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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... indulged by moft minds without fcruple , as an honeft triumph over unjust claims and exorbi- tant expectations . The ... indulgence , as they are incited at once by the two great movers of the human mind , the defire of good , and the ...
... indulged by moft minds without fcruple , as an honeft triumph over unjust claims and exorbi- tant expectations . The ... indulgence , as they are incited at once by the two great movers of the human mind , the defire of good , and the ...
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... remedy . Think , fays Epicte- tus , frequently on poverty , banishment , and death , VOL . I. Κ and and thou wilt then never indulge violent defires , or THE RAMBLER . 109 The frequent contemplation of death neceffary moderate the paffions.
... remedy . Think , fays Epicte- tus , frequently on poverty , banishment , and death , VOL . I. Κ and and thou wilt then never indulge violent defires , or THE RAMBLER . 109 The frequent contemplation of death neceffary moderate the paffions.
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... indulgence to hope , because the objects both of fear and hope are yet uncertain , fo we ought not to truft the ... indulge their fancies too much , fet themselves , by the force of imagination , in the place of the ancient martyrs ...
... indulgence to hope , because the objects both of fear and hope are yet uncertain , fo we ought not to truft the ... indulge their fancies too much , fet themselves , by the force of imagination , in the place of the ancient martyrs ...
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againſt almoſt arifes becauſe caufe cauſe cenfure cife confequence confider confulting converfation defire diſcover drefs eafily endeavour equally eſcape fafe fame fatisfaction favour fays fear fecret fecurity feem feldom felves fentiments fervants fhall fhew fhould fide fince firft firſt folly fome fometimes foon frequently friends ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fudden fuffer fufficient fuperiority fuppofe fure genius happineſs herſelf himſelf honour hope houſe imagination indulge intereft itſelf kindneſs labour lady laft laſt leaft learning leaſt lefs loft mankind mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity never NUMB obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions pain perfons perfuaded pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffeffion praiſe prefent promiſed Prudentius purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reafon reft ſcheme ſee ſhe ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion truft underſtanding univerfal uſe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wiſh