Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 93Pub. for J. Hinton., 1793 |
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... must go farther than merely fider man as a creature moved by producing conviction : he muft con- many different fprings , and must act upon them all . He must addrefs him- felf to the paffions : he must paint to the fancy , and touch ...
... must go farther than merely fider man as a creature moved by producing conviction : he muft con- many different fprings , and must act upon them all . He must addrefs him- felf to the paffions : he must paint to the fancy , and touch ...
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... must be well opened , and the paint fubftantially laid on ; confiderations which never enter into the heads of our manu- facturers of novels , to whom quantity and expedition are the only objects . From the workman - like facility ...
... must be well opened , and the paint fubftantially laid on ; confiderations which never enter into the heads of our manu- facturers of novels , to whom quantity and expedition are the only objects . From the workman - like facility ...
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... must not be unemployed , is in love with his fifter's companion , a very beautiful orphan , very fenti- mental , but remarkably poor , who turns out , however , at laft , to be the daughter of jomebody . To thefe may be added , a maiden ...
... must not be unemployed , is in love with his fifter's companion , a very beautiful orphan , very fenti- mental , but remarkably poor , who turns out , however , at laft , to be the daughter of jomebody . To thefe may be added , a maiden ...
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... must be acknow- ledged , as an eftablished principle , that man cannot , in his focial capacity , be too enlightened . Placed within a phyfical , political , and moral system , a fmall part of one great whole , his duties arife from his ...
... must be acknow- ledged , as an eftablished principle , that man cannot , in his focial capacity , be too enlightened . Placed within a phyfical , political , and moral system , a fmall part of one great whole , his duties arife from his ...
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... must be transported by land ; but , when high , boats of any burden may país in fafety . Ex- cepting this place , there is not a finer river in the world for navigation by boats . The next confiderable river is named the Kentucky , it ...
... must be transported by land ; but , when high , boats of any burden may país in fafety . Ex- cepting this place , there is not a finer river in the world for navigation by boats . The next confiderable river is named the Kentucky , it ...
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Page 44 - Prick'd from the lazy finger of a maid : Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut, Made by the joiner squirrel, or old grub, Time out of mind the fairies' coach-makers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers...
Page 46 - Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night. Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke: but farewell compliment! Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,' And I will take thy word: yet, if thou swear'st, Thou mayst prove false; at lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs.
Page 198 - I had been happy, if the general camp, Pioneers and all, had tasted her sweet body, So I had nothing known...
Page 162 - ... his head, which are altogether involuntary; for a proud man, for he looks full upon you, and takes no notice of your saluting him. The truth of it is, his...
Page 426 - Time, who is impatient to date my last paper, will shortly moulder the hand that is now writing it in the dust, and still the breast that now throbs at the reflection : but let not this be read as something that relates only to another ; for a few years only can divide the eye that is now reading from the hand that has written.
Page 299 - We sweeten'd every meal with social glee. The heart's light laugh pursued the circling jest; And all was sunshine in each little breast.
Page 205 - But the taste for natural beauty is subservient to higher purposes than those which have been enumerated ; and the cultivation of it not only refines and humanizes, but dignifies and exalts the affections. It elevates them to the admiration and love of that Being who is the Author of all that is fair, sublime, and good in the creation.
Page 174 - Could the author flatter himself that any one would have half the pleasure in reading the following exposition, which he hath had in writing it, he would not fear the loss of his labour. The employment detached him from the bustle and hurry of life, the din of politics, and the noise of folly. Vanity and vexation flew away for a season, care and disquietude came not near his dwelling.
Page 203 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
Page 162 - Menalcas rises to receive him, and desires him to sit down; he talks, muses, and then talks again. The gentleman of the house is tired and amazed; Menalcas is no less so, but is every moment in hopes that his impertinent guest will at last end his tedious visit.