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... beauty of my works , to be at least pardoned for their brevity . But whether my expectations are moft fixed on pardon or praife , I think it not ne- ceffary to discover ; for having accurately weighed the reasons for arrogance and ...
... beauty of my works , to be at least pardoned for their brevity . But whether my expectations are moft fixed on pardon or praife , I think it not ne- ceffary to discover ; for having accurately weighed the reasons for arrogance and ...
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Samuel Johnson. destroyed by too open exposure to that fun which gives life and beauty to the vegetable world . Perhaps no clafs of the human fpecies requires more to be cautioned against this anticipation of hap- piness , than those ...
Samuel Johnson. destroyed by too open exposure to that fun which gives life and beauty to the vegetable world . Perhaps no clafs of the human fpecies requires more to be cautioned against this anticipation of hap- piness , than those ...
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... beauty , folidity , or usefulness . Wherever fuch difcoveries were made , and they were made whenever thefe faults were committed , CRITICISM refufed the touch which conferred the fanction of immortality , and , when the errours were ...
... beauty , folidity , or usefulness . Wherever fuch difcoveries were made , and they were made whenever thefe faults were committed , CRITICISM refufed the touch which conferred the fanction of immortality , and , when the errours were ...
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... beauty , to lose their hours and divert their thoughts by cards or affemblies , a trvern dinner , or the prattle of the day . It may be laid down as a pofition which will feldom deceive , that when a man cannot bear his own com- pany ...
... beauty , to lose their hours and divert their thoughts by cards or affemblies , a trvern dinner , or the prattle of the day . It may be laid down as a pofition which will feldom deceive , that when a man cannot bear his own com- pany ...
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... beauty of rectitude . To this power , thus early established , and inceffantly increasing , it must be remembered that almost every man has , in fome part of his life , added new ftrength by a voluntary or negligent fubjection of ...
... beauty of rectitude . To this power , thus early established , and inceffantly increasing , it must be remembered that almost every man has , in fome part of his life , added new ftrength by a voluntary or negligent fubjection of ...
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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...