friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their Detection; we therefore see whole Ranks of Characters adorned with uniform Panegyrick, and not to be known from one...
Seite 386 - If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind, such as soon escape the memory, and are rarely transmitted by tradition.
Seite 416 - Here the heart softens, and vigilance subsides; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not...
Seite 21 - Why this wild strain of imagination found reception so long in polite and learned ages, it is not easy to conceive, but we cannot wonder that while readers could be procured, the authors were willing to continue it...
Seite 94 - A transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see nothing but spires of temples and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the residence of...
Seite 284 - The most engaging charms of youth and beauty appeared in all her form ; effulgent glories sparkled in her eyes, and their awful splendours were softened by the gentlest looks of compassion and peace.
Seite 381 - Our passions are therefore more strongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily adopt the pains or pleasure proposed to our minds, by recognising them as once our own, or considering them as naturally incident to our state of life.
Seite 21 - 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 14 - 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...