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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... most from us are haftening to increase our fraternity ; as peace is the end of war , fo to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy . There is perhaps no appellation by which a writer can better denote his kindred to the human ...
... most from us are haftening to increase our fraternity ; as peace is the end of war , fo to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy . There is perhaps no appellation by which a writer can better denote his kindred to the human ...
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... most famed for doing nothing , is glad to meet another as idle as himself . What is to be expected from this paper , whether it will be uniform or various , learned or familiar , ferious or gay , political or moral , continued or in ...
... most famed for doing nothing , is glad to meet another as idle as himself . What is to be expected from this paper , whether it will be uniform or various , learned or familiar , ferious or gay , political or moral , continued or in ...
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... most likely to raise merriment or attract attention ; they had the whole field of life before them , un- trodden and unfurveyed ; characters of every kind fhot up in their way , and thofe of the moft luxu- riant growth , or moft ...
... most likely to raise merriment or attract attention ; they had the whole field of life before them , un- trodden and unfurveyed ; characters of every kind fhot up in their way , and thofe of the moft luxu- riant growth , or moft ...
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... most ardent benedictions , the prayers of the poor . Among those actions which the mind can most se- curely review with unabated pleasure , is that of having contributed to an hofpital for the fick .. Of some kinds of charity the ...
... most ardent benedictions , the prayers of the poor . Among those actions which the mind can most se- curely review with unabated pleasure , is that of having contributed to an hofpital for the fick .. Of some kinds of charity the ...
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... most active promoters of the present schemes of charity cannot be cleared from fome inftances of mifconduct , which may awaken contempt or cenfure , and haften that neglect which is likely to come too foon of itself . The open ...
... most active promoters of the present schemes of charity cannot be cleared from fome inftances of mifconduct , which may awaken contempt or cenfure , and haften that neglect which is likely to come too foon of itself . The open ...
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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.