The Rambler. ...W. Gordon, C. Wright, and the other booksellers, 1750 |
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Strana 14
... hand , one end of which was tin- ctured with ambrofia , and inwreathed with a golden foliage of amaranths and bays ; the other end was incircled with cyprefs and poppies , and dipped in the waters of oblivion . In her left hand , fhe ...
... hand , one end of which was tin- ctured with ambrofia , and inwreathed with a golden foliage of amaranths and bays ; the other end was incircled with cyprefs and poppies , and dipped in the waters of oblivion . In her left hand , fhe ...
Strana 15
... hand , in doubt whether to fhed lethe , or ambrofia , upon them . These at laft increased to fo great a number , that he was weary of attending fuch doubtful claims , and , for fear of ufing impro- perly the fcepter of JUSTICE ...
... hand , in doubt whether to fhed lethe , or ambrofia , upon them . These at laft increased to fo great a number , that he was weary of attending fuch doubtful claims , and , for fear of ufing impro- perly the fcepter of JUSTICE ...
Strana 37
... hands , and we have power to transfer the weight to either fide . The motives to a life of holinefs are infinite , not less than the fa- vour or anger of omnipotence , not lefs than eter- nity of happiness or mifery . But these can only ...
... hands , and we have power to transfer the weight to either fide . The motives to a life of holinefs are infinite , not less than the fa- vour or anger of omnipotence , not lefs than eter- nity of happiness or mifery . But these can only ...
Strana 39
... hands , and expedition of the feet . For this reafon , the antient generals often found themselves at leifure to purfue the ftudy of philo- sophy in the camp ; and Lucan , with hiftorical ve- racity , makes Cæfar relate of himself ...
... hands , and expedition of the feet . For this reafon , the antient generals often found themselves at leifure to purfue the ftudy of philo- sophy in the camp ; and Lucan , with hiftorical ve- racity , makes Cæfar relate of himself ...
Strana 48
... hands ; but let the one remember , that , without mechanical performances , refined fpeculation is an empty dream , and the other , that , without theo- retical reasoning , dexterity is little more than a brute inftinct . NUMB . NUMB ...
... hands ; but let the one remember , that , without mechanical performances , refined fpeculation is an empty dream , and the other , that , without theo- retical reasoning , dexterity is little more than a brute inftinct . NUMB . NUMB ...
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Strana 13 - Yet there is a certain race of men, that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception of every work of learning or genius ; who stand as sentinels in the avenues of fame, and value themselves upon giving ignorance and envy the first notice of a prey.
Strana 237 - Retire with me, O rash unthinking mortal, from the vain allurements of a deceitful world, and learn that pleasure was not designed the portion of human life. Man was born to mourn and to be wretched ; this is the condition of all below the stars ; and whoever endeavours to oppose it acts in contradiction to the will of Heaven.
Strana 19 - In the romances formerly written, every transaction and sentiment was so remote from all that passes among men, that the reader was in very little danger of making any applications to himself...
Strana 18 - They are engaged in portraits of which every one knows the original, and can detect any deviation from exactness of resemblance. Other writings are safe, except from the malice of learning, but these are in danger from every common reader; as the slipper ill executed was censured by a shoemaker who happened to stop in his way at the Venus of Apelles.
Strana 17 - 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.
Strana 18 - 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.
Strana 19 - 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.
Strana 259 - ... never arrives. 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...
Strana 238 - Providence diffused such innumerable objects of delight but that all might rejoice in the privilege of existence, and be filled with gratitude to the beneficent author of it? Thus to enjoy the blessings he has sent is virtue and obedience; and to reject them merely as means of pleasure is pitiable ignorance or absurd perverseness.
Strana 22 - In narratives where historical veracity has no place, I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit, we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach...