Letters to Mrs. Montagu: Between the Years 1755 and 1800, Chiefly Upon Literary and Moral Subjects, Band 2Rivington, 1817 |
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Seite 304 - Behold, fond man ! See here thy pictured life ; pass some few years, Thy flowering Spring, thy Summer's ardent strength, Thy sober Autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene.
Seite 328 - When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder rolls and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the storm.
Seite 60 - She was, indeed, always vexed whenever it was attributed to her, ami denied it in the strongest terms. 60 ventured to own it, though I have not denied it, It gives me great pleasure that it was at first a secret, as it helped you to that unprejudiced applause of the work,, which it might have been difficult to separate from a regard to the author. But now I think one may lawfully speak out.
Seite 210 - I have infinite ambition in my views both for you and myself, which soars beyond all the sublunary honors, and looks forward to the " prize of that high calling," •which leads our hopes to the starry wreaths of immortality. May heaven unite us in this supreme attainment ! I beg you will not neglect to take the millepedes, it is a most excellent medicine for the obstruction you mention in your glands, and besides may be of great use to your eyes.
Seite 160 - It is indeed very possible to live in an exact observance of moral and social duties, so far as respects a popular character, and yet be totally void of real virtue. All external performances derive their true value, with respect to the soul, from the disposition from which they proceed, with regard to the Supreme Being *. Wherever his will and his approbation are made the supreme object, all talents, all opportunities, however different in their appearances, become equal possibilities for the acquirement...
Seite 322 - It is not probably so much from our being less accurate judges of the subject, as from another reason, that Richardson's works are more admired by the French than among us. To the generality of readers, if characters are ever so naturally drawn, they will not appear to be so, if they are improperly drest. Foreigners, who are not acquainted with our language, and our customs, are unprejudiced by Richardson's defect in expression and manners, which are so very striking to ourselves, as to conceal much...
Seite 104 - I'envi. Polyenete however is excellent, or rather Pauline. I cannot however quit the subject of books, without heartily joining with you, in the wish of such a kind of supplement to De Solis as you propose. Though I cannot at present enter upon a confutation of your marmalade sophistry, I cannot help expressing the pleasure it gives me, that you will comply with Miss Read's request; the manner in which you propose to do it, is certain extremely proper, and worthy of yourself. I am glad you have such...
Seite 263 - A timely retreat, after a proper portion of life has been dedicated to the duties 26S of public activity, is much more noble and graceful than the being driven into repose by the incapacities and weakness of old age. I am glad to hear Mr. Hanway * is in better health, he is, I firmly believe, a very worthy wellintentioned man, and of great use in society. It is very happy that de terns en terns, there will always arise certain moral characters of very good hearts and very odd heads, of exceeding...
Seite 267 - The order and civility of modem times is indeed an inestimable blessing, and however unwilling Mr. Hume might be to allow it, is certainly the effect of Christianity. Barbarity was the disgrace of heroism, not only amongst our rude and violent ancestors, but amongst those nations which are so often extolled as abounding with examples of the highest virtue.
Seite 16 - Sylphe mart, he might have found such objections to wading up to his neck in water, as might have given him an insuperable aversion to the dear blue room, and confined him ever after to the terra firma on the other side of St. George's channel. You have never told me, that the society at Hitcham was dissolved. My informant makes grievous lamentation for the scandal which she supposes this event will reflect on female friendship. Possibly it may, but the true state of the case seems to me, that people...