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... disposed to shew , they at once give up their own judgment ; every one pays a compliment to his own sagacity , by assuming the merit of having discovered that this VOL . XXXIV . B stranger had the air of a man of fashion ;
... disposed to shew , they at once give up their own judgment ; every one pays a compliment to his own sagacity , by assuming the merit of having discovered that this VOL . XXXIV . B stranger had the air of a man of fashion ;
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... disposition ; while with him who aims at instruction in politics , religion , or morality , nothing is relished that has not a relation to the ob- ject he pursues . But no sooner is the Public in- formed that this unknown Author has ...
... disposition ; while with him who aims at instruction in politics , religion , or morality , nothing is relished that has not a relation to the ob- ject he pursues . But no sooner is the Public in- formed that this unknown Author has ...
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... disposition of the author will not always correspond with the temper of a man : in the first character I may sometimes indulge a sportiveness to which I am a stranger in the latter , and escape from a train of very different thoughts ...
... disposition of the author will not always correspond with the temper of a man : in the first character I may sometimes indulge a sportiveness to which I am a stranger in the latter , and escape from a train of very different thoughts ...
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... dispositions of mind form the countenance , in such a manner as to give some indications to the spectator . Our vio . lent passions are obvious , at first view , in the By Dr , Hutcheson · • countenance , so that sometimes no art can 10 ...
... dispositions of mind form the countenance , in such a manner as to give some indications to the spectator . Our vio . lent passions are obvious , at first view , in the By Dr , Hutcheson · • countenance , so that sometimes no art can 10 ...
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... dispositions of our company will incline them to hold it . The reflections we make , and the stories we tell , are to be judged of by others , who may hold a very different opinion of their acuteness or their humour . It will be pru- 5 ...
... dispositions of our company will incline them to hold it . The reflections we make , and the stories we tell , are to be judged of by others , who may hold a very different opinion of their acuteness or their humour . It will be pru- 5 ...
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Page 276 - And, he gave it for his opinion, that, whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 68 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou thyself movest alone: who can be a companion of thy course!
Page 222 - God," said he ; and they saw he had settled the matter with himself. Philosophy could not have done so much with a thousand words. It was now evening, and the good peasants were about to depart, when a clock was heard to strike seven, and the hour was followed by a particular chime. The country folks who had come to welcome their pastor, turned their looks towards him at the sound ; he explained their moaning to his guest.
Page 225 - Why should not the same thing be said of religion ? Trust me, I feel it in the same way — an energy, an inspiration, which I would not lose for all the blessings of sense, or enjoyments of the world ; yet so far from lessening my relish of the pleasures of life, methinks I feel it heighten them all. The thought of receiving it from God adds the blessing of sentiment to that of sensation in every good thing I possess ; and when calamities overtake me — and I have had my share — it confers a...
Page 222 - Mr. enjoyed the beauty of the scene ; but to his companions it recalled the memory of a wife and parent they had lost. The old man's sorrow was silent; his daughter sobbed and wept. Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes to heaven, and, having wiped off a tear that was just...
Page 219 - ... week he was able to thank his benefactor. By that time his host had learned the name and character of his guest. He was a Protestant clergyman of Switzerland, called La Roche, a widower, who had lately buried his wife, after a long and lingering illness, for which travelling had been prescribed, and was now returning home, after an ineffectual and melancholy journey, with his only child, the daughter we have mentioned.
Page 231 - Him, with our friends His servants, in that blessed land where sorrow is unknown, and happiness is endless as it is perfect. Go then, mourn not for me ; I have not lost my child : but a little while, and we shall meet again, never to be separated.
Page 23 - There is pedantry in every disquisition, however masterly it may be, that stops the general conversation of the company. When Silius delivers that sort of lecture he is apt to get into, though it is supported by the most extensive information and the clearest discernment, it is still pedantry; and while I admire the talents of Silius, I cannot help being uneasy at his exhibition of them. In the...
Page 216 - s, the finer and more delicate sensibilities are seldom known to have place, or, if originally implanted there, are in a great measure extinguished by the exertions of intense study and profound investigation. Hence the idea of philosophy and...
Page 222 - Nature seems to repose, as it were, in quiet, and has enclosed her retreat with mountains inaccessible. A stream, that spent its fury in the hills above, ran in front of the house, and a broken waterfall was seen through the wood that covered its sides ; below, it circled round a tufted plain, and formed a little lake in front of a village, at the end of which appeared the spire of La Roche's church, rising above a clump of beeches.