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... great a number , that she was weary of attending fuch doubtful claims , and , for fear of ufing improperly the fceptre of JUSTICE , referred the caufe ufing 16 N ° 3 . THE RAMBLER . The dangers and miseries of literary eminence.
... great a number , that she was weary of attending fuch doubtful claims , and , for fear of ufing improperly the fceptre of JUSTICE , referred the caufe ufing 16 N ° 3 . THE RAMBLER . The dangers and miseries of literary eminence.
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... terfperfed with living characters . She longs to " fee the torch of truth produced at an affembly , " and to admire the charming luftre it will " throw 66 D4 " throw on the jewels , complexions , and be NO IO . 55 THE RAMBLER .
... terfperfed with living characters . She longs to " fee the torch of truth produced at an affembly , " and to admire the charming luftre it will " throw 66 D4 " throw on the jewels , complexions , and be NO IO . 55 THE RAMBLER .
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... She was two yards round the waift , her voice was at once loud and fqueaking , and her face brought to my mind the picture of the full moon . Are you the young woman , fays he , that are come to offer yourself ? It is ftrange when ...
... She was two yards round the waift , her voice was at once loud and fqueaking , and her face brought to my mind the picture of the full moon . Are you the young woman , fays he , that are come to offer yourself ? It is ftrange when ...
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... She was at cards ; but , in two hours , I was told , she would speak to me . She asked me if I could keep an account , and ordered me to write . I wrote two lines out of fome book that lay by her , She wondered what people meant , to ...
... She was at cards ; but , in two hours , I was told , she would speak to me . She asked me if I could keep an account , and ordered me to write . I wrote two lines out of fome book that lay by her , She wondered what people meant , to ...
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... she could not tell who would keep me ; she had known many that had refused places , fell their cloaths and beg in the streets . It was to no purpose that the refufal was declared by me to be never on my fide ; I was reafoning against ...
... she could not tell who would keep me ; she had known many that had refused places , fell their cloaths and beg in the streets . It was to no purpose that the refufal was declared by me to be never on my fide ; I was reafoning against ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 266 - The gloomy clouds brightened into cheerful sunshine, the groves recovered their verdure, and the whole region looked gay and blooming as the garden of Eden.
Seite 35 - ... such are the vicissitudes of the world, through all its parts, that day and night, labour and rest, hurry and retirement, endear each other; such are the changes that keep the mind in action; we desire, we pursue, we obtain, we are satiated: we desire something else, and begin a new pursuit.
Seite 86 - 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 290 - He lies down delighted with the thoughts of to-morrow, pleases his ambition with the fame he shall acquire, or his benevolence with the good he shall confer. But in the night the skies are overcast, the temper of the air...
Seite 18 - The works of fiction with which the present generation seems more particularly delighted are such as exhibit life in its true state, diversified only by accidents that daily happen in the world, and influenced by passions and qualities which are really to be found in conversing with mankind.
Seite 250 - Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have...
Seite 13 - 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 47 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Seite 21 - For this reason these familiar histories may perhaps be made of greater use than the solemnities of professed morality, and convey the knowledge of vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions.
Seite 19 - 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.