In these the poet, the novel writer, and the essayist, have always delighted; you are not, therefore, singular, for having dedicated so much of the MIRROR to sentiment and sensibility. I imagine, however, Sir, there is much danger in pushing these qualities... The British Essayists: The Lounger - Page 163by Alexander Chalmers - 1802Full view - About this book
| Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 492 pages
...FROM THE MIRROR. CONTINUED. No. 101. TUESDAY, April 25, 1780. TO THE AUTHOR OF THE MIRROR. SIR, LN books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages...the determination of feeling. In these the poet, the novel-writer, and the essayist, have always delighted ; you are not, therefore, singular, for having... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 358 pages
...mountains and impenetrable forests. Z. N° 101. TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1780. TO THE AUTHOR OF THE MIRROR. SIR, IN books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages...therefore, singular, for having dedicated so much «>f the MIRROR to sentiment and sensibility. I imagine, however, Sir, there is much danger in pushing1... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 734 pages
...and impenetrable forests. No. 101. TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1780. "To THE AUTHoR oF THE MIRRoR. " SIE, " IN books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages...the determination of feeling. In these the poet, the novel-writer, and the essayist, have always delighted ; you are not, therefore, singular, for having... | |
| Henry Mackenzie - 1847 - 534 pages
...the improvements of life. [No. 101. TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1780.] To the Author of the Mirror : SIR — In books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages...writer and the reader, than those delicate strokes of sentimei.uti morality, which refer our actions to the determination of feeling. In these the poet,... | |
| James Hain Friswell - Conduct of life - 1875 - 494 pages
...manly. True feeling of this kind is always delightful. Thus Mackenzie is quite right when he says, " In books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages more captivating than those delicate strokes of sentimental morality which refer our actions to the determination of... | |
| James Hain Friswell - Conduct of life - 1875 - 346 pages
...manly. True feeling of this kind is always delightful. Thus Mackenzie is quite right when he says, " In books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages more captivating than those delicate strokes of sentimental morality which refer our actions to the determination of... | |
| Henry Mackenzie - Fiction - 2005 - 232 pages
...offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of excessive sensibility.] TO THE AUTHOR OF THE MIRROR. SIR, IN books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages...the determination of feeling. In these the poet, the novel-writer, and the essayist, have always delighted; you are not, therefore, singular, for having... | |
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