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Pagina 4
... happen to pleafe ; and if I am not commended for the beauty of my works , to be at leaft pardoned for their brevity . But whether my expectations are moft fixed on pardon or praife , I think it not neceffary to difcover ; for having ...
... happen to pleafe ; and if I am not commended for the beauty of my works , to be at leaft pardoned for their brevity . But whether my expectations are moft fixed on pardon or praife , I think it not neceffary to difcover ; for having ...
Pagina 7
... happen that an author is capable of excelling , yet his merit may pafs without notice , huddled in the variety of things , and thrown into the general mifcellany of life . He that endeavours after fame by writing , foli- cits the regard ...
... happen that an author is capable of excelling , yet his merit may pafs without notice , huddled in the variety of things , and thrown into the general mifcellany of life . He that endeavours after fame by writing , foli- cits the regard ...
Pagina 9
... happen in the world , and influenced by paffions and qualities which are really to be found in converfing with mankind . This kind of writing may be termed not improperly the comedy of romance , and is to be conducted nearly by the ...
... happen in the world , and influenced by paffions and qualities which are really to be found in converfing with mankind . This kind of writing may be termed not improperly the comedy of romance , and is to be conducted nearly by the ...
Pagina 23
... happen , I only return the treatment which I often receive . Befides , many particular mo- eives influence a writer , known only to himself , or his private friends ; and it may be juftly concluded , that not all letters which are ...
... happen , I only return the treatment which I often receive . Befides , many particular mo- eives influence a writer , known only to himself , or his private friends ; and it may be juftly concluded , that not all letters which are ...
Pagina 26
... happen to be within the reach of their clamours , obftruct the course of con- verfation , and difturb the enjoyment of fociety . Men of this kind are fometimes not without understanding or virtue ; and are , therefore , not always ...
... happen to be within the reach of their clamours , obftruct the course of con- verfation , and difturb the enjoyment of fociety . Men of this kind are fometimes not without understanding or virtue ; and are , therefore , not always ...
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Pagina 317 - Be of good courage, I begin to feel Some rousing motions in me which dispose To something extraordinary my thoughts. I with this messenger will go along, Nothing to do, be sure, that may dishonour Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite.
Pagina 317 - With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains...
Pagina 415 - Nothing which reason condemns can be suitable to the dignity of the human mind. To be driven by external motives from the path which our own heart approves, to give way to...
Pagina 450 - It is the great privilege of poverty to be happy unenvied, to be healthful without physic, and secure without a guard ; to obtain from the bounty of nature what the great and wealthy are compelled to procure by the help of artists and attendants, of flatterers and spies.
Pagina 159 - 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...
Pagina 20 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Pagina 318 - I not been thus exiled from light, As in the land of darkness, yet in light, To live a life half dead, a living death, And buried; but, O yet more miserable!
Pagina 355 - Is it not certain that the tragic and comic affections have been moved alternately, with equal force, and that no plays have oftener filled the eye with tears, and the breast with palpitation, than those which are variegated with interludes of mirth ? I do not however think it safe to judge of works of genius, merely by the event.
Pagina 463 - I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause, if I can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue, and confidence to truth.
Pagina 233 - As I was looking upon the various fate of the multitude about me, I was suddenly alarmed with an admonition from, some unknown power, " Gaze not idly upon others when thou thyself art sinking.