The British Essayists, 19권Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... manners , to " give confidence to virtue and ardour to truth , " he knew that the popularity of those writings had constituted them a precedent , which his genius was incapable of following , and from which it would be dangerous to ...
... manners , to " give confidence to virtue and ardour to truth , " he knew that the popularity of those writings had constituted them a precedent , which his genius was incapable of following , and from which it would be dangerous to ...
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... manner which sometimes rendered his conversation formidable , and to those who Mooked from the book to the man , presented a contrast that would no doubt frequently excite amazement . The difference , however , between an author and his ...
... manner which sometimes rendered his conversation formidable , and to those who Mooked from the book to the man , presented a contrast that would no doubt frequently excite amazement . The difference , however , between an author and his ...
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... manner , it became habitual to him * . " Mr. BoswELL afterwards remarks that those Essays for which the author had made no preparation ( in his Adversaria , or Common- place - book ) , are as rich and as highly finish- ed as those for ...
... manner , it became habitual to him * . " Mr. BoswELL afterwards remarks that those Essays for which the author had made no preparation ( in his Adversaria , or Common- place - book ) , are as rich and as highly finish- ed as those for ...
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... manner have long subsided ; criticks and grammarians have pointed out what they thought defective , or dangerous for imitation ; and although a new set of objectors have appeared since the author's death , the world has not been much ...
... manner have long subsided ; criticks and grammarians have pointed out what they thought defective , or dangerous for imitation ; and although a new set of objectors have appeared since the author's death , the world has not been much ...
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... manners , and in that exquisite ridi- cule he threw on the minute improprieties of life . JOHNSON , although by no means igno- rant of life and manners , could not descend to familiarities with tuckers and commodes , with fans and hoop ...
... manners , and in that exquisite ridi- cule he threw on the minute improprieties of life . JOHNSON , although by no means igno- rant of life and manners , could not descend to familiarities with tuckers and commodes , with fans and hoop ...
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acquaintance amusements Anthea appearance beauty calamity censure character Cleobulus common consider contempt conversation danger delight desire dignity discover easily ELPHINSTON eminent endeavour envy Epictetus equally error evils excellence eyes favour fear folly force fortune frequently friends gain genius give happen happiness heart hinder honour hope hopes and fears hour human Ianthe imagination incited indulge innu JOHNSON Jovianus Pontanus Jupiter kind knowledge labour Lacedemon lady learning less lest lives mankind marriage means Melanthia ment mind miscarriages misery moral nature nerally never objects observed once opinion ourselves OVID pain passions pastoral Penthesilea perhaps Periander pleasing pleasure Plutus portunity praise precepts Prudentius publick racter RAMBLER reason reflection regard reproach reputation rest rience riety SATIETY SATURDAY seldom sentiments shew sometimes soon sophism suffer thing thou thought tion told TUESDAY vanity Virgil virtue write
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279 페이지 - I was surprised, after the civilities of my first reception, to find, instead of the leisure and tranquillity which a rural life always promises, and, if well conducted, might always afford, a confused wildness of care, and a tumultuous hurry of diligence, by which every face was clouded, and every motion agitated.
18 페이지 - These books are written chiefly to the young, the ignorant, and the idle, to whom they serve as lectures of conduct, and introductions into life. They are the entertainment of minds unfurnished with ideas, and therefore easily susceptible of impressions; not fixed by principles, and therefore easily following the current of fancy; not informed by experience, and consequently open to every false suggestion and partial account.
264 페이지 - Health is indeed so necessary to all the duties, as well as pleasures of life, that the crime of squandering it is equal to the folly ; and he that for a short gratification brings weakness and diseases upon himself, and for the pleasure of a few years passed in the tumults...
22 페이지 - The Roman tyrant was content to be hated, if he was but feared ; and there are thousands of the readers of romances willing to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits.
20 페이지 - ... it, to initiate youth by mock encounters in the art of necessary defence, and to increase prudence without impairing virtue.
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.
6 페이지 - ... and losing itself in schemes of future felicity; and that we forget the proper use of the time now in our power to provide for the enjoyment of that which, perhaps, may never be granted us has been frequently remarked ; and as this practice is a commodious subject of raillery to the gay, and of declamation to the serious, it has been ridiculed with all the pleasantry of wit, and exaggerated with all the amplifications of rhetoric.
230 페이지 - There is certainly no greater happiness, than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow. Life, in which nothing has been done or suffered to distinguish one day from another, is to him that has passed it, as if it had never been, except that he is conscious how ill he has husbanded the great deposit of his Creator.
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.
11 페이지 - What is new is opposed, because most are unwilling to be taught ; and what is known is rejected, because it is not sufficiently considered, that men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.