http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f4-date%3D1789%3A%3A01 Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f4-date=1789::01 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1789-08464.xml IN commencing a work of this kind, it has always been usual to give the reader some acquaint- ance with the person of the au- thor, and to inform him respect- ing the cause of his thus publish- ing his lucubrations to the world; but it has not, I think, been con- sidered as necessary, that the ac- count thus given, should exactly correspond with the truth. Where the case is otherwise, an author would find a disadvantage in dis- closing his real situation, not to be recompensed by any fame or reputation he might derive from his writings. For my part, were I to comply with the uniform ex- ample of my predecessors, I should, I frankly confess, be un- der the necessity of somewhat disguising the truth; but as I in- tend that the sincerity of my cha- racter shall be the principal cha- racteristic of these papers: the public will excuse me in dispen- sing with a rule, which owes its sole authority to custom, without any foundation in reason. It is not my intention to be totally concealed from view. I shall from tim... http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1789-08464.xml Sat, 01 Aug 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1789-09537.xml THE Rhapsodist, though he not unfrequently derives half the materials of his thoughts from an intimate acquaintance with the world, is an enemy to conversati- on. It is indeed, in his fondness for solitude, that the singularity of his character principally con- sists. He loves to converse with beings of his own creation, and every personage, and every scene, is described with a pencil dipt in the colours of imagination. To his strong and vivid fancy, there is scarcely a piece of mere unanimated matter existing in the universe. His presence inspires, being, instinct, and reason into every object, real or imagined, and the air, the water and the woods, wherever he directs his steps, are thronged with innume- rable inhabitants. The pleasures of company and conversation con- stitute the only happiness of some; but the rhapsodist is incapable of tasting pleasure, when he is in- debted for it to the presence of a third person. Whether the hours be spent in mirth and pleasantry, surrounded by a circle of the young a... http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1789-09537.xml Tue, 01 Sep 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1789-10587.xml IT was but two days since, that the letter mentioned in my se- cond number, was presented to me. In vain the Rhapsodist announces to his Readers, that he hates the intrusion of a visitor. Nothing but the rights of the strictest friendship (for the circle of my friends is numerous, though, my disposition is averse to friendship) will entitle any one to demand a private audience from him. In spite of my pretensions to unlimit- ed sovereignty over my own person and actions. In spite of my strong original propensity to silence and reserve, I am, in some measure, compelled to pay obedience, tho' grudgingly, to the laws of society. Thus, indeed, it fares with every one who aspires to the fame of sin- gularity. He, who affects the man- ners of a recluse, and demeans him- self in the midst of a populous ci- ty, like the lonely inhabitant of a desert, will often incur the censure of inveterate folly. While he feels his imaginary rights infringed, and the sanctity of the hermit disre- garded; men are little prone to sp... http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1789-10587.xml Thu, 01 Oct 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1789-11661.xml IT may probably be expected that the Rhapsodist will now proceed to gratify his reader's curi- osity, by submitting to his critical inspection, the rest of that curious performance of which the purport has already been explained in the sequel of my former paper. I know not whether the limits to which reason and convenience na- turally restrict the writer of perio- dical essays, will admit of so diffuse a composition.—But perhaps it will not be absolutely necessary to com- prise the whole in a single paper, nor will it be less acceptable, tho' delivered out by piece-meal. The essay may be broken down into e- qual though detached portions, and by means of my judicious distribu- tion of the several parts, the frag- ments may be so disposed as to ren- der a due connexion of the subject, and a regular arrangement of my author's critical remarks, a very entertaining, and by no means a laborious task. http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1789-11661.xml Sun, 01 Nov 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1789-MP009.xml To thee enchanting nymph, in artless guise, http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1789-MP009.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1789-MP010.xml To thee, Estrina, empress of my heart http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1789-MP010.xml Thu, 01 Jan 1970 12:00:00 GMT