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... against it . Cenfure is willingly indulged , because it always implies fome fuperiority : men please themselves with imagining that they have made a deeper fearch , or wider furvey , than others , and detected faults and follies which ...
... against it . Cenfure is willingly indulged , because it always implies fome fuperiority : men please themselves with imagining that they have made a deeper fearch , or wider furvey , than others , and detected faults and follies which ...
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... against keeping our view too intent upon remote advan- tages is not without its propriety or usefulness , though it may have been recited with too much levity , or enforced with too little diftinction : for , not to speak of that ...
... against keeping our view too intent upon remote advan- tages is not without its propriety or usefulness , though it may have been recited with too much levity , or enforced with too little diftinction : for , not to speak of that ...
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... against this anticipation of happiness , than those that afpire to the name of authors . A man of lively fancy no fooner finds a hint moving in his mind , than he makes momenta- neous excursions to the prefs , and to the world , and ...
... against this anticipation of happiness , than those that afpire to the name of authors . A man of lively fancy no fooner finds a hint moving in his mind , than he makes momenta- neous excursions to the prefs , and to the world , and ...
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... against it . But we may very properly enquire , how near to this exalted ftate it is in our power to approach , how far we can exempt ourselves from outward influences , and fecure to our minds a state of tranquillity for , though the ...
... against it . But we may very properly enquire , how near to this exalted ftate it is in our power to approach , how far we can exempt ourselves from outward influences , and fecure to our minds a state of tranquillity for , though the ...
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... against the common errors , which mislead the weakest and meanest of mankind . Thefe reflections arose in my mind upon the re- membrance of a paffage in Cowley's preface to his poems , where , however exalted by genius , and enlarged by ...
... against the common errors , which mislead the weakest and meanest of mankind . Thefe reflections arose in my mind upon the re- membrance of a paffage in Cowley's preface to his poems , where , however exalted by genius , and enlarged by ...
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againſt amuſements becauſe caufe cauſe cenfure confequence confider converfation curiofity defire difcover diverfions eafily eafy endeavour equally eſcape fafe fame fatisfaction favour fays fear fecret fecurity feem feldom felves fenfe fentiments fervant fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt folitude folly fome fometimes foon friends ftate ftill fubject fuch fudden fuffer fufficient fuperiority fuppofe fure genius happineſs herſelf himſelf honour hope houſe imagination indulge intereft itſelf kindneſs labour lady laft laſt leaft learning leaſt lefs loft mankind ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity never NUMB obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions pain perfons perfuaded pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poffeffion praiſe prefent promife Prudentius publick purpoſe purſuit raiſe RAMBLER reafon reft ſcheme ſeem ſhe ſome ſtate ſtudy thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion truft underſtanding univerfal uſe virtue whofe whoſe
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.