Harrison's British Classicks: The Idler. Fitz Osbornes Letters. Shenstones Essays. Launcelot Temple's Sketches. The LoverHarrison and Company, 1787 |
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... those tening 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 kin- dred to the human fpecies . It has ...
... those tening 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 kin- dred to the human fpecies . It has ...
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... those who will not take the trouble to think for themfelves , have always fomebody that thinks for them ; and the difficulty in writing is to please those from whom others learn to be pleased . Much mifchief is done in the world with ...
... those who will not take the trouble to think for themfelves , have always fomebody that thinks for them ; and the difficulty in writing is to please those from whom others learn to be pleased . Much mifchief is done in the world with ...
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... those who were going away , but for those who were left behind . We have no reason to doubt but our troops will proceed with proper caution ; there are men among them who can take care of themselves . But how fhall the ladies endure ...
... those who were going away , but for those who were left behind . We have no reason to doubt but our troops will proceed with proper caution ; there are men among them who can take care of themselves . But how fhall the ladies endure ...
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... those who dance , or attend to the dancers . To all places of general refort , where the ftandard of pleature is erected , we run with equal eagerness , or appearance of eagerness , for N ° XIX . SATURDAY , AUGUST 19 . N 28 THE IDLER .
... those who dance , or attend to the dancers . To all places of general refort , where the ftandard of pleature is erected , we run with equal eagerness , or appearance of eagerness , for N ° XIX . SATURDAY , AUGUST 19 . N 28 THE IDLER .
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... those who defire to be thought rich ; and whatever has , by any acci- dent , become fashionable , easily conti- nues it's reputation , becaufe every one is afhamed of not partaking it . To every place of entertainment we go with ...
... those who defire to be thought rich ; and whatever has , by any acci- dent , become fashionable , easily conti- nues it's reputation , becaufe every one is afhamed of not partaking it . To every place of entertainment we go with ...
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Common terms and phrases
agreeable antient appear beauty becauſe bufinefs cafe caufe character confequence confider confiderable converfation defign defire difcovered difpofition diftinguish drefs eafy EUPHRONIUS expreffion eyes fafe faid fame fatire favour feems feen feldom felf felves fenfe fenfible fent fentiments fervant ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince fingle fion firft fome fomething fometimes foon fpirit fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupply fuppofe fure genius gentleman give happy himſelf honour houfe Idler imagination inftance kind lady laft leaft lefs LETTER loft ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neral never obferved occafion paffed paffion perfon perhaps PHILOTES pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poet poffible prefent purpoſe racter raiſed reafon refolved refpect ſeems ſhe tafte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought Timoclea tion tranflation truth univerfal uſe virtue whofe write
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Page 119 - ... to prove that one species is really more beautiful than another. That we prefer one to the other, and with very good reason, will be readily granted; but it does not follow from thence that we think it a more beautiful form; for we have no criterion of form by which to determine our judgment.
Page 115 - Venetian school, which may be said to be the Dutch part of the Italian genius. I have only to add a word of advice to the painters, that however excellent they may be in painting naturally, they would not...
Page 65 - If the parts of time were not variously coloured, we should never discern their departure or succession, but should live thoughtless of the past, and careless of the future, without will, and perhaps without power, to compute the periods of life, or to compare the time which is already lost with that which may probably remain.
Page 65 - Let him that desires to see others happy make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction. And let him, who purposes his own happiness, reflect, that while he forms his purpose the day rolls on, and the night cometh when no man can work.
Page 119 - I suppose nobody will doubt, if one of their painters were to paint the goddess of beauty, but that he would represent her black, with thick lips, flat nose, and woolly hair ; and, it seems to me, he would act very unnaturally if he did not...
Page 138 - None will flatter the poor, and the wise have very little power of flattering themselves. That man is surely the most wretched of the sons of wretchedness, who lives with his own faults and follies always before him, and who has none to reconcile him to himself by praise and veneration. I have long sought content, and have not found it ; I will from this moment endeavour to be rich.
Page 65 - ... accuracy the course of time, appear to have little sensibility of the decline of life. Every man has something to do which he neglects ; every man has faults to conquer which he delays to combat. So little do we...
Page 52 - The spirit, volatile and fiery, is the proper emblem of vivacity and wit ; the acidity of the lemon. will very aptly figure pungency of raillery, and acrimony of censure; sugar is the natural representative of luscious adulation and gentle complaisance ; and water is the proper hieroglyphic of easy prattle, innocent and tasteless.
Page 119 - To instance in a particular part of a feature ; the line that forms the ridge of the nose is beautiful when it is straight; this, then, is the central form, which is oftener found than either concave, convex, or any other irregular form that shall be proposed.
Page 143 - I had now nothing left but retirement ; and for retirement I never found a time, till disease forced me from public employment.