Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical Illustrative of the Rambler, Adventurer, & Idler, and of the Various Periodical Papers Which, in Imitation of the Writings of Steele and Addison, Have Been Published Between the Close of the Eighth Volume of the Spectator, and the Commencement of the Year 1809, Volume 1W. Suttaby, 1809 |
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... at great length ; and , though the illustration be occasionally mi- nute , it blends sufficiently with the design , I hope , to constitute an har- monious whole . The entire plan will be at once per ceived from PREFACE . iii.
... at great length ; and , though the illustration be occasionally mi- nute , it blends sufficiently with the design , I hope , to constitute an har- monious whole . The entire plan will be at once per ceived from PREFACE . iii.
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Nathan Drake. PART III . ESSAY 1. Sketches Biographical and Critical of the Occasional Contributors to the Rambler , Adventurer , and Idler . ESSAY 2. The same continued . ESSAY 3. The same concluded PART IV . ESSAY 1. Observations on ...
Nathan Drake. PART III . ESSAY 1. Sketches Biographical and Critical of the Occasional Contributors to the Rambler , Adventurer , and Idler . ESSAY 2. The same continued . ESSAY 3. The same concluded PART IV . ESSAY 1. Observations on ...
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... occasionally thrown on the history of the genuine Tatler . . In N ° 28 , Swift has described Steele under the appellation of Hilario . 13. THE TATLER , BY BAKER . No sooner had Steele given up the censorship , than a num- ber of ...
... occasionally thrown on the history of the genuine Tatler . . In N ° 28 , Swift has described Steele under the appellation of Hilario . 13. THE TATLER , BY BAKER . No sooner had Steele given up the censorship , than a num- ber of ...
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... occasional assistance , until August 6th , 1711 , extending to forty - five numbers , one of which was contributed by Steele , and another by Anthony Henley ; and several were the composition of Mr. Oldmixon . After an interval of some ...
... occasional assistance , until August 6th , 1711 , extending to forty - five numbers , one of which was contributed by Steele , and another by Anthony Henley ; and several were the composition of Mr. Oldmixon . After an interval of some ...
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... occasionally display passages of some literary merit , they were by no means proper subjects for the ridicule and abuse with which they were indiscriminately overwhelmed . He ac- quired , however , no inconsiderable share of fame by his ...
... occasionally display passages of some literary merit , they were by no means proper subjects for the ridicule and abuse with which they were indiscriminately overwhelmed . He ac- quired , however , no inconsiderable share of fame by his ...
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Page 337 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, my Lord, your Lordship's most humble, most obedient servant, "SAM JOHNSON.
Page 337 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 307 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Page 336 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
Page 404 - Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.
Page 336 - Is not a patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Page 464 - I will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth...
Page 254 - I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.
Page 307 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world...
Page 338 - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords.