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... suppose him purposely created , to be the Chronicler of Johnson . A pleasing and instructive pocket - companion might be formed , by a judicious selection from his copious repertory of Johnson's talk . SEPT . the 30th . Read the 10th ...
... suppose him purposely created , to be the Chronicler of Johnson . A pleasing and instructive pocket - companion might be formed , by a judicious selection from his copious repertory of Johnson's talk . SEPT . the 30th . Read the 10th ...
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... suppose would for any length of time be sincerely , honestly , and steadily pursued ) still the mind could never be restored ; pernicious habits could not be effaced ; prejudices , however useful , could not be revived ; nor could the ...
... suppose would for any length of time be sincerely , honestly , and steadily pursued ) still the mind could never be restored ; pernicious habits could not be effaced ; prejudices , however useful , could not be revived ; nor could the ...
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... the other . The spirit of the Romans we may suppose to have been broken ; but what shall we say for Hannibal , in not following up that stupendous victory ? [ 1797. ] JAN . the 8th . Attended Church 21 JANUARY the 1st, 1797. ...
... the other . The spirit of the Romans we may suppose to have been broken ; but what shall we say for Hannibal , in not following up that stupendous victory ? [ 1797. ] JAN . the 8th . Attended Church 21 JANUARY the 1st, 1797. ...
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... suppose he thought them fine . Read the Castle of Otranto ; which grievously disappointed my expectations . The tale is , in itself , insipid ; and Mrs. Radcliffe , out of possible contingencies , evokes scenes of far more thrilling ...
... suppose he thought them fine . Read the Castle of Otranto ; which grievously disappointed my expectations . The tale is , in itself , insipid ; and Mrs. Radcliffe , out of possible contingencies , evokes scenes of far more thrilling ...
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... other quarter for the speaker : the ventriloquist always takes care to lead the imagination , with much address , to that , quarter from which he wishes us to [ 1797. ] suppose that the ideal speaker is talking 35 [1797.] ...
... other quarter for the speaker : the ventriloquist always takes care to lead the imagination , with much address , to that , quarter from which he wishes us to [ 1797. ] suppose that the ideal speaker is talking 35 [1797.] ...
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Page 236 - We, that are of purer fire, Imitate the starry quire ; Who, in their nightly watchful spheres, Lead in swift round the months and years.
Page 229 - To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, Devoid of sense and motion?
Page 114 - ... if commerce and the arts should be lost in an experiment to try how well a state may stand without these old fundamental principles, what sort of a thing must be a nation of gross, stupid, ferocious, and at the same time, poor and sordid barbarians, destitute of religion, honour, or manly pride, possessing nothing at present, and hoping for nothing hereafter?
Page 103 - I mean by the word Taste no more than that faculty or those faculties of the mind, which are affected with, or which form a judgment of, the works of imagination and the elegant arts.
Page 68 - Systems in many respects resemble machines. A machine is a little system, created to perform, as well as to connect together, in reality, those different movements and effects which the artist has occasion for. A system is an imaginary machine invented to connect together in the fancy those different movements and effects which are already in reality performed.
Page 237 - With store of Ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of Wit, or Arms, while both contend To win her Grace, whom all commend.
Page 9 - In short, all the symptoms which I have ever met with in History, previous to great Changes and Revolutions in Government, now exist and daily increase in France."/ Chapter III — Viaticum.
Page 123 - Laughing is as much out of fashion as pantins or bilboquets. Good folks, they have no time to laugh. There is God and the King to be pulled down first; and men and women, one and all, are devoutly employed in the demolition. They think me quite profane, for having any belief left.
Page 237 - Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.