The Mirror: A Periodical Paper Published in Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780, Volume 2J. Richardson, 1822 |
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... nature and character of man . At the same time , I have often been disposed to doubt how far it is an eligible thing for a private gentleman , without talents and inclination for public life , to spend much of his time abroad , to ...
... nature and character of man . At the same time , I have often been disposed to doubt how far it is an eligible thing for a private gentleman , without talents and inclination for public life , to spend much of his time abroad , to ...
Pagina 10
... natural good sense and sweetness of her disposition , that her own taste might gradually be corrected ; and that as his should from time to time fall under her observation , it might contribute to the change . He took up his residence ...
... natural good sense and sweetness of her disposition , that her own taste might gradually be corrected ; and that as his should from time to time fall under her observation , it might contribute to the change . He took up his residence ...
Pagina 18
... natural genius ; and it must be acknowledged , that his theory is proved by the example of most mo- dern critics . Among these arts , I would particularly recommend , as most profitable to the lounger , the * Mr . Webb . See Preface to ...
... natural genius ; and it must be acknowledged , that his theory is proved by the example of most mo- dern critics . Among these arts , I would particularly recommend , as most profitable to the lounger , the * Mr . Webb . See Preface to ...
Pagina 22
... within proper bounds , and the search after knowledge , if it does not lead to arrogance and conceit , will appear suited to our nature , and objects upon which it is right that we should fix our attention . In the 22 60 . THE MIRROR .
... within proper bounds , and the search after knowledge , if it does not lead to arrogance and conceit , will appear suited to our nature , and objects upon which it is right that we should fix our attention . In the 22 60 . THE MIRROR .
Pagina 23
... nature . This will not only afford him an agreeable relaxation , but will give his mind a gentleness and a sweetness which all the hardness of application , and all the agitation of his employments , will not be able to destroy . There ...
... nature . This will not only afford him an agreeable relaxation , but will give his mind a gentleness and a sweetness which all the hardness of application , and all the agitation of his employments , will not be able to destroy . There ...
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Pagina 266 - And will he not come again? And will he not come again? No, no, he is dead; Go to thy death-bed, He never will come again. His beard was as white as snow All flaxen was his poll, He is gone, he is gone, And we cast away moan: God ha
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Pagina 95 - Through dreary wastes, and weep each other's woe, Where, round some mouldering tower, pale ivy creeps, And low-brow'd rocks hang nodding o'er the deeps. Sudden you mount, you beckon from the skies ; Clouds interpose, waves roar, and winds arise.
Pagina 177 - Were I a father, I should take a particular care to preserve my children from these little horrors of imagination, which they are apt to contract when they are young, and are not able to shake off when they are in years.
Pagina 180 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Pagina 263 - The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Pagina 261 - O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown! The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword; The expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, The observed of all observers, quite, quite down!
Pagina 262 - The time is out of joint ; — Oh cursed spite ! That ever I was born to set it right ! Nay, come, let's go together.
Pagina 134 - And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Pagina 323 - if Louisa will accept of it, may sometimes put her in mind of him who once offended, who can never cease to adore her. She may look on it, perhaps, after the original is no more ; when this heart shall have forgot to love, and cease to be wretched.