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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... common life . The natural character not to be forfaken 156 · 25 Rashness preferable to cowardice . Enterprize not to be repreffed 162 26 The mischief of extravagance , and mifery of dependance 168 27 An author's treatment from fix ...
... common life . The natural character not to be forfaken 156 · 25 Rashness preferable to cowardice . Enterprize not to be repreffed 162 26 The mischief of extravagance , and mifery of dependance 168 27 An author's treatment from fix ...
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... common life . They , perhaps , believed , that when , like Thucydides , they bequeathed to mankind nua is dei , an estate for ever , it was an additional favour to inform them of its value . It may , indeed , be no lefs dangerous to ...
... common life . They , perhaps , believed , that when , like Thucydides , they bequeathed to mankind nua is dei , an estate for ever , it was an additional favour to inform them of its value . It may , indeed , be no lefs dangerous to ...
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... common topicks is fo tempting to a writer , that he cannot easily refign it ; a train of fentiments generally received enables him to fhine without labour , and to con- quer without a conteft . It is fo eafy to laugh at the folly of him ...
... common topicks is fo tempting to a writer , that he cannot easily refign it ; a train of fentiments generally received enables him to fhine without labour , and to con- quer without a conteft . It is fo eafy to laugh at the folly of him ...
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... common objects , fo as to give them fresh grace and more powerful attractions , to spread fuch flowers over the regions through which the intellect has already made its progrefs , as may tempt it to return , and take a fecond view of ...
... common objects , fo as to give them fresh grace and more powerful attractions , to spread fuch flowers over the regions through which the intellect has already made its progrefs , as may tempt it to return , and take a fecond view of ...
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... common qualities , fhe was appointed the governess of FANCY , and impowered to beat time to the chorus of the MUSES , when they fung before the throne of JUPITER . When the MUSES Condefcended to vifit this lower world , they came ...
... common qualities , fhe was appointed the governess of FANCY , and impowered to beat time to the chorus of the MUSES , when they fung before the throne of JUPITER . When the MUSES Condefcended to vifit this lower world , they came ...
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Common terms and phrases
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...