Murphy's essay. The rambler. The adventurer. The idler. Rasselas. Tales of the imagination. Letters. Irene. Miscellaneous poemsGeorge Dearborn, 1834 |
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Pagina xiii
... greater , still greater our men . In the deep mines of science , though Frenchmen may Can their strength be compared to Locke , Newton , or [ Boyle ? Let them rally their heroes , send forth all their powers , Their versemen and ...
... greater , still greater our men . In the deep mines of science , though Frenchmen may Can their strength be compared to Locke , Newton , or [ Boyle ? Let them rally their heroes , send forth all their powers , Their versemen and ...
Pagina 12
... greater than for any of the " British Essayists ; " its in- fluence on the literature of the age has been great . Dr. Johnson is certainly not to be imitated with perfect success , yet the attempt to imitate him , where it has neither ...
... greater than for any of the " British Essayists ; " its in- fluence on the literature of the age has been great . Dr. Johnson is certainly not to be imitated with perfect success , yet the attempt to imitate him , where it has neither ...
Pagina 18
... greater care is still required in representing life , which is so often discoloured by passion , or deformed by wickedness If the world be promiscuously de- scribed , I cannot see of what use it can be to read the account or why it may ...
... greater care is still required in representing life , which is so often discoloured by passion , or deformed by wickedness If the world be promiscuously de- scribed , I cannot see of what use it can be to read the account or why it may ...
Pagina 23
... greater or less fervour , more or fewer temptations to relapse . Patitur panas peccandi sola voluntas ; Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum , Facti crimen habet . For he that but conceives a crime in thought , Contracts the ...
... greater or less fervour , more or fewer temptations to relapse . Patitur panas peccandi sola voluntas ; Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum , Facti crimen habet . For he that but conceives a crime in thought , Contracts the ...
Pagina 25
... greater force among those who have never learned to conceal their sentiments for reasons of policy , or to model their expressions by the laws of politeness ; and there- fore the chief contests of wit among artificers and handicraftsmen ...
... greater force among those who have never learned to conceal their sentiments for reasons of policy , or to model their expressions by the laws of politeness ; and there- fore the chief contests of wit among artificers and handicraftsmen ...
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acquaintance amusements ance appearance Aristotle attention beauty censure common considered contempt conversation curiosity danger delight Demochares desire dignity dili discover DRYDEN effect elegance endeavour envy equally excellence expected eyes fame fancy favour fear felicity flatter folly fortune frequently gayety genius give gratify happiness heart honour hope hopes and fears hour human imagination inclined indulge inquiry Johnson Jupiter kind knowledge labour ladies learning lence less live look mankind marriage ment mind miscarriages misery nature necessary neglect nerally ness never observed once opinion ourselves OVID pain passed passions perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure portunity praise quire racter RAMBLER reason received regard rence reproach rest SAMUEL JOHNSON SATURDAY scarcely seldom sentiments sion sometimes soon suffer surely tain thing thought Thrasybulus tion truth TUESDAY turally vanity vate Virgil virtue wish writer
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Pagina xiv - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before.
Pagina xiv - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Pagina 101 - ... occurrences. Thus Sallust, the great master of nature, has not forgot, in his account of Catiline, to remark that 'his walk was now quick, and again slow,' as an indication of a mind revolving something with violent commotion.
Pagina 256 - The effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry 'Hold, hold!
Pagina 19 - Vice, for vice is necessary to be shown, should always disgust; nor should the graces of gaiety or the dignity of courage be so united with it as to reconcile it to the mind. Wherever it appears, it should raise hatred by the malignity of its practices, and contempt by the meanness of its stratagems: for while it is supported by either parts or spirit, it will be seldom heartily abhorred.
Pagina 109 - We then relax our vigour, and resolve no longer to be terrified with crimes at a distance, but rely upon our own constancy, and venture to approach what we resolve never to touch.
Pagina xiv - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Pagina vii - I fear there is more difficulty in this affair, than those good-natured gentlemen apprehend : especially as their election cannot be delayed longer than the llth of next month. If you see this matter in the same light that it appears to me, I hope you will burn this and pardon me for giving you so much trouble about an impracticable thing ; but, if you think there is a probability of obtaining the favour asked, I am sure your humanity, and propensity to relieve merit in distress, will incline you...
Pagina 101 - ... the business of the biographer is often to pass slightly over those performances and incidents, which produce vulgar greatness, to lead the thoughts into domestick privacies, and display the minute details of daily life, where exterior appendages are cast aside, and men excel each other only by prudence and by virtue.
Pagina xiv - World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le...