The Rambler, by S. Johnson, Volume 21822 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 33
Page 76
... discover the favourable moment at which the heart is dis- posed for the operation of truth and reason , with what address to administer , and with what vehicles to disguise the cathartics of the soul . But , notwithstanding this ...
... discover the favourable moment at which the heart is dis- posed for the operation of truth and reason , with what address to administer , and with what vehicles to disguise the cathartics of the soul . But , notwithstanding this ...
Page 210
... discover to their own hearts that the time of trifling is past . A perpetual conflict with natural desires seems to be the lot of our present state . In youth we re- quire something of the tardiness and frigidity of age ; and in age we ...
... discover to their own hearts that the time of trifling is past . A perpetual conflict with natural desires seems to be the lot of our present state . In youth we re- quire something of the tardiness and frigidity of age ; and in age we ...
Page 250
... discover his tenderness and regard for his darling phantom . Homer , when the plan of his poem made the death of Patroclus neces- sary , resolved at least , that he should die with ho- nour ; and therefore brought down against him the ...
... discover his tenderness and regard for his darling phantom . Homer , when the plan of his poem made the death of Patroclus neces- sary , resolved at least , that he should die with ho- nour ; and therefore brought down against him the ...
Contents
Peevishness equally wretched and offensivethe Character of Tetrica | 74 |
The World never known but by a Change of Fortune the History of Melissa | 75 |
The Arts by which bad Men are reconciled to them selves | 76 |
59 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Ajax amusements attention beauty celebrated censure common considered contempt curiosity danger death delight Demochares desire dignity dili diligence discover DRYDEN duty easily elegance endeavoured envy equally expected eyes falsehood fancy favour fear felicity flattered fluence folly fortune frequently friends Gabba genius gratifications happiness heart honour hope hopes and fears hour human idleness imagination inclined inquiry Jupiter justly kind knowledge labour ladies learning lence less libertine lives look mankind marriage ment Milton mind miscarriages misery nature necessary neglected negligence neral ness never numbers observed once opinion ourselves OVID Oxus pain passed passions perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure poets praise precepts pride racters RAMBLER reason regard reproach rest satiety SATURDAY scarcely seldom sion sometimes soon sophism sound suffer surely syllables tenderness thing thought tion torpid truth TUESDAY turally vanity verse Virgil virtue writers Zebe