The RamblerJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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... beauty of my works , to be at least pardoned for their brevity . But whether my expectations are moft fixed on pardon or praife , I think it not ne- ceffary to discover ; for having accurately weighed the reafons for arrogance and ...
... beauty of my works , to be at least pardoned for their brevity . But whether my expectations are moft fixed on pardon or praife , I think it not ne- ceffary to discover ; for having accurately weighed the reafons for arrogance and ...
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... beauty to the vegetable world . Perhaps no class of the human fpecies requires more to be cautioned against this anticipation of happiness , than those that aspire to the name of authors . A man of lively fancy no fooner finds a hint ...
... beauty to the vegetable world . Perhaps no class of the human fpecies requires more to be cautioned against this anticipation of happiness , than those that aspire to the name of authors . A man of lively fancy no fooner finds a hint ...
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... beauty , to lose their hours and di- vert their thoughts by cards , or affemblies , a tavern dinner , or the prattle of the day . It may be laid down as a pofition which will fel- dom deceive , that when a man cannot bear his own ...
... beauty , to lose their hours and di- vert their thoughts by cards , or affemblies , a tavern dinner , or the prattle of the day . It may be laid down as a pofition which will fel- dom deceive , that when a man cannot bear his own ...
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... beauty of recti- tude . To this power , thus early established , and inceffantly increasing , it must be remembered , that almoft every man has , in fome part of his life , added new strength by a voluntary or negligent fubjection of ...
... beauty of recti- tude . To this power , thus early established , and inceffantly increasing , it must be remembered , that almoft every man has , in fome part of his life , added new strength by a voluntary or negligent fubjection of ...
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... beauty to behold herself . This paffion for the honour of a profeffion , like that for the grandeur of our own country , is to be regulated , not extinguished . Every man , from the highest to the loweft ftation , ought to warm his ...
... beauty to behold herself . This paffion for the honour of a profeffion , like that for the grandeur of our own country , is to be regulated , not extinguished . Every man , from the highest to the loweft ftation , ought to warm his ...
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againſt almoſt amuſements arife becauſe buſineſs caufe cauſe cenfure confequence confider confulting converfation curiofity defire difcover eafily endeavour equally eſcape eſtabliſhed fafe fame fatisfaction favour fays fchemes fear fecurity feems feen feldom fenfe fentiments fervants fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt folly fome fometimes foon forrow friends ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fuppofe fure genius happineſs herſelf himſelf honour hope houſe imagination increaſe intereft itſelf kindneſs labour lady laft laſt learned leaſt lefs lofe loft mankind mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nerally never NUMB obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions pain perfons perfuaded pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poffeffion praiſe prefent publick purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reaſon reft ſeems ſhall ſhe ſtate ſtudy thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal uſe vanity vifit virtue whofe whoſe wiſh
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Page 26 - In narratives, where historical veracity has no place, I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach...
Page 415 - by what chance thou hast been brought hither ; I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of the wilderness, in which I never saw a man before.
Page 413 - ... in compliance with the varieties of the ground, and to end at last in the common road.
Page 440 - Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. He that grows old without religious hopes, as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and sorrows...
Page 416 - We rise in the morning of youth, full of vigour, and full of expectation ; we set forward with spirit and hope, with gaiety and with diligence, and travel on a while in the straight road of piety towards the mansions of rest.
Page 22 - In the romances formerly written, every transaction and sentiment was so remote from all that passes among men, that the reader was in very little danger of making any applications to himself...
Page 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.
Page 22 - ... among men, that the reader was in very little danger of making any applications to himself; the virtues and crimes were equally beyond his...
Page 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...
Page 415 - At length not fear but labour began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld through the brambles the glimmer of a taper. He...