Excerpt from The Adventurer, Vol. 1 But as pleafure can be exchanged only for pleafure, ev'ery art has been ufed to connect fuch gratifications with the exercife of courage, as compenfate for chofe which are given up: the pleafures of the imagination are fubftituted for thofe of the fenfes, and the hope of future en joyments far the poliefiion. Of prel'ent; and to decorate thefe pleafures and this hope, has wea ried eloquence and exhaufted learning. Cou rage has been dignified with the'name of heroic virtue, and heroic virtue has deified the hero his fiatue, hung round with' enfigns of terror, frowned in the gloom of a wood or a temple; altars were raifed before it, and the world was commanded to worfllip. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.