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... equally wretched and offenfive . The char- acter of Tetrica . 112 75 The world never known but by a change of fortune . The history of Melissa . 118 76 The arts by which bad men are reconciled to them- felves . 125 NUMB . 77 The learned ...
... equally wretched and offenfive . The char- acter of Tetrica . 112 75 The world never known but by a change of fortune . The history of Melissa . 118 76 The arts by which bad men are reconciled to them- felves . 125 NUMB . 77 The learned ...
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... equally impoffible to exempt the lower claffes of mankind from poverty ; becaufe , though whatever be the wealth of the community , fome will always have leaft , and he that has less than any other is comparatively poor ; yet I do not ...
... equally impoffible to exempt the lower claffes of mankind from poverty ; becaufe , though whatever be the wealth of the community , fome will always have leaft , and he that has less than any other is comparatively poor ; yet I do not ...
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... equally from the conduct of their own affairs . Another precept arifing from the former , and indeed included in it , is yet neceffary to be diftinctly impreffed upon the warm , the fanciful , and the brave ; Let no man anticipate un ...
... equally from the conduct of their own affairs . Another precept arifing from the former , and indeed included in it , is yet neceffary to be diftinctly impreffed upon the warm , the fanciful , and the brave ; Let no man anticipate un ...
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... equally unable to fatisfy the wifhes of a diftempered mind , and were unable to shelter themselves in the closest retreat from difappointment , folicitude , and misery . Yet though thefe admonitions have been thus neglected by thofe ...
... equally unable to fatisfy the wifhes of a diftempered mind , and were unable to shelter themselves in the closest retreat from difappointment , folicitude , and misery . Yet though thefe admonitions have been thus neglected by thofe ...
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... equally pub- lick in all other places , and known where they could neither be feen , related , nor conjectured . To this haughtiness they are indeed too much en- couraged by the respect which they receive amongst us , for no other ...
... equally pub- lick in all other places , and known where they could neither be feen , related , nor conjectured . To this haughtiness they are indeed too much en- couraged by the respect which they receive amongst us , for no other ...
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affiftance againſt amuſements becauſe caufe cauſe cenfure confequence confidered converfation curiofity deferve defire delight diſcover eafily endeavour enquiry equally eſtabliſhed fafely fame favour fecure feems feldom felves fenfe fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince fingle fink firft firſt flatter folly fome fometimes foon forrow fortune friendſhip ftand ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority furely fyllables happineſs himſelf hope inclined increaſe intereft itſelf kindneſs labour laft laſt leaſt lefs lofe loft mankind meaſure ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nefs never NUMB numbers obferved occafion ourſelves paffage paffed paffions perfons pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poffeffion praiſe prefent publick purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reaſon refolved reft regard rife ſeem ſhe ſome ſtate ſtudy tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion TRUTH underſtanding univerfal uſe vanity verfe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wiſh
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Page 197 - 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...
Page 208 - 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.
Page 63 - He did not, however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way bordered with flowers...
Page 36 - There are many invisible circumstances which, whether we read as inquirers after natural or moral knowledge, whether we intend to enlarge our science, or increase our virtue, are more important than publick occurrences.
Page 184 - Ordain'd by thee; and this delicious place For us too large, where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.
Page 89 - Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. He that grows old without religious hopes, as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and sorrows incessantly crowding upon him, falls into a gulf of bottomless misery, in which every reflection must plunge him deeper, and where he finds only new gradations of anguish and precipices of horror.
Page 65 - ... 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.
Page 236 - Thine own begotten, breaking violent way Tore through my entrails, that with fear and pain Distorted, all my nether shape thus grew Transformed: but he my inbred enemy Forth issued, brandishing his fatal dart Made to destroy: I fled and cried out "Death;" Hell trembled at the hideous name, and sighed From all her caves, and back resounded "Death.
Page 21 - Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty. He that is extravagant will quickly become poor, and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption...
Page 64 - ... in compliance with the varieties of the ground, and to end at last in the common road.