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Page 69
... learning , to defcend to familiar life , and caution mankind against that petty ambi- tion which is known among us by the name of va- nity ; which yet had been an undertaking not un- worthy worthy of the longest beard and most folemn ...
... learning , to defcend to familiar life , and caution mankind against that petty ambi- tion which is known among us by the name of va- nity ; which yet had been an undertaking not un- worthy worthy of the longest beard and most folemn ...
Page 101
... learning holds us at the distance of pupils , or whofe wit calls all attention from us , and leaves us without importance and without re- gard . It is remarked by prince Henry , when he fees Falstaff lying on the ground , that he could ...
... learning holds us at the distance of pupils , or whofe wit calls all attention from us , and leaves us without importance and without re- gard . It is remarked by prince Henry , when he fees Falstaff lying on the ground , that he could ...
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... learning and genius , to apply himself chiefly to the ftudy of writers who have more beauties than faults to be displayed : for the duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor digni- fy by partial reprefentations , but to hold out ...
... learning and genius , to apply himself chiefly to the ftudy of writers who have more beauties than faults to be displayed : for the duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor digni- fy by partial reprefentations , but to hold out ...
Contents
A deathbed the true fchool of wiſdom The effects | 54 |
The dignity and uſefulneſs of biography | 60 |
Paffion not to be eradicated | 66 |
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affiftance againſt amufements becauſe buſineſs caufe cenfure confefs confequence confidered converfation curiofity deferve defign defire diſcover eafily eafy eaſe endeavour equally eſtabliſhed fafely fame favour fcarcely fecond fecurity feems feldom felves fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince fingle fink firft firſt folly fome fometimes foon forrow fortune ftate ftill ftudies fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fufpect fuperiority furely fyllables greateſt happineſs himſelf hope inclined increaſe intereft itſelf kindneſs labour laft laſt leaſt lefs lofe loft mankind meaſure ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neral never numbers obferved occafion oppofition ourſelves OVID paffages paffed paffions pleafing pleaſed pleaſure praiſe prefent purchaſe purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reafon refolved reft reſt rife ſhe ſtate ſtudy tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion TRUTH underſtanding univerfal uſe vanity verfe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wifh