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... INTEREST happened to exhibit . The companions of MALEVOLENCE were fupplied by the FURIES with a torch , which had this quality peculiar to infernal luftre , that its light fell only upon faults . No light , but rather darkness vifible ...
... INTEREST happened to exhibit . The companions of MALEVOLENCE were fupplied by the FURIES with a torch , which had this quality peculiar to infernal luftre , that its light fell only upon faults . No light , but rather darkness vifible ...
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... interest which the corrupt part of mankind have in hardening themselves against every motive to amendment , has difpofed them to give to these con- tradictions , when they can be produced against the cause of virtue , that weight which ...
... interest which the corrupt part of mankind have in hardening themselves against every motive to amendment , has difpofed them to give to these con- tradictions , when they can be produced against the cause of virtue , that weight which ...
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... interest of money , it was not worse to have ten thousand pounds at the age of two and twenty years , than a much larger fortune at thirty ; for many opportunities , fays he , occur of improving money , which if a man miffes , he may ...
... interest of money , it was not worse to have ten thousand pounds at the age of two and twenty years , than a much larger fortune at thirty ; for many opportunities , fays he , occur of improving money , which if a man miffes , he may ...
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... ; and , having no interest in refufing the amufement that is offered him , never interrupts his own tranquillity by ftudied L4 cavils , cavils , or deftroys his fatisfaction in that which is N ° 23 . 151 THE RAMBLER .
... ; and , having no interest in refufing the amufement that is offered him , never interrupts his own tranquillity by ftudied L4 cavils , cavils , or deftroys his fatisfaction in that which is N ° 23 . 151 THE RAMBLER .
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... interest . I had now entered into a state of dependence , and had hopes , or fears , from almost every man I faw . If it be unhappy to have one patron , what is his mifery who has many ? I was obliged to comply with a thousand caprices ...
... interest . I had now entered into a state of dependence , and had hopes , or fears , from almost every man I faw . If it be unhappy to have one patron , what is his mifery who has many ? I was obliged to comply with a thousand caprices ...
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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...