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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... praise himself for thofe qualities which cannot be known but from his own mouth ; as when he is among strangers , and can have no opportunity of an actual exertion of his powers . That the ease of an author is parallel will fcarcely be ...
... praise himself for thofe qualities which cannot be known but from his own mouth ; as when he is among strangers , and can have no opportunity of an actual exertion of his powers . That the ease of an author is parallel will fcarcely be ...
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... praises of the world , willingly takes that way of difplaying his abilities which will fooneft give him an opportunity of hearing the voice of fame ; it heightens his alacrity to think in how many places he fhall hear what he is now ...
... praises of the world , willingly takes that way of difplaying his abilities which will fooneft give him an opportunity of hearing the voice of fame ; it heightens his alacrity to think in how many places he fhall hear what he is now ...
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... it , his infenfibility can make small part of his praise , or his happiness ; he only adds deliberate to hafty folly , aggravates petu- F 4 lance lance by contumacy , and deftroys the only plea that N ° 11 . 71 THE RAMBLER .
... it , his infenfibility can make small part of his praise , or his happiness ; he only adds deliberate to hafty folly , aggravates petu- F 4 lance lance by contumacy , and deftroys the only plea that N ° 11 . 71 THE RAMBLER .
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... praise , except from the fingle perfon who tries and knows it . There are many ways of telling a fecret , by which a man exempts himself from the reproaches of his confcience , and gratifies his pride , without fuffering himself to ...
... praise , except from the fingle perfon who tries and knows it . There are many ways of telling a fecret , by which a man exempts himself from the reproaches of his confcience , and gratifies his pride , without fuffering himself to ...
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... praises very often fo much overpowered my modefty , that I was forced to put about the glafs , and had often no means of repreffing the clamours of their admiration , but by thundering to the drawer for an- other bottle . Next morning ...
... praises very often fo much overpowered my modefty , that I was forced to put about the glafs , and had often no means of repreffing the clamours of their admiration , but by thundering to the drawer for an- other bottle . Next morning ...
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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...