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... reflecting , that the author of a large treatise must proceed with anxiety , left , before the completion of his work , the attention of the publick may have . changed B3 changed its object ; but that he who is confined No 1 . ક્ THE ...
... reflecting , that the author of a large treatise must proceed with anxiety , left , before the completion of his work , the attention of the publick may have . changed B3 changed its object ; but that he who is confined No 1 . ક્ THE ...
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... reflections he may be preserved from too ardent wifhes for feeming good , and from too much dejection in real evil . There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect , compared with which reproach , hatred , and oppofition , are ...
... reflections he may be preserved from too ardent wifhes for feeming good , and from too much dejection in real evil . There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect , compared with which reproach , hatred , and oppofition , are ...
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... reflection , and to whom the volume of nature is thrown open , without affording them pleasure or inftruction ... reflections from the objects about him ; for it is to no purpose that he alters his pofition , if his attention continues ...
... reflection , and to whom the volume of nature is thrown open , without affording them pleasure or inftruction ... reflections from the objects about him ; for it is to no purpose that he alters his pofition , if his attention continues ...
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... reflecting on thofe that fuffer under the dreadful fymptom of canine madness , termed by phyficians the dread of ... reflections arose in my mind upon the re- membrance of a paffage in Cowley's preface to his poems , where , however ...
... reflecting on thofe that fuffer under the dreadful fymptom of canine madness , termed by phyficians the dread of ... reflections arose in my mind upon the re- membrance of a paffage in Cowley's preface to his poems , where , however ...
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... reflection . If he is dwell- ing with delight upon a ftratagem of fuccessful fraud , a night of licentious riot , or an intrigue of guilty pleasure , let him fummon off his imagina- tion as from an unlawful purfuit , expel thofe paf ...
... reflection . If he is dwell- ing with delight upon a ftratagem of fuccessful fraud , a night of licentious riot , or an intrigue of guilty pleasure , let him fummon off his imagina- tion as from an unlawful purfuit , expel thofe paf ...
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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.