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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... she might perhaps have been delighted with the fimpli- city of ancient gratitude ; or if any thing was want- ing to full fatisfaction , fhe might have fupplied the deficiency with the hope of deification , and antici- pated the altars ...
... she might perhaps have been delighted with the fimpli- city of ancient gratitude ; or if any thing was want- ing to full fatisfaction , fhe might have fupplied the deficiency with the hope of deification , and antici- pated the altars ...
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... she could at leifure gather her reward without the danger of Atalanta's mifcarriage , So much ground could not , indeed , have been paved with gold but at a large expence , and we are at prefent engaged in war , which demands and en ...
... she could at leifure gather her reward without the danger of Atalanta's mifcarriage , So much ground could not , indeed , have been paved with gold but at a large expence , and we are at prefent engaged in war , which demands and en ...
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... she was thus honoured for fome intelligence carried of the enemy's defigns : fome will think that she brought news of a victory ; others , that she was commiffioned to tell of a confpiracy ; and fome will congratulate themselves on ...
... she was thus honoured for fome intelligence carried of the enemy's defigns : fome will think that she brought news of a victory ; others , that she was commiffioned to tell of a confpiracy ; and fome will congratulate themselves on ...
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... she meant well , and can tell by whom and why she was poifoned . In the fucceeding reigns all has been corruption , malice , and defign . He believes that nothing ill has ever happened for these forty years by chance or error ; he holds ...
... she meant well , and can tell by whom and why she was poifoned . In the fucceeding reigns all has been corruption , malice , and defign . He believes that nothing ill has ever happened for these forty years by chance or error ; he holds ...
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... She is an irreconcileable enemy to idle- nefs , and confiders every state of life as idlenefs , in which the hands are not employed , or fome art ac- quired , by which the thinks money may be got or faved . In pursuance of this ...
... She is an irreconcileable enemy to idle- nefs , and confiders every state of life as idlenefs , in which the hands are not employed , or fome art ac- quired , by which the thinks money may be got or faved . In pursuance of this ...
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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.