The Idler, 第 2 巻T. Davies in Russel-Street, Covent Garden, 1767 |
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... something hated . But the book which was once quoted by Princes , and which supplied converfation to all the affemblies of the gay and witty , is now feldom mentioned , and even by thofe that af- fect to mention it , is feldom read . So ...
... something hated . But the book which was once quoted by Princes , and which supplied converfation to all the affemblies of the gay and witty , is now feldom mentioned , and even by thofe that af- fect to mention it , is feldom read . So ...
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... something more was to be defired , and that English verse might be exalted into poetry . FROM the time of Gower and Chaucer , the English writers have ftudied elegance , and ad- vanced their language , by fucceffive improve- ments , to ...
... something more was to be defired , and that English verse might be exalted into poetry . FROM the time of Gower and Chaucer , the English writers have ftudied elegance , and ad- vanced their language , by fucceffive improve- ments , to ...
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... something ; but much more was to be done , that I might be univerfally allow- ed to be a fine Gentleman . I appeared at Court on all publick days ; betted at gaming tables , and played at all the routs of eminence . I went every night ...
... something ; but much more was to be done , that I might be univerfally allow- ed to be a fine Gentleman . I appeared at Court on all publick days ; betted at gaming tables , and played at all the routs of eminence . I went every night ...
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... something valuable on account of its rarity , ufefulness , colour , or any other property . A horfe is faid to be a beautiful animal ; but had a horfe as few good qualities as a tortoife , I do not imagine that he would be then efteemed ...
... something valuable on account of its rarity , ufefulness , colour , or any other property . A horfe is faid to be a beautiful animal ; but had a horfe as few good qualities as a tortoife , I do not imagine that he would be then efteemed ...
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... something new , would be to reduce Authors to a small number ; to oblige the moft fertile Genius to fay only what is new , would be to contract his volumes to a few pages . Yet furely there ought to be fome bounds to repetition ...
... something new , would be to reduce Authors to a small number ; to oblige the moft fertile Genius to fay only what is new , would be to contract his volumes to a few pages . Yet furely there ought to be fome bounds to repetition ...
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309 ページ - Yet softer honours, and less noisy fame, Attend the shade of gentle Buckingham : In whom a race, for courage fam'd and art, Ends in the milder merit of the heart : And, chiefs or sages long to Britain given, Pays the last tribute of a saint to Heaven.
269 ページ - ... little ; that to life must come its last hour, and to this system of being its last day, the hour at which probation ceases, and repentance will be vain; the day in which every work of the hand, and imagination of the heart, shall be brought to judgment, and an everlasting futurity shall be determined by the past.
295 ページ - This epitaph is principally remarkable for the artful introduction of the name, which is inserted with a peculiar felicity, to which chance must concur with genius, which no man can hope to attain twice, and which cannot be copied but with servile imitation.
259 ページ - The first part of my ensuing time was to be spent in search of knowledge; and I know not how I was diverted from my design. I had no visible impediments without, nor any ungovernable passions within.
258 ページ - I took my first survey of the world, in my twentieth year, having considered the various conditions of mankind, in the hour of solitude I said thus to myself, leaning against a cedar which spread its branches over my head...
203 ページ - IT is common to overlook what is near, by keeping the eye fixed upon something remote. In the same manner present opportunities are neglected, and attainable good is slighted, by minds busied in extensive ranges, and intent upon future advantages. Life, however short, is made...
300 ページ - Who knew no wish but what the world might hear : Of softest manners, unaffected mind, Lover of peace, and friend of human kind : Go, live ! for heav'n's eternal year is thine ; Go, and exalt thy mortal to divine.
158 ページ - To conclude, then, by way of corollary ; if it has been proved, that the painter, by attending to the invariable and general ideas of nature, produces beauty, he must, by regarding minute particularities and accidental discriminations, deviate from the universal rule, and pollute his canvass with deformity.
100 ページ - ... or limited ideas ; if he attempts, without the terms of architecture, to delineate the parts, or enumerate the ornaments, his narration at once becomes unintelligible. The terms, indeed, generally...
247 ページ - ... expecting to enjoy all the felicity which he had imagined riches able to afford. Leisure soon made him weary of himself, and he longed to be persuaded that he was great and happy. He was courteous and liberal ; he gave all that approached him hopes of pleasing him, and all who should please him hopes of being rewarded. Every art of praise was tried, and every source of adulatory...