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... expected events equally ftrange , or by means equally inadequate . When we pity him , we reflect on our own disappointments ; and when we laugh , our hearts inform us , that he is not more ridiculous than ourselves , except that he ...
... expected events equally ftrange , or by means equally inadequate . When we pity him , we reflect on our own disappointments ; and when we laugh , our hearts inform us , that he is not more ridiculous than ourselves , except that he ...
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... expected with great impatience , at laft arrives , it generally comes without the bleffing for which it was defired ; but we folace ourselves with fome new profpećt , and prefs for- ward again with equal eagerness . It is lucky for a ...
... expected with great impatience , at laft arrives , it generally comes without the bleffing for which it was defired ; but we folace ourselves with fome new profpećt , and prefs for- ward again with equal eagerness . It is lucky for a ...
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... expected ; for while I was out , fhe had heard that Mrs. Standish , whofe hufband had lately been raifed from a clerk in an office , to be com- miffioner of the excife , had taken a fine house , and wanted a maid . Το To Mrs. Standish I ...
... expected ; for while I was out , fhe had heard that Mrs. Standish , whofe hufband had lately been raifed from a clerk in an office , to be com- miffioner of the excife , had taken a fine house , and wanted a maid . Το To Mrs. Standish I ...
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... expected now , from the age and experi- ence of my aunt , fome prudential leffons ; but , after the firft civilities and firft tears were over , was told what pity it was to have kept fo fine a girl fo long in the country ; for the ...
... expected now , from the age and experi- ence of my aunt , fome prudential leffons ; but , after the firft civilities and firft tears were over , was told what pity it was to have kept fo fine a girl fo long in the country ; for the ...
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... expected a finer af- fembly than had been seen all the winter . She expreffed this in the jargon of a gamefter , and , when I asked an explication of her terms of art , wondered where I had lived . I had already found my aunt fo ...
... expected a finer af- fembly than had been seen all the winter . She expreffed this in the jargon of a gamefter , and , when I asked an explication of her terms of art , wondered where I had lived . I had already found my aunt fo ...
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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...