Murphy's essay. The rambler. The adventurer. The idler. Rasselas. Tales of the imagination. Letters. Irene. Miscellaneous poemsGeorge Dearborn, 1834 |
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... lady that has lost her money 16 The dangers and miseries of a literary emi- nence . . 17 The frequent contemplation of death neces- sary to moderate the passions 18 The unhappiness of marriage caused by ir- regular motives of choice 19 ...
... lady that has lost her money 16 The dangers and miseries of a literary emi- nence . . 17 The frequent contemplation of death neces- sary to moderate the passions 18 The unhappiness of marriage caused by ir- regular motives of choice 19 ...
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... lady's impatience of control 85 The mischiefs of total idleness 86 The danger of succeeding a great author : An ... ladies 98 The necessity of cultivating politeness 99 The pleasures of private friendship . The necessity of similar ...
... lady's impatience of control 85 The mischiefs of total idleness 86 The danger of succeeding a great author : An ... ladies 98 The necessity of cultivating politeness 99 The pleasures of private friendship . The necessity of similar ...
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... Ladies ' journey to London 81 Indian's speech to his countrymen 82 The true idea of beauty • MISCELLANEOUS POEMS ... Lady had given a Sprig of Myrtle 441 To Lady Firebrace , at Bury Assizes • 442 To Lyce , an elderly Lady 443 On the ...
... Ladies ' journey to London 81 Indian's speech to his countrymen 82 The true idea of beauty • MISCELLANEOUS POEMS ... Lady had given a Sprig of Myrtle 441 To Lady Firebrace , at Bury Assizes • 442 To Lyce , an elderly Lady 443 On the ...
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... ladies have taught themselves to believe that every man intends love , who expresses civility , the miscar- riage of any endeavour in learning raises an un- bounded contempt , indulged by most minds with- But , though it should happen ...
... ladies have taught themselves to believe that every man intends love , who expresses civility , the miscar- riage of any endeavour in learning raises an un- bounded contempt , indulged by most minds with- But , though it should happen ...
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... ladies , whom I sincerely believe as young , as rich , as gay , as pretty , as fashionable , and as often toasted ... LADY sends her compliments to the Ram- bler , and desires to know by what other name she may direct to him ; what are ...
... ladies , whom I sincerely believe as young , as rich , as gay , as pretty , as fashionable , and as often toasted ... LADY sends her compliments to the Ram- bler , and desires to know by what other name she may direct to him ; what are ...
Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance amusements ance appearance Aristotle attention beauty censure common considered contempt conversation curiosity danger delight Demochares desire dignity dili discover DRYDEN effect elegance endeavour envy equally excellence expected eyes fame fancy favour fear felicity flatter folly fortune frequently gayety genius give gratify happiness heart honour hope hopes and fears hour human imagination inclined indulge inquiry Johnson Jupiter kind knowledge labour ladies learning lence less live look mankind marriage ment mind miscarriages misery nature necessary neglect nerally ness never observed once opinion ourselves OVID pain passed passions perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure portunity praise quire racter RAMBLER reason received regard rence reproach rest SAMUEL JOHNSON SATURDAY scarcely seldom sentiments sion sometimes soon suffer surely tain thing thought Thrasybulus tion truth TUESDAY turally vanity vate Virgil virtue wish writer
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Página xiv - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before.
Página xiv - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Página 101 - ... occurrences. Thus Sallust, the great master of nature, has not forgot, in his account of Catiline, to remark that 'his walk was now quick, and again slow,' as an indication of a mind revolving something with violent commotion.
Página 256 - The effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry 'Hold, hold!
Página 19 - Vice, for vice is necessary to be shown, should always disgust; nor should the graces of gaiety or the dignity of courage be so united with it as to reconcile it to the mind. Wherever it appears, it should raise hatred by the malignity of its practices, and contempt by the meanness of its stratagems: for while it is supported by either parts or spirit, it will be seldom heartily abhorred.
Página 109 - We then relax our vigour, and resolve no longer to be terrified with crimes at a distance, but rely upon our own constancy, and venture to approach what we resolve never to touch.
Página xiv - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Página vii - I fear there is more difficulty in this affair, than those good-natured gentlemen apprehend : especially as their election cannot be delayed longer than the llth of next month. If you see this matter in the same light that it appears to me, I hope you will burn this and pardon me for giving you so much trouble about an impracticable thing ; but, if you think there is a probability of obtaining the favour asked, I am sure your humanity, and propensity to relieve merit in distress, will incline you...
Página 101 - ... the business of the biographer is often to pass slightly over those performances and incidents, which produce vulgar greatness, to lead the thoughts into domestick privacies, and display the minute details of daily life, where exterior appendages are cast aside, and men excel each other only by prudence and by virtue.
Página xiv - World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le...