The IdlerJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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... seldom had any reafon of complaint . The house was always clean , the fervants were active and regular , dinner was on the table every day at the fame minute , and the ladies of the neighbour- hood were frightened when I invited their ...
... seldom had any reafon of complaint . The house was always clean , the fervants were active and regular , dinner was on the table every day at the fame minute , and the ladies of the neighbour- hood were frightened when I invited their ...
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... seldom fail to operate in fome degree of malice against him , who profeffes to fuperintend the conduct of others , especially if he feats himself uncalled in the chair of judicature , and exercifes authority by his own commiffion . You ...
... seldom fail to operate in fome degree of malice against him , who profeffes to fuperintend the conduct of others , especially if he feats himself uncalled in the chair of judicature , and exercifes authority by his own commiffion . You ...
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... seldom happens that any man imprisons another but for debts which he suf- fered to be contracted in hope of advantage to him- felf , and for bargains in which he proportioned his profit to his own opinion of the hazard ; and there is no ...
... seldom happens that any man imprisons another but for debts which he suf- fered to be contracted in hope of advantage to him- felf , and for bargains in which he proportioned his profit to his own opinion of the hazard ; and there is no ...
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... seldom , and therefore thofe quali- ties which have a claim to the veneration of man- kind , lie hid , for the most part , like fubterranean treafures , over which the foot paffes as on com- mon ground , till neceffity breaks open the ...
... seldom , and therefore thofe quali- ties which have a claim to the veneration of man- kind , lie hid , for the most part , like fubterranean treafures , over which the foot paffes as on com- mon ground , till neceffity breaks open the ...
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... seldom vifited , where they lie only to fhew the deceitfulness of hope , and the uncertainty of honour . Of the decline of reputation many causes may be affigned . It is commonly lost because it never was deserved ; and was conferred at ...
... seldom vifited , where they lie only to fhew the deceitfulness of hope , and the uncertainty of honour . Of the decline of reputation many causes may be affigned . It is commonly lost because it never was deserved ; and was conferred at ...
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againſt almoſt amufement amuſement aſked beauty becauſe beſt bufinefs bufy buſineſs cauſe cenfure confidered converfation critick curiofity cuſtom defign defire delight diſcovered eafily eafy eaſy endeavour enquiry faid fame fatire fecure feen feldom fenfe fent fhall fhew fhop fhould filk fince firft firſt fleep fome fomething fometimes foon friends ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fuperior fupplied fuppofed fure happineſs herſelf himſelf honour hope houſe idle Idler itſelf labour lady laft laſt learned leaſt lefs loft mifery Mifs mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never NUMB obferved ourſelves paffed paffions paſs perfuaded pleaſed pleaſure praiſe prefent promife publick purpoſe raiſed reaſon refolved reft SATURDAY ſhall ſhe ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtudy tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal uſe uſeleſs vifit whofe whoſe wife wiſh write
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Page 323 - Amongst the painters, and the writers on painting, there is one maxim universally admitted and continually inculcated. Imitate nature is the invariable rule; but I know none who have explained in what manner this rule is to be understood; the consequence of which is, that every one takes it in the most obvious sense, that objects are represented naturally when they have such relief that they seem real. It may appear strange, perhaps, to hear this sense of the rule disputed; but it must be considered,...
Page 340 - 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 canvas with deformity.
Page 316 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 313 - ... or lying, which would not only have formed the group into the shape of a pyramid, but likewise contrasted the standing figures. Indeed...
Page 399 - Surely, said he to himself, this palace is the seat of happiness, where pleasure succeeds to pleasure, and discontent and sorrow can have no admission. Whatever Nature has provided for the delight of sense is here spread forth to be enjoyed. What can mortals hope or imagine, which the master of this palace has not obtained ? The...
Page 244 - CRITICISM is a study by which men grow important and formidable at a very small expense. The power of invention has been conferred by nature upon few, and the labour of learning those sciences which may by mere labour be obtained is too great to be willingly endured ; but every man can exert such judgment as he has upon the works of others ; and he whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps ignorant, may yet support his vanity by the name of a Critic.
Page 400 - Ortogrul, is thy condition, who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire, and who hast no amusement in thy power that can withhold thee from thy own reflections! They tell thee that thou art wise; but what does wisdom avail with poverty? None will flatter the poor, and the wise have very little power of flattering themselves.
Page 310 - But there is another kind of critic still worse, who judges by narrow rules, and those too often false, and which, though they should be true, and founded on nature will lead him but a very little way...
Page 166 - Surely there is no man who, thus afflicted, does not seek succour in the gospel, which has brought life and immortality to light. The precepts of Epicurus, who teaches us to endure what the laws of the universe make necessary, may silence, but not content us.