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... beauty of my works , to be at leaft pardoned for their brevity . But whether my expectations are moft fixed on pardon or praise , I think it not ne- ceffary to difcover ; for having accurately weighed the reafons for arrogance and ...
... beauty of my works , to be at leaft pardoned for their brevity . But whether my expectations are moft fixed on pardon or praise , I think it not ne- ceffary to difcover ; for having accurately weighed the reafons for arrogance and ...
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Samuel Johnson. destroyed by too open exposure to that fun which gives life and beauty to the vegetable world . Perhaps no class of the human fpecies requires more to be cautioned against this anticipation of hap- piness , than those ...
Samuel Johnson. destroyed by too open exposure to that fun which gives life and beauty to the vegetable world . Perhaps no class of the human fpecies requires more to be cautioned against this anticipation of hap- piness , than those ...
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... beauty , folidity , or usefulness . Wherever fuch difcoveries were made , and they were made whenever these faults were committed , CRITICISM refufed the touch which conferred the fanction of immortality , and , when the errours were ...
... beauty , folidity , or usefulness . Wherever fuch difcoveries were made , and they were made whenever these faults were committed , CRITICISM refufed the touch which conferred the fanction of immortality , and , when the errours were ...
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... beauty , to lose their hours and divert their thoughts by cards or affemblies , a trvern dinner , or the prattle of the day . It may be laid down as a pofition which will feldom deceive , that when a man cannot bear his own com- pany ...
... beauty , to lose their hours and divert their thoughts by cards or affemblies , a trvern dinner , or the prattle of the day . It may be laid down as a pofition which will feldom deceive , that when a man cannot bear his own com- pany ...
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... beauty of rectitude . To this power , thus early established , and inceffantly increasing , it must be remembered that almost every man has , in fome part of his life , added new ftrength by a voluntary or negligent fubjection of ...
... beauty of rectitude . To this power , thus early established , and inceffantly increasing , it must be remembered that almost every man has , in fome part of his life , added new ftrength by a voluntary or negligent fubjection of ...
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againſt almoſt arifes becauſe caufes cauſe cenfure confequence confider confulting converfation curiofity defire difcover eafily endeavour equally errour eſcape fafe fame favour fays fchemes fear fecret fecurity feem feldom felves fenfe fentiments fervants feven fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt folly fome fometimes foon forrow friends ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuch fudden fuffer fufficiently fuppofe fure genius happineſs himſelf honour hope houſe imagination increaſe indulge intereft itſelf kindneſs knowledge labour lady laft laſt learned leaſt lefs lofe loft mankind mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nefs never NUMB obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions pain perfons perfuaded pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poffeffion praiſe prefent profpect publick purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reafon refolved reft ſhall ſhe ſtate ſtudy thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion truft underſtanding univerfal uſe vifit virtue whofe whoſe
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 324 - He that would pass the latter part of life with honour and decency, must, when he is young, consider that he shall one day be old; and remember, when he is old, that he has once been young. In youth, he must lay up knowledge for his support, when his powers of acting shall forsake him; and in age forbear to animadvert with rigour on faults which experience only can correct.
Seite 279 - All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance : it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals.
Seite 26 - Vice, for vice is necessary to be shown, should always disgust; nor should the graces of gaiety or the dignity of courage be so united with it as to reconcile it to the mind. Wherever it appears, it should raise hatred by the malignity of its practices, and contempt by the meanness of its stratagems: for while it is supported by either parts or spirit, it will be seldom heartily abhorred.
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, at least, turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleasure.
Seite 282 - She was dressed in black, her skin was contracted into a thousand wrinkles, her eyes deep sunk in her head, and her complexion pale and livid as the countenance of death. Her looks were filled with terror and unrelenting severity, and her hands armed with whips and scorpions.
Seite 13 - Some are too indolent to read any thing, till its reputation is established ; others too envious to promote that fame which gives them pain by its increase.
Seite 381 - ALL joy or sorrow for the happiness or calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination, that realises the event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in 'the condition of him whose fortune we contemplate; so that we feel, while the deception lasts, whatever motions would be excited by the same good or evil happening to ourselves.
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...
Seite 284 - ... recovered their verdure, and the whole region looked gay and blooming as the garden of Eden. I was quite transported at this unexpected change, and reviving pleasure began to glad my thoughts, when, with a look of inexpressible sweetness, my beauteous deliverer thus uttered her divine instructions :
Seite 415 - He advanced towards the light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected for himself, on which Obidah fed with eagerness and gratitude. When the repast was over,