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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... genius of Homer . The rules which the injudicious use of this prero- gative fuggested to Horace , may indeed be applied to the direction of candidates for inferior fame ; it may be proper for all to remember , that they ought not to ...
... genius of Homer . The rules which the injudicious use of this prero- gative fuggested to Horace , may indeed be applied to the direction of candidates for inferior fame ; it may be proper for all to remember , that they ought not to ...
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... genius . If he thinks his own judgment not fufficiently enlightened , he may , by attending the remarks which every paper will produce , rectify his opinions . If he fhould with too little premeditation encumber himself by an unwieldy ...
... genius . If he thinks his own judgment not fufficiently enlightened , he may , by attending the remarks which every paper will produce , rectify his opinions . If he fhould with too little premeditation encumber himself by an unwieldy ...
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... genius , who ftand as centinels in the avenues of fame , and value themselves upon giving IGNORANCE and ENVY the first notice of a prey . To these men , who diftinguish themselves by the appellation of CRITICKS , it is neceffary for a ...
... genius , who ftand as centinels in the avenues of fame , and value themselves upon giving IGNORANCE and ENVY the first notice of a prey . To these men , who diftinguish themselves by the appellation of CRITICKS , it is neceffary for a ...
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... genius , and en- larged by study , he informs us of a scheme of hap- pinefs to which the imagination of a girl upon the lofs of her first lover , could have scarcely given way ; but which he seems to have indulged , till he had totally ...
... genius , and en- larged by study , he informs us of a scheme of hap- pinefs to which the imagination of a girl upon the lofs of her first lover , could have scarcely given way ; but which he seems to have indulged , till he had totally ...
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Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins. fufficiently dark to have concealed the genius of Cowley ; for whatever might be his opinion of the importunity with which he might be fummon- ed back into publick life , a fhort experience would have ...
Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins. fufficiently dark to have concealed the genius of Cowley ; for whatever might be his opinion of the importunity with which he might be fummon- ed back into publick life , a fhort experience would have ...
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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...