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... A NEW EDITION . IN TWELVE VOLUMES . WITH AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS , BY ATTHUR MURPHY , ESQ . VOL . IV . NEW - YORK : UBLISHED BY WILLIAM DURELL . Paul & Thomas , Printers . 1811 . BOUND JUL 8 1913 KE31894 ( 4 ) , 1864.
... A NEW EDITION . IN TWELVE VOLUMES . WITH AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS , BY ATTHUR MURPHY , ESQ . VOL . IV . NEW - YORK : UBLISHED BY WILLIAM DURELL . Paul & Thomas , Printers . 1811 . BOUND JUL 8 1913 KE31894 ( 4 ) , 1864.
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... genius of Homer . The rules which the injudicious use of this prero- gative suggested to Horace , may indeed be applied to the direction of candidates for inferior fame ; it may be proper for all to remember , that they ought not to ...
... genius of Homer . The rules which the injudicious use of this prero- gative suggested to Horace , may indeed be applied to the direction of candidates for inferior fame ; it may be proper for all to remember , that they ought not to ...
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... genius . If he thinks his own judgment not sufficiently enlightened , he may , by attending to the remarks which every paper will produce , rectify his opinions . If he should with too little premeditation encumber himself by an ...
... genius . If he thinks his own judgment not sufficiently enlightened , he may , by attending to the remarks which every paper will produce , rectify his opinions . If he should with too little premeditation encumber himself by an ...
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... genius , who stand as centinels in the avenues of fame , and value themselves upon giving Ignorance and Envy the first notice of a prey . To these men , who distinguish themselves by the appellation of Critics , it is necessary for a ...
... genius , who stand as centinels in the avenues of fame , and value themselves upon giving Ignorance and Envy the first notice of a prey . To these men , who distinguish themselves by the appellation of Critics , it is necessary for a ...
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... genius , and enlar ged by study , he informs us of a scheme of happiness to which the imagination of a girl upon the loss of her first lover could have scarcely given way ; but which he seems to have indulged , till he had totally ...
... genius , and enlar ged by study , he informs us of a scheme of happiness to which the imagination of a girl upon the loss of her first lover could have scarcely given way ; but which he seems to have indulged , till he had totally ...
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acquaintance amusements appearance APRIL 24 beauty calamities censure common consider contempt conversation danger daugh delight desire discover easily ELPHINSTON eminent endeavor envy Epictetus equally evil excellence eyes favor fear folly fortune frequently gain genius give happen happiness heart hinder honor hope hopes and fears human imagination incited indulge innu inquiry Jupiter kind knowledge labor lady learning lence less lest lives look mankind marriage means Melanthia ment mind miscarriage misery modelling armies moral narchs nature neglect nerally ness never objects observed once opinion ourselves OVID pain passed passions perhaps Periander perpetual PERSIUS pleasing pleasure portunity praise precepts priva produce Prudentius racter Rambler reason reflection regard reproach rience SATURDAY seldom sion sometimes soon sophism suffer tell thing thought tion told TUESDAY vanity virtue wish write young
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Page 43 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 362 - Thus, forlorn and distressed, he wandered through the wild, without knowing whither he was going, or whether he was every moment drawing nearer to safety or to destruction. At length, not fear, but labour, began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down, in resignation to his fate, when he beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer of a taper. "He advanced towards the light, and, finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he...
Page 243 - If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of the pick -axe, or of one impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains are levelled, and oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings.
Page 331 - FRANCIS. -i\LL joy or sorrow for the happiness or calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination, that realizes the event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whose fortune we contemplate ; so that we feel, while the deception lasts, whatever motions would be excited by the same good or evil happening to ourselves.
Page 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.
Page 336 - If we owe regard to the memory of the dead, there is yet more respect to be paid to knowledge, to virtue, and to truth.
Page 332 - I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful.
Page 19 - But when an adventurer is levelled with the rest of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal drama, as may be the lot of any other man, young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer attention, and hope, by observing his behaviour and success, to regulate their own practices, when they shall be engaged in the like part.
Page 334 - Catiline, to remark that his walk was now quick, and again slow, as an indication of a mind revolving something with violent commotion. Thus the story of Melancthon affords a striking lecture on the value of time, by informing us that, when he made an appointment, he expected not only the hour but the minute to be fixed, that the day might not run out in the idleness of suspense...
Page 89 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.