The British Essayists, Volume 19Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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Página xviii
... sentiments may be frequently dis- covered , but as compositions , we can discover in them no defects that are not common to those who though writing at ease write rapidly , and without revision . This remark , however , applies only to ...
... sentiments may be frequently dis- covered , but as compositions , we can discover in them no defects that are not common to those who though writing at ease write rapidly , and without revision . This remark , however , applies only to ...
Página xxv
... sentiments , the train of argument , and the arrangement of the whole . As he often thought aloud , he had , perhaps , talked it over to him- self . This may account for that rapidity with which , in general , he dispatched his sheets ...
... sentiments , the train of argument , and the arrangement of the whole . As he often thought aloud , he had , perhaps , talked it over to him- self . This may account for that rapidity with which , in general , he dispatched his sheets ...
Página xxviii
... sentiments on this subject . " Men have sometimes appeared of such transcendent abilities , that their slightest and most cursory performances excel all that labour and study can enable meaner intellects to com- pose : as there are ...
... sentiments on this subject . " Men have sometimes appeared of such transcendent abilities , that their slightest and most cursory performances excel all that labour and study can enable meaner intellects to com- pose : as there are ...
Página xxix
... sentiments it must appear at least probable that our author would in his own case endeavour to repair the mischiefs of haste or negligence ; but as these were not very obvious . to his friends , they made no inquiry after them , nor ...
... sentiments it must appear at least probable that our author would in his own case endeavour to repair the mischiefs of haste or negligence ; but as these were not very obvious . to his friends , they made no inquiry after them , nor ...
Página xli
... translate them was absurd . Mr. Payne the pub- lisher expresses the same sentiments in a letter to Dr. Warton now before me . ' d 3 d3 nor artificial , has elevated the style of every species BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . xli.
... translate them was absurd . Mr. Payne the pub- lisher expresses the same sentiments in a letter to Dr. Warton now before me . ' d 3 d3 nor artificial , has elevated the style of every species BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . xli.
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 279 - I was surprised, after the civilities of my first reception, to find, instead of the leisure and tranquillity which a rural life always promises, and, if well conducted, might always afford, a confused wildness of care, and a tumultuous hurry of diligence, by which every face was clouded, and every motion agitated.
Página 18 - These books are written chiefly to the young, the ignorant, and the idle, to whom they serve as lectures of conduct, and introductions into life. They are the entertainment of minds unfurnished with ideas, and therefore easily susceptible of impressions; not fixed by principles, and therefore easily following the current of fancy; not informed by experience, and consequently open to every false suggestion and partial account.
Página 264 - Health is indeed so necessary to all the duties, as well as pleasures of life, that the crime of squandering it is equal to the folly ; and he that for a short gratification brings weakness and diseases upon himself, and for the pleasure of a few years passed in the tumults...
Página 22 - The Roman tyrant was content to be hated, if he was but feared ; and there are thousands of the readers of romances willing to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits.
Página 20 - ... it, to initiate youth by mock encounters in the art of necessary defence, and to increase prudence without impairing virtue.
Página 17 - THE works of fiction, with which the present generation seems more particularly delighted, are such as exhibit life in its true state, diversified only by accidents that daily happen in the world, and influenced by passions and qualities which are really to be found in conversing with mankind.
Página 6 - ... and losing itself in schemes of future felicity; and that we forget the proper use of the time now in our power to provide for the enjoyment of that which, perhaps, may never be granted us has been frequently remarked ; and as this practice is a commodious subject of raillery to the gay, and of declamation to the serious, it has been ridiculed with all the pleasantry of wit, and exaggerated with all the amplifications of rhetoric.
Página 230 - There is certainly no greater happiness, than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow. Life, in which nothing has been done or suffered to distinguish one day from another, is to him that has passed it, as if it had never been, except that he is conscious how ill he has husbanded the great deposit of his Creator.
Página 18 - ... retire to his closet, let loose his invention, and heat his mind with incredibilities ; a book was thus produced without fear of criticism, without the toil of study, without knowledge of nature, or acquaintance with life.
Página 11 - What is new is opposed, because most are unwilling to be taught ; and what is known is rejected, because it is not sufficiently considered, that men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.