Memoirs of the Forty-five First Years of the Life of James Lackington, the Present Bookseller in Chiswell-Street, Moorfields, London: In Forty-seven Letters to a Friend ...author, 1795 - 540 sider |
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Side ix
... observed by many of my worthy ( and fome per- haps unworthy ) predeceffors in authorship , has rendered a preface almoft indifpenfibly neceffary ; while others again have as fre- quently remarked , that " cuftom is the law of fools ...
... observed by many of my worthy ( and fome per- haps unworthy ) predeceffors in authorship , has rendered a preface almoft indifpenfibly neceffary ; while others again have as fre- quently remarked , that " cuftom is the law of fools ...
Side 91
... observed fome blood on one corner of the fheet . mafter then went up stairs again , and by lift- ing up the bed - clothes found that he had stabbed himself in feveral places , and that in this ftate he had lain three or four days ...
... observed fome blood on one corner of the fheet . mafter then went up stairs again , and by lift- ing up the bed - clothes found that he had stabbed himself in feveral places , and that in this ftate he had lain three or four days ...
Side 339
... observed , be- nevolence is but a paffive virtue , and his charity was no more than bribery ; he knew no other use of money but to give it away , and he found out that an hundred pounds would go farther in half crowns than in pounds ...
... observed , be- nevolence is but a paffive virtue , and his charity was no more than bribery ; he knew no other use of money but to give it away , and he found out that an hundred pounds would go farther in half crowns than in pounds ...
Side 351
... observe , from a conscious sense of my own comparative unworthiness to approach , much less to hope for favour from , the quint- effence of all female perfection.Forgive me , my dear Eliza , and compaffionate a heart too deeply ...
... observe , from a conscious sense of my own comparative unworthiness to approach , much less to hope for favour from , the quint- effence of all female perfection.Forgive me , my dear Eliza , and compaffionate a heart too deeply ...
Side 379
... observations on purchafing manufcripts , bookfellers libe- rality , authors turning publishers , & c . in the mean time , I am , Dear Friend , Yours . LETTER " LETTER XXXVI . High in the world of letters LIFE OF J. LACKINGTON . 379 I am ...
... observations on purchafing manufcripts , bookfellers libe- rality , authors turning publishers , & c . in the mean time , I am , Dear Friend , Yours . LETTER " LETTER XXXVI . High in the world of letters LIFE OF J. LACKINGTON . 379 I am ...
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Side 498 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain, These simple blessings of the lowly train, To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Side 278 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Side 265 - If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Side 219 - Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy, nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. Like pilgrims to the appointed place we tend; The world's an inn, and death the journey's end. Even kings but play, and when their part is done, Some other, worse or better, mount the throne.
Side 425 - Be even cautious in displaying your good sense. It will be thought you assume a superiority over the rest of the company.— But if you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound secret, especially from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts and a cultivated understanding.
Side 420 - The poorer sort of farmers, and even the poor country people in general, who before that period spent their winter evenings in relating stories of witches, ghosts, hobgoblins, &c., now shorten the winter nights by hearing their sons and daughters read tales, romances, &c.
Side 81 - Still they are sure to be i' th' right. 'Tis a dark lantern of the Spirit, Which none see by but those that bear it ; A light that falls down from on high, For spiritual trades to cozen by ; An ignis fatuus, that bewitches, And leads men into pools and ditches...
Side 52 - Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows ; Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition tall and ghastly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave; and, strange to tell! Evanishes at crowing of the cock.
Side 41 - That drives the torment to a knowing heart. But, as thou sayst, we must give way to need, And live awhile asunder; our desires Are both too fruitful for our barren fortunes. How adverse runs the destiny of some creatures ! Some only can get riches and no children ; We only can get children and no riches : Then 'tis the prudent'st part to check our wills, And, till our state rise, make our bloods lie still.
Side 89 - Oh ! would mankind but make these truths their guide, And force the helm from prejudice and pride; Were once these maxims fix'd, that God's our friend, Virtue our good, and happiness our end, How soon must reason o'er the world prevail, And error, fraud, and superstition fail! None wou'd hereafter then with groundless fear Describe th...