Works, Volum 4W. Durell, 1811 |
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Pàgina 7
... observation . And the plea- sure of wantoning in common topics is so tempting to a writer , that he cannot easily resign it ; a train of senti- ments generally received enables him to shine without labor , and to conquer without a ...
... observation . And the plea- sure of wantoning in common topics is so tempting to a writer , that he cannot easily resign it ; a train of senti- ments generally received enables him to shine without labor , and to conquer without a ...
Pàgina 15
... observed , she touched it with the amaranthine end of the sceptre , and consigned it over to immor- tality . But it more frequently happened , that in the works which required her inspection , there was some impos- ture attempted ; that ...
... observed , she touched it with the amaranthine end of the sceptre , and consigned it over to immor- tality . But it more frequently happened , that in the works which required her inspection , there was some impos- ture attempted ; that ...
Pàgina 18
... observation of the living world . Their performances have , as Horace expres- ses it , plus oneris quantum venia minus , little indul- gence , and therefore more difficulty . They are enga- ged in portraits of which every one knows the ...
... observation of the living world . Their performances have , as Horace expres- ses it , plus oneris quantum venia minus , little indul- gence , and therefore more difficulty . They are enga- ged in portraits of which every one knows the ...
Pàgina 20
... observation and ex- perience ; for that observation which is called know- ledge of the world , will be found much more frequent- ly to make men cunning than good . The purpose of these writings is surely not only to show mankind , but ...
... observation and ex- perience ; for that observation which is called know- ledge of the world , will be found much more frequent- ly to make men cunning than good . The purpose of these writings is surely not only to show mankind , but ...
Pàgina 21
... observed by Swift to be " grateful in the same degree as they are resentful . " This principle , with others of the same kind , supposes man to act from a brute impulse , and pursue a certain degree of inclina- tion , without any choice ...
... observed by Swift to be " grateful in the same degree as they are resentful . " This principle , with others of the same kind , supposes man to act from a brute impulse , and pursue a certain degree of inclina- tion , without any choice ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
acquaintance amusements appearance APRIL 24 beauty calamities censure common consider contempt conversation danger daugh delight desire discover easily ELPHINSTON eminent endeavor envy Epictetus equally evil excellence eyes favor fear folly fortune frequently gain genius give happen happiness heart hinder honor hope hopes and fears human imagination incited indulge innu inquiry Jupiter kind knowledge labor lady learning lence less lest lives look mankind marriage means Melanthia ment mind miscarriage misery modelling armies moral narchs nature neglect nerally ness never objects observed once opinion ourselves OVID pain passed passions perhaps Periander perpetual PERSIUS pleasing pleasure portunity praise precepts priva produce Prudentius racter Rambler reason reflection regard reproach rience SATURDAY seldom sion sometimes soon sophism suffer tell thing thought tion told TUESDAY vanity virtue wish write young
Passatges populars
Pàgina 43 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Pàgina 362 - Thus, forlorn and distressed, he wandered through the wild, without knowing whither he was going, or whether he was every moment drawing nearer to safety or to destruction. At length, not fear, but labour, began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down, in resignation to his fate, when he beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer of a taper. "He advanced towards the light, and, finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he...
Pàgina 243 - If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of the pick -axe, or of one impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains are levelled, and oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings.
Pàgina 331 - FRANCIS. -i\LL joy or sorrow for the happiness or calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination, that realizes the event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whose fortune we contemplate ; so that we feel, while the deception lasts, whatever motions would be excited by the same good or evil happening to ourselves.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 336 - If we owe regard to the memory of the dead, there is yet more respect to be paid to knowledge, to virtue, and to truth.
Pàgina 332 - I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful.
Pàgina 19 - But when an adventurer is levelled with the rest of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal drama, as may be the lot of any other man, young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer attention, and hope, by observing his behaviour and success, to regulate their own practices, when they shall be engaged in the like part.
Pàgina 334 - Catiline, to remark that his walk was now quick, and again slow, as an indication of a mind revolving something with violent commotion. Thus the story of Melancthon affords a striking lecture on the value of time, by informing us that, when he made an appointment, he expected not only the hour but the minute to be fixed, that the day might not run out in the idleness of suspense...
Pàgina 89 - 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.