The British Essayists;: RamblerJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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... knowledge of the world , are not aware how little of that knowledge is necessary in order to expose vice , or detect absurdity ; nor can they believe that evidence , far short of ocular demonstration , is amply sufficient for the ...
... knowledge of the world , are not aware how little of that knowledge is necessary in order to expose vice , or detect absurdity ; nor can they believe that evidence , far short of ocular demonstration , is amply sufficient for the ...
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... knowledge of human nature , and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue . " Greater favours the Greater favours the age had un- doubtedly received from RICHARDSON , for this paper is of very inferior merit in point of style ...
... knowledge of human nature , and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue . " Greater favours the Greater favours the age had un- doubtedly received from RICHARDSON , for this paper is of very inferior merit in point of style ...
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... knowledge , which , by a peculiar promptitude of mind , was ever ready at his call , and which he had con- stantly accustomed himself to clothe in the most apt and energetick expression . Sir JOSHUA REY- NOLDS once asked him by what ...
... knowledge , which , by a peculiar promptitude of mind , was ever ready at his call , and which he had con- stantly accustomed himself to clothe in the most apt and energetick expression . Sir JOSHUA REY- NOLDS once asked him by what ...
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... knowledge has very rarely been attainable ; " -- but in the present case , the discovery having once been made , it requires only the trouble of collation . What our author has said of POPE may be applied with the greatest truth to ...
... knowledge has very rarely been attainable ; " -- but in the present case , the discovery having once been made , it requires only the trouble of collation . What our author has said of POPE may be applied with the greatest truth to ...
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... knowledge is too wide for the most active and diligent intellect , and while some sciences are pursued with ardour , others , perhaps of equal use , are necessarily neglected : as a small garrison must leave one part of an extensive ...
... knowledge is too wide for the most active and diligent intellect , and while some sciences are pursued with ardour , others , perhaps of equal use , are necessarily neglected : as a small garrison must leave one part of an extensive ...
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33 페이지 - O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast, With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee, great God ! we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end...
xii 페이지 - Almighty God, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace .all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy Son, Jesus Christ. Amen...
229 페이지 - 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...
88 페이지 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
18 페이지 - ... retire to his closet, let loose his invention, and heat his mind with incredibilities ; a book was thus produced without fear of criticism, without the toil of study, without knowledge of nature, or acquaintance with life.
245 페이지 - ... 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.
17 페이지 - 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.
xviii 페이지 - 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 splendour, grandeur, and magnificence ; but, when we have passed the gates, we find it perplexed with narrow passages, disgraced with despicable cottages, embarrassed with obstructions, and clouded with smoke.
13 페이지 - Cerberus quieted with a sop ; and am, therefore, inclined to believe that modern critics, who, if they have not the eyes, have the watchfulness of Argus, and can bark as loud as Cerberus, though, perhaps, they cannot bite with equal force, might be subdued by methods of the same kind. I have heard how some have been pacified with claret and a supper, and others laid asleep with the soft notes of flattery.
48 페이지 - Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat, melted into a metalline form, rugged with excrescences, and clouded with impurities, would have imagined, that in this shapeless lump lay concealed so many conveniences of life, as would in time constitute a great part of the happiness of the world...