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 1
... these aphorifms , merely because they have fomewhere heard them , because they have nothing else to fay , or because they think veneration gained by fuch appearances of wisdom , but that no ideas are annexed to the words , VOL . VI ...
... these aphorifms , merely because they have fomewhere heard them , because they have nothing else to fay , or because they think veneration gained by fuch appearances of wisdom , but that no ideas are annexed to the words , VOL . VI ...
الصفحة 2
... These reflections were lately excited in my mind , by an evening's converfation with my friend Pro- fpero , who , at the age of fifty - five , has bought an eftate , and is now contriving to difpofe and cultivate it with uncommon ...
... These reflections were lately excited in my mind , by an evening's converfation with my friend Pro- fpero , who , at the age of fifty - five , has bought an eftate , and is now contriving to difpofe and cultivate it with uncommon ...
الصفحة 8
... these men may be for a time heard with applause and admiration , they feldom delight us long . We enjoy them a little , and then retire to eafinefs and good - humour , as the eye gazes awhile on eminences glittering with the fun , but ...
... these men may be for a time heard with applause and admiration , they feldom delight us long . We enjoy them a little , and then retire to eafinefs and good - humour , as the eye gazes awhile on eminences glittering with the fun , but ...
الصفحة 34
... these artifices , and a thoufand others equally vain and equally defpicable , are incited by that con- viction of the deformity of wickedness , from which none can fet himself free , and by an abfurd defire to separate the caufe from ...
... these artifices , and a thoufand others equally vain and equally defpicable , are incited by that con- viction of the deformity of wickedness , from which none can fet himself free , and by an abfurd defire to separate the caufe from ...
الصفحة 37
... these clamours are undoubtedly to be confidered only as the bursts of pride never to be fa- tisfied , as the prattle of affectation mimicking dif- treffes unfelt , or as the common - places of vanity folicitous for fplendour of ...
... these clamours are undoubtedly to be confidered only as the bursts of pride never to be fa- tisfied , as the prattle of affectation mimicking dif- treffes unfelt , or as the common - places of vanity folicitous for fplendour of ...
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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...