The RamblerHarrison, 1792 - 463 pages |
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... reafon to dread the united attacks of this virulent generation , yet I have not hitherto perfuaded myfelf to take any menfures for flight or treaty . For I am in doubt whether they can act against me by lawful authority , and fu ...
... reafon to dread the united attacks of this virulent generation , yet I have not hitherto perfuaded myfelf to take any menfures for flight or treaty . For I am in doubt whether they can act against me by lawful authority , and fu ...
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... reafon . My defire , ' lays he , has been for fome years paft , though the execution has been accidentally diverted , and ' does ftill vehemently continue , to re- tire myself to fome of our American Plantations ; not to feek for gold ...
... reafon . My defire , ' lays he , has been for fome years paft , though the execution has been accidentally diverted , and ' does ftill vehemently continue , to re- tire myself to fome of our American Plantations ; not to feek for gold ...
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... reafon that the Apof- tle reprefents our paffage through this ftage of our existence by images drawn from the alarms and folicitude of a mi- litary life ; for we are placed in fuch a ftate , that almost every thing about us confpires ...
... reafon that the Apof- tle reprefents our paffage through this ftage of our existence by images drawn from the alarms and folicitude of a mi- litary life ; for we are placed in fuch a ftate , that almost every thing about us confpires ...
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... reafon , the ancient generals often found themselves at leifure to pur- fue the ftudy of philofophy in the camp : and Lucan , with hiftorical veracity , makes Cæfar relate of himself , that he noted the revolutions of the stars in the ...
... reafon , the ancient generals often found themselves at leifure to pur- fue the ftudy of philofophy in the camp : and Lucan , with hiftorical veracity , makes Cæfar relate of himself , that he noted the revolutions of the stars in the ...
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... reafon : he must keep guilt from the receffes of his heart ; and remember that the plea- fures of fancy , and the emotions of de- fire , are more dangerous as they are more hidden , fince they escape the eye of obfervation , and operate ...
... reafon : he must keep guilt from the receffes of his heart ; and remember that the plea- fures of fancy , and the emotions of de- fire , are more dangerous as they are more hidden , fince they escape the eye of obfervation , and operate ...
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againſt amufements becauſe caufe cenfure confequence confidered converfation curiofity defign defire difcover eafily endeavour equally fafe faid fame favour fcarcely fecure feems feen feldom felf felves fenfe fent fentiments ferve fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fingle fion firft folicited folly fome fometimes foon fortune ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fupply fuppofe fupport fure happineſs himſelf honour hope houfe imagination intereft labour lady laft learning lefs loft mankind meaſure ment mifery mind MIRZA AT ISPAHAN moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nefs nerally never obferved occafion ourſelves OVID paffed paffions perfons pleafed pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe prefent preferve publick racter raiſe RAMBLER reafon refolved reft SELIM ſhe ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal uſe vifit virtue whofe
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Page 318 - 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.
Page 140 - Tenderness, overpower his Fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There are many who think it an Act of Piety to hide the Faults or Failings of their Friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their Detection; we therefore see whole Ranks of Characters adorned with uniform Panegyrick, and not to be known from one another, but by extrinsick and casual Circumstances. "Let me remember...
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Page 117 - He that would pass the latter part of life with honour and decency, must, when he is young, consider that he shall one day be old ; and remember, when he is old, that he has once been young.
Page 150 - ... 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.
Page 271 - ... he that is growing great and happy by electrifying a bottle, wonders how the world can be engaged by trifling prattle about war or peace.
Page 151 - ... ever unassisted ; that the wanderer may at length return after all his errors, and that he who implores strength and courage from above shall find danger and difficulty give way before him.
Page 233 - ... rotations, towards the centre. She then repented her temerity, and with all her force endeavoured to retreat ; but the draught of the gulph was generally too...
Page 140 - If we owe regard to the memory of the dead, there is yet more respect to be paid to knowledge, to virtue and to truth...
Page 261 - He who knows not how often rigorous laws produce total impunity, and how many crimes are concealed and forgotten for fear of hurrying the offender to that state in which there is no repentance, has conversed very little with mankind.