Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of the Rambler, Adventurer, & Idler, and of the Various Periodical Papers Which, in Imitation of the Writings of Steele and Addison, Have Been Published Between the Close of the Eighth Volume of the Spectator, and the Commencement of the Year 1809, Volume 1 |
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... receiving their elegant contribu- tions . That they completely failed in their de- sign , is evident from the circumstance , that not one of them , with the exception of the Lay Monastery , can be read with any degree of inter- est or ...
... receiving their elegant contribu- tions . That they completely failed in their de- sign , is evident from the circumstance , that not one of them , with the exception of the Lay Monastery , can be read with any degree of inter- est or ...
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... received a grammatical educa- tion at Isleworth in Middlesex , applied himself to his father's profession , which was that of the Law . This , however , he soon relinquished to become a poet , an essayist , and an editor ; in the first ...
... received a grammatical educa- tion at Isleworth in Middlesex , applied himself to his father's profession , which was that of the Law . This , however , he soon relinquished to become a poet , an essayist , and an editor ; in the first ...
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... received , appeared in 1725. The * The author says in his preface , that they had already appeared abroad singly , and , being well received , the bookseller was encouraged to gather them into a volume . 14 first volume is dedicated ...
... received , appeared in 1725. The * The author says in his preface , that they had already appeared abroad singly , and , being well received , the bookseller was encouraged to gather them into a volume . 14 first volume is dedicated ...
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... received by his Lordship , who procured him an able tutor , under whose directions he travelled through a great part of the East , visiting Egypt , Palestine , & c . He returned to England in 1703 , in the Ambassador's suite ; and ...
... received by his Lordship , who procured him an able tutor , under whose directions he travelled through a great part of the East , visiting Egypt , Palestine , & c . He returned to England in 1703 , in the Ambassador's suite ; and ...
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... received with great applause . His prospects , however , soon clouded ; a dis- agreement with the Duke of Kent , Lord Cham- berlain , induced him , in a few months , to give up the management of the Theatre ; and the failure of a scheme ...
... received with great applause . His prospects , however , soon clouded ; a dis- agreement with the Duke of Kent , Lord Cham- berlain , induced him , in a few months , to give up the management of the Theatre ; and the failure of a scheme ...
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Page 331 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
Page 134 - For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat.
Page 398 - Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.
Page 301 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Page 367 - DISORDERS of intellect,' answered Imlac, ' happen much more often than superficial observers will easily believe. Perhaps, if we speak with rigorous exactness, no human mind is in its right state. There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regulate his attention wholly by his will, and whose ideas will come and go at his command.
Page 332 - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords.
Page 301 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Page 193 - 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.
Page 330 - I am a solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to...
Page 248 - I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.