The Rambler. ...W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, B. Collins, T. Longman, B. Law [and 17 others in London], 1784 - 1796 |
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... happiness . A winter fcene . 81 The great rule of action . Debts of justice to be dif- tinguifhed from debts of charity . 82 The Virtuofo's account of his rarities . 83 The Virtuofo's curiosity justified . 84 A young lady's impatience ...
... happiness . A winter fcene . 81 The great rule of action . Debts of justice to be dif- tinguifhed from debts of charity . 82 The Virtuofo's account of his rarities . 83 The Virtuofo's curiosity justified . 84 A young lady's impatience ...
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... happiness ; and please himself , and his auditors , with learned lectures on the vanity of life . But though the fpeculatift may fee and shew the folly of terreftrial hopes , fears and defires , every hour will give proofs that he never ...
... happiness ; and please himself , and his auditors , with learned lectures on the vanity of life . But though the fpeculatift may fee and shew the folly of terreftrial hopes , fears and defires , every hour will give proofs that he never ...
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... happiness ; from the first hour that his health declined , all his former pleasures grew taftelefs . His friends expected to please him by thofe accounts of the growth of his reputation , which were formerly certain of being well ...
... happiness ; from the first hour that his health declined , all his former pleasures grew taftelefs . His friends expected to please him by thofe accounts of the growth of his reputation , which were formerly certain of being well ...
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... without impreffion , a thoufand favours unrepaid , a thousand duties unperformed , and wifh , vainly wifh for his return , not fo much that we may B 3 receive , receive , as that we may bestow happiness , and N ° 54 . THE RAMBLER . 5.
... without impreffion , a thoufand favours unrepaid , a thousand duties unperformed , and wifh , vainly wifh for his return , not fo much that we may B 3 receive , receive , as that we may bestow happiness , and N ° 54 . THE RAMBLER . 5.
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Samuel Johnson. receive , as that we may bestow happiness , and recompenfe that kindness which before we never understood . There is not , perhaps , to a mind well instructed , a more painful occurrence , than the death of one whom we ...
Samuel Johnson. receive , as that we may bestow happiness , and recompenfe that kindness which before we never understood . There is not , perhaps , to a mind well instructed , a more painful occurrence , than the death of one whom we ...
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affiftance againſt amuſements becauſe buſineſs cauſe cenfure confequence confidered converfation curiofity defire Demochares diftinctions diſcover eafily endeavour enquire equally eſtabliſhed fafely fame favour fcarcely fecurity feems feldom felves fenfe fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fingle fink firft firſt flatter folly fome fometimes foon forrow fortune friendſhip ftate ftill ftudies fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fupply furely fyllables happineſs himſelf hope houſe inclined increaſe inftruction intereft kindneſs labour laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs lofe loft mankind meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nefs never NUMB numbers obferved occafion ourſelves OVID paffages paffed paffions paſs pleafing pleaſed pleaſure praiſe prefent publick purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reaſon refolved reft regard rife ſeem ſhe ſome ſtate tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion TRUTH underſtanding univerfal uſeful vanity verfe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wifdom wifh wiſhes