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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Pagina 48
... sometimes think himself endangered by the virtues of a subject ; he may dread the fuccefsful general or the popular orator ; his avarice may point out golden confifca- tions ; and his guilt may whisper that he can only be fecure by ...
... sometimes think himself endangered by the virtues of a subject ; he may dread the fuccefsful general or the popular orator ; his avarice may point out golden confifca- tions ; and his guilt may whisper that he can only be fecure by ...
Pagina 85
... Sometimes unexpected flashes of inftruction were ftruck out by the fortuitous col- lifion of happy incidents , or an involuntary concur- rence of ideas , in which the philofopher to whom they happened had no other merit than that of ...
... Sometimes unexpected flashes of inftruction were ftruck out by the fortuitous col- lifion of happy incidents , or an involuntary concur- rence of ideas , in which the philofopher to whom they happened had no other merit than that of ...
Pagina 118
... sometimes too strongly influenced by honeft prejudices of friendship , or the prevalence of virtuous compaffion . For , whatever cool reason may direct , it is not eafy for a man of tender and fcrupulous goodness to overlook the ...
... sometimes too strongly influenced by honeft prejudices of friendship , or the prevalence of virtuous compaffion . For , whatever cool reason may direct , it is not eafy for a man of tender and fcrupulous goodness to overlook the ...
Pagina 161
... sometimes diverfified , and the vacuities of converfation fometimes fupplied . We rejoice in the reflection that we have ftores of novelty yet unexhausted , which may be opened when repletion fhall call for change , and gratifications ...
... sometimes diverfified , and the vacuities of converfation fometimes fupplied . We rejoice in the reflection that we have ftores of novelty yet unexhausted , which may be opened when repletion fhall call for change , and gratifications ...
Pagina 170
... sometimes appeared of fuch transcend- ent abilities , that their flightest and most curfory per- formances excel all that labour and study can enable meaner intellects to compofe ; as there are regions of which the spontaneous products ...
... sometimes appeared of fuch transcend- ent abilities , that their flightest and most curfory per- formances excel all that labour and study can enable meaner intellects to compofe ; as there are regions of which the spontaneous products ...
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Pagina 99 - 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 263 - From this pacific and harmless temper, thus propitious to others and ourselves, to domestic tranquillity and to social happiness, no man is withheld but by pride, by the fear of being insulted by his adversary, or despised by the world. It may be laid down as an unfailing and universal axiom, that " all pride is abject and mean.
Pagina 20 - And, when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own?
Pagina 17 - In the small compass of a grave: In endless night they sleep, unwept, unknown : No bard had they to make all time their own.
Pagina 262 - A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. He that willingly suffers the corrosions of inveterate hatred, and gives up his days and nights to the gloom of malice and perturbations of stratagem, cannot surely be said to consult his ease.
Pagina 263 - 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 252 - ... to balance the guilt by which it is obtained. I have hitherto avoided that dangerous and empirical morality, which cures one vice by means of another.
Pagina 227 - ... disease, nor any involuntary or painful defect. The disposition to derision and insult, is awakened by the softness of foppery, the swell of insolence, the liveliness of levity, or the solemnity of grandeur; by the sprightly trip, the stately stalk, the formal strut, and the lofty mien ; by gestures intended to catch the eye, and by looks elaborately formed as evidences of importance.
Pagina 393 - I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.
Pagina 395 - 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.