The Rambler. ...W. Gordon, C. Wright, and the other booksellers, 1763 |
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... thousand favours unrepaid , a thousand duties unper- formed , and wish , vainly wifh for his return , not fo much that we may receive , as that we may beftow happiness , and recompence that kindnefs which before we never understood ...
... thousand favours unrepaid , a thousand duties unper- formed , and wish , vainly wifh for his return , not fo much that we may receive , as that we may beftow happiness , and recompence that kindnefs which before we never understood ...
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... thousand other reafons fhe alleged , fome of little force in themselves , but fo well feconded by pleasure , vanity , and idleness , that they foon overcame all the remaining principles of kindness and piety , and both I and my brother ...
... thousand other reafons fhe alleged , fome of little force in themselves , but fo well feconded by pleasure , vanity , and idleness , that they foon overcame all the remaining principles of kindness and piety , and both I and my brother ...
Sida 32
... thousand fortunes in the bufinefs of a day , and complicate innumerable incidents in one great tranfaction , afford few leffons applicable to private life , which derives its comforts and its wretchedness from the right or wrong ...
... thousand fortunes in the bufinefs of a day , and complicate innumerable incidents in one great tranfaction , afford few leffons applicable to private life , which derives its comforts and its wretchedness from the right or wrong ...
Sida 40
... thousand abfurdities in our clothes , our cookery , and our conversation . When any of his phrafes were unintelligible , he could not fupprefs the joy of con- feffed fuperiority , but frequently fuppreffed the ex- planation that he ...
... thousand abfurdities in our clothes , our cookery , and our conversation . When any of his phrafes were unintelligible , he could not fupprefs the joy of con- feffed fuperiority , but frequently fuppreffed the ex- planation that he ...
Sida 41
... thousand and a thousand tines on the point of perifhing , fometimes by the terrors of foolish women in the fame boat , fometimes by his own acknow- ledged imprudence in paffing the river in the dark , and fometimes by fhooting the ...
... thousand and a thousand tines on the point of perifhing , fometimes by the terrors of foolish women in the fame boat , fometimes by his own acknow- ledged imprudence in paffing the river in the dark , and fometimes by fhooting the ...
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affiftance againſt amuſements becauſe bufinefs caufe cauſe cenfure confefs confequence confidered converfation curiofity defire delight diſcover eafily eaſe endeavour enquiries equally eſtabliſhed fafely fame favour fcarcely fecure feems feldom felves fenfe fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fingle fink firft firſt folly fome fometimes foon forrow fortune friendſhip ftand ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fupply furely fyllables happineſs himſelf hope inclined increaſe inftruction intereft kindneſs labour laft laſt lefs lofe loft mankind meaſure ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nefs never NUMB numbers obferved occafion ourſelves OVID paffage paffed paffions perfons pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poffeffion praife praiſe prefent publick purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reafon refolved reft rife ſhe ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion TRUTH underſtanding univerfal uſeful verfe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wifh wiſh
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Sida 191 - 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.
Sida 34 - Melancthon affords a striking lecture on the value of time, by informing us that, when he made an appointment, he expected not only the hour, but the minute to be fixed, that the day might not run out in the idleness of...
Sida 190 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice ; nor could the muse defend Her son.
Sida 213 - 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.
Sida 61 - He advanced towards the light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected for himself, on which Obidah fed with eagerness and gratitude. When the repast was over,
Sida 32 - Our passions are therefore more strongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily adopt the pains or pleasure proposed to our minds, by recognising them as once our own, or considering them as naturally incident to our state of life.
Sida 60 - ... that led him on from trifle to trifle. While he was thus reflecting, the air grew blacker, and a clap of thunder broke his meditation.
Sida 61 - by what chance thou hast been brought hither ; I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of the wilderness, in which I never saw a man before.
Sida 62 - Here the heart softens, and vigilance subsides; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not...
Sida 59 - ... in compliance with the varieties of the ground, and to end at last in the common road. Having thus calmed his solicitude, he renewed his pace, though he suspected that he was not gaining ground.