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... indulged by most minds without fcruple , as an ho- neft triumph over unjuft claims and exorbitant expectations . The artifices of those who put them- felves in this hazardous state , have therefore been multiplied in proportion to their ...
... indulged by most minds without fcruple , as an ho- neft triumph over unjuft claims and exorbitant expectations . The artifices of those who put them- felves in this hazardous state , have therefore been multiplied in proportion to their ...
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... indulged , because it always implies fome fuperiority : men please themselves with imagining that they have made a deeper fearch , or wider furvey , than others , and detected faults and follies which efcape vulgar observation . And the ...
... indulged , because it always implies fome fuperiority : men please themselves with imagining that they have made a deeper fearch , or wider furvey , than others , and detected faults and follies which efcape vulgar observation . And the ...
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... indulging early the raptures of fuccefs , we for- get the measures neceffary to fecure it , and fuffer the imagination to riot in the fruition of fome pof- fible good , till the time of obtaining it has flipped away . There would ...
... indulging early the raptures of fuccefs , we for- get the measures neceffary to fecure it , and fuffer the imagination to riot in the fruition of fome pof- fible good , till the time of obtaining it has flipped away . There would ...
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... indulgence of hope , however neceffary to the pro- duction of every thing great or excellent , as fome plants are deftroyed by too open exposure to that fun which gives life and beauty to the vegetable world . Perhaps no class of the ...
... indulgence of hope , however neceffary to the pro- duction of every thing great or excellent , as fome plants are deftroyed by too open exposure to that fun which gives life and beauty to the vegetable world . Perhaps no class of the ...
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... indulgence , and therefore more difficulty . They are engaged in portraits of which every one knows the original , and can detect any deviation from exactness of refemblance . Other writings are fafe , except from the malice of learn ...
... indulgence , and therefore more difficulty . They are engaged in portraits of which every one knows the original , and can detect any deviation from exactness of refemblance . Other writings are fafe , except from the malice of learn ...
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Page 266 - The gloomy clouds brightened into cheerful sunshine, the groves recovered their verdure, and the whole region looked gay and blooming as the garden of Eden.
Page 35 - ... such are the vicissitudes of the world, through all its parts, that day and night, labour and rest, hurry and retirement, endear each other; such are the changes that keep the mind in action; we desire, we pursue, we obtain, we are satiated: we desire something else, and begin a new pursuit.
Page 86 - A transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see nothing but spires of temples and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the residence of...
Page 290 - He lies down delighted with the thoughts of to-morrow, pleases his ambition with the fame he shall acquire, or his benevolence with the good he shall confer. But in the night the skies are overcast, the temper of the air...
Page 18 - The works of fiction with which the present generation seems more particularly delighted are such as exhibit life in its true state, diversified only by accidents that daily happen in the world, and influenced by passions and qualities which are really to be found in conversing with mankind.
Page 250 - Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have...
Page 13 - The task of an author is, either to teach what is not known, or to recommend known truths, by his manner of adorning them; either to let new light in upon the mind, and open new scenes to the prospect, or to vary the dress and situation of common objects, so as to give them fresh grace and more powerful attractions...
Page 47 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 21 - For this reason these familiar histories may perhaps be made of greater use than the solemnities of professed morality, and convey the knowledge of vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions.
Page 19 - The task of our present writers is very different; it requires, together with that learning which is to be gained from books, that experience which can never be attained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse, and accurate observation of the living world.