The Rambler: By Samuel Johnson. In Four Volumes. Embellished with Elegant Frontispieces. ...D. Buchanan, sold by him, & by W. Creech, P. Hill, J. Fairbairn, & A. Constable, Edinburgh; & by Ja. & A. Duncan, Glasgow, 1800 |
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... cife of fighs and tears . " This melancholy picture of life quite funk my fpirits , and feemed to annihilate every principle of joy within me . I threw myself beneath a blasted yeugh , where the winds blew cold and difmal round my head ...
... cife of fighs and tears . " This melancholy picture of life quite funk my fpirits , and feemed to annihilate every principle of joy within me . I threw myself beneath a blasted yeugh , where the winds blew cold and difmal round my head ...
Page 287
... cife of his fuperior powers his chief attention , 66 adoring the perfections of his Maker , expreffing " good - will to his fellow - creatures , cultivating " inward rectitude . To his lower faculties he " muft allow fuch gratifications ...
... cife of his fuperior powers his chief attention , 66 adoring the perfections of his Maker , expreffing " good - will to his fellow - creatures , cultivating " inward rectitude . To his lower faculties he " muft allow fuch gratifications ...
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