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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... called forth 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 ...
... called forth 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 ...
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... called poetry . In like manner , almost all the fictions of the laft age will vanish , if you deprive them of a hermit will 20 N ° 4 . THE RAMBLER . The modern form of romances preferable to the ancient The neceffity of characters ...
... called poetry . In like manner , almost all the fictions of the laft age will vanish , if you deprive them of a hermit will 20 N ° 4 . THE RAMBLER . The modern form of romances preferable to the ancient The neceffity of characters ...
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... called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good . The purpose of thefe writings is furely not only to how mankind , but to provide that they may be feen hereafter with lefs hazard ; to ...
... called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good . The purpose of thefe writings is furely not only to how mankind , but to provide that they may be feen hereafter with lefs hazard ; to ...
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... called , will betray him to crimes , which in his original scheme were never proposed . He therefore that would govern his actions by the laws of virtue , muft regulate his thoughts by those of reafon ; he must keep guilt from the re ...
... called , will betray him to crimes , which in his original scheme were never proposed . He therefore that would govern his actions by the laws of virtue , muft regulate his thoughts by those of reafon ; he must keep guilt from the re ...
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... called up , and found Mr. Courtly and his lady at piquet , in the height of good humour . This I looked on as a favourable fign , and stood at the lower end of the room , in expectation of the common queftions . At laft Mr. Courtly called ...
... called up , and found Mr. Courtly and his lady at piquet , in the height of good humour . This I looked on as a favourable fign , and stood at the lower end of the room , in expectation of the common queftions . At laft Mr. Courtly called ...
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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...