The RamblerJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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الصفحة 2
... single man to remembrance , who appeared to know that life was fhort till he was about to lose it . It is obfervable that Horace , in his account of the characters of men , as they are diversified by the va- rious influence of time ...
... single man to remembrance , who appeared to know that life was fhort till he was about to lose it . It is obfervable that Horace , in his account of the characters of men , as they are diversified by the va- rious influence of time ...
الصفحة 46
... single breaft ; it is placed at a diftance from common spectators , and fhines like one of the re- mote stars , of which the light reaches us , but not the heat . The wit , the hero , the philofopher , whom their tempers or their ...
... single breaft ; it is placed at a diftance from common spectators , and fhines like one of the re- mote stars , of which the light reaches us , but not the heat . The wit , the hero , the philofopher , whom their tempers or their ...
الصفحة 67
... single stem . One of my tenants fo much neglected his own intereft , as to fupply me , in a whole fummer , with only two horse - flies , and thofe of little more than the common fize ; and I was upon the brink of feizing for arrears ...
... single stem . One of my tenants fo much neglected his own intereft , as to fupply me , in a whole fummer , with only two horse - flies , and thofe of little more than the common fize ; and I was upon the brink of feizing for arrears ...
الصفحة 95
... single verse . There are two lines in this paffage more remark- ably unharmonious : -This delicious place , For us too large ; where thy abundance wants Partakers , and uncrop'd falls to the ground . Here the third pair of fyllables in ...
... single verse . There are two lines in this paffage more remark- ably unharmonious : -This delicious place , For us too large ; where thy abundance wants Partakers , and uncrop'd falls to the ground . Here the third pair of fyllables in ...
الصفحة 117
... single fyllable is cut off from the reft , it must either be united to the line with which the sense connects it , or be founded alone . If it be united to the other line , it corrupts its harmony ; if disjoined it must stand alone ...
... single fyllable is cut off from the reft , it must either be united to the line with which the sense connects it , or be founded alone . If it be united to the other line , it corrupts its harmony ; if disjoined it must stand alone ...
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
accuſtomed affiftance againſt amuſements beauty becauſe buſineſs cauſe cenfure confefs confidered converfation curiofity defire delight diſcover eafily endeavoured enquiry equally eſcape eſtabliſhed fafe fame faſhion fatire fatisfaction fcarcely fecurity feem feldom felves fenfe fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fingle firſt folly fome fometimes foon fortune fpecies ftate ftill ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority furely fyllables happineſs herſelf himſelf honour hope imagination increaſe intereft kindneſs knowledge labour ladies laft laſt learning leaſt lefs loft mankind meaſure ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nefs never NUMB numbers obferved occafion oppofition ourſelves paffage paffed paffions pleafing pleaſe pleaſure praiſe prefent preferve publick purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reafon refolved reft Samfon ſcarcely ſeems ſhall ſhe ſome ſtate ſtudy tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion truth underſtanding univerfal uſe verfe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wiſdom
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الصفحة 435 - ... assert : Dagon must stoop, and shall ere long receive Such a discomfit, as shall quite despoil him Of all these boasted trophies won on me, And with confusion blank his worshippers.
الصفحة 121 - Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower, Our pleasant task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild.
الصفحة 202 - The only advantage which, in the voyage of life, the cautious had above the negligent, was that they...
الصفحة 276 - To equal robbery with murder is to reduce murder to robbery, to confound in common minds the gradations of iniquity, and incite the commission of a greater crime, to prevent the detection of a less.
الصفحة 147 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
الصفحة 297 - This eternal monotony is always detestable to a man whose chief pleasure is to enlarge his knowledge and vary his ideas. Others talk of freedom from noise, and abstraction from common business or amusements; and some, yet more visionary, tell us that the...
الصفحة 441 - And buried; but, O yet more miserable! Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave; Buried, yet not exempt, By privilege of death and burial, From worst of other evils, pains and wrongs ; But made hereby obnoxious more To all the miseries of life, Life in captivity Among inhuman foes.
الصفحة 202 - ... out from the rocks of PLEASURE, that they were unable to continue their...
الصفحة 109 - God made thee of choice his own, and of his own To serve him; thy reward was of his grace; Thy punishment then justly is at his will. Be...