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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... favour to inform them of its value . It may , indeed , be no lefs dangerous to claim , on certain occafions , too little than too much . There is fomething captivating in spirit and intrepidity , to which we often yield , as to a ...
... favour to inform them of its value . It may , indeed , be no lefs dangerous to claim , on certain occafions , too little than too much . There is fomething captivating in spirit and intrepidity , to which we often yield , as to a ...
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... favour of the publick , and only proclaim his pretenfions to literary honours when he is fure of not being rejected , he might commence author with better hopes , as his failings might escape contempt , though he shall never attain much ...
... favour of the publick , and only proclaim his pretenfions to literary honours when he is fure of not being rejected , he might commence author with better hopes , as his failings might escape contempt , though he shall never attain much ...
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... favour , from what point foever it fhall blow . Nor is the profpect lefs likely to eafe the doubts of the cautious , and the terrours of the fearful , for to fuch the fhortnefs of every fingle paper is a powerful encouragement . He that ...
... favour , from what point foever it fhall blow . Nor is the profpect lefs likely to eafe the doubts of the cautious , and the terrours of the fearful , for to fuch the fhortnefs of every fingle paper is a powerful encouragement . He that ...
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... favour , we lofe the abhorrence of their faults , because they do not hinder our pleasure , or , perhaps , regard them with fome kindness for being united with fo much merit . There have been men indeed fplendidly wicked , whofe ...
... favour , we lofe the abhorrence of their faults , because they do not hinder our pleasure , or , perhaps , regard them with fome kindness for being united with fo much merit . There have been men indeed fplendidly wicked , whofe ...
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... favour , will acknowledge or repay it . It is of the utmost importance to mankind , that pofitions of this tendency fhould be laid open and confuted ; for while men confider good and evil as fpringing from the fame root , they will ...
... favour , will acknowledge or repay it . It is of the utmost importance to mankind , that pofitions of this tendency fhould be laid open and confuted ; for while men confider good and evil as fpringing from the fame root , they will ...
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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...