Murphy's essay. The rambler. The adventurer. The idler. Rasselas. Tales of the imagination. Letters. Irene. Miscellaneous poemsGeorge Dearborn, 1834 |
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Stran xxv
... happen at a future day . In 1771 , a gentleman , the last who was supposed to be possessed of this faculty , had a boat at sea in a tempestuous night , and , being anxious for his freight , suddenly started up , and said his men would ...
... happen at a future day . In 1771 , a gentleman , the last who was supposed to be possessed of this faculty , had a boat at sea in a tempestuous night , and , being anxious for his freight , suddenly started up , and said his men would ...
Stran 13
... intends love , who expresses civility , the miscar- riage of any endeavour in learning raises an un- bounded contempt , indulged by most minds with- But , though it should happen that an author is Difficulty of the first address PAGE PAGE.
... intends love , who expresses civility , the miscar- riage of any endeavour in learning raises an un- bounded contempt , indulged by most minds with- But , though it should happen that an author is Difficulty of the first address PAGE PAGE.
Stran 14
... happen to please ; and if I am not com- the objects immediately before it , but is always mended for the beauty of my works , to be at breaking away from the present moment , and least pardoned for their brevity . But whether losing ...
... happen to please ; and if I am not com- the objects immediately before it , but is always mended for the beauty of my works , to be at breaking away from the present moment , and least pardoned for their brevity . But whether losing ...
Stran 16
... happen that an author is capable of excelling , yet his merit may pass without notice , huddled in the variety of things , and thrown into the general miscellany of life . He that endeavours after fame by writing , soli- cits the regard ...
... happen that an author is capable of excelling , yet his merit may pass without notice , huddled in the variety of things , and thrown into the general miscellany of life . He that endeavours after fame by writing , soli- cits the regard ...
Stran 17
... happened , that in the works which required her inspection , there was some imposture attempted ; that false colours were ... happen in the world , and influenced by passions and qualities which are really to be found in conversing with ...
... happened , that in the works which required her inspection , there was some imposture attempted ; that false colours were ... happen in the world , and influenced by passions and qualities which are really to be found in conversing with ...
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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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Stran 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.
Stran 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.
Stran 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.
Stran 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!
Stran 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.
Stran 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.
Stran 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?
Stran 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...
Stran 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.
Stran 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...