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 xiv
... once received from Lord Chesterfield the sum of ten pounds . It were to be wished that the secret had never transpired . It was mean to re- ceive it , and meaner to give it . It may be ima- gined , that for Johnson's ferocity , as it ...
... once received from Lord Chesterfield the sum of ten pounds . It were to be wished that the secret had never transpired . It was mean to re- ceive it , and meaner to give it . It may be ima- gined , that for Johnson's ferocity , as it ...
Pagina 14
... once by the two great movers of the human mind , the desire of good and the fear of evil . For who can wonder that , allured on one side , and frightened on the other , some should endeavour to gain favour by bribing the judge with an ...
... once by the two great movers of the human mind , the desire of good and the fear of evil . For who can wonder that , allured on one side , and frightened on the other , some should endeavour to gain favour by bribing the judge with an ...
Pagina 15
... once gained , to be only one of the means to some remoter end . The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure , but from hope to hope . He that directs his steps to a certain point , must frequently turn his ...
... once gained , to be only one of the means to some remoter end . The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure , but from hope to hope . He that directs his steps to a certain point , must frequently turn his ...
Pagina 29
... once suffered his mind to be thus vitiated , he becomes one of the most hateful and unhappy beings . He can give no security to himself that he shall not , at the next contradiction , into such terms of rudeness as can never be ...
... once suffered his mind to be thus vitiated , he becomes one of the most hateful and unhappy beings . He can give no security to himself that he shall not , at the next contradiction , into such terms of rudeness as can never be ...
Pagina 45
... once in high reputation , read perhaps by the beautiful , quoted by the witty , and commented on by the grave ; but of whom we now know only that they once existed . If we consider the distribution of literary fame in our own time , we ...
... once in high reputation , read perhaps by the beautiful , quoted by the witty , and commented on by the grave ; but of whom we now know only that they once existed . If we consider the distribution of literary fame in our own time , we ...
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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...