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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... produce , and precluded the vain expedients of foftening cen- fure by apologies , or roufing attention by abrupt- nefs . The epick writers have found the proemial part of the poem fuch an addition to their undertaking , that they have ...
... produce , and precluded the vain expedients of foftening cen- fure by apologies , or roufing attention by abrupt- nefs . The epick writers have found the proemial part of the poem fuch an addition to their undertaking , that they have ...
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... produce , rectify his opinions . If he fhould with too little premeditation encumber himself by an unwieldy fubject , he can quit it without confeffing his ignorance , and pafs to other topicks more tractable . lefs dangerous , or And ...
... produce , rectify his opinions . If he fhould with too little premeditation encumber himself by an unwieldy fubject , he can quit it without confeffing his ignorance , and pafs to other topicks more tractable . lefs dangerous , or And ...
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... produced without fear of criticifin , with- out the toil of ftudy , without knowledge of nature , or acquaintance with life . The task of our present writers is very different ; it requires , together with that learning which is to be ...
... produced without fear of criticifin , with- out the toil of ftudy , without knowledge of nature , or acquaintance with life . The task of our present writers is very different ; it requires , together with that learning which is to be ...
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... produce effects almoft without the in- tervention of the will , care ought to be taken , that , when the choice is unreftrained , the beft examples only should be exhibited ; and that which is likely to operate fo ftrongly , fhould not ...
... produce effects almoft without the in- tervention of the will , care ought to be taken , that , when the choice is unreftrained , the beft examples only should be exhibited ; and that which is likely to operate fo ftrongly , fhould not ...
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... produces quickness of refentment , will obftruct gratitude , by unwillingness to admit that in- feriority which obligation implies ; and it is very unlikely , that he who cannot think he receives a favour , will acknowledge or repay it ...
... produces quickness of refentment , will obftruct gratitude , by unwillingness to admit that in- feriority which obligation implies ; and it is very unlikely , that he who cannot think he receives a favour , will acknowledge or repay it ...
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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...