The Rambler, by S. Johnson, Volume 21822 |
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Page 78
... raise themselves from pupillage , by dis- puting the propositions of their teacher . pa- It was the maxim , I think , of Alphonsus of Arra- gon , that dead counsellors are safest . The grave puts an end to flattery and artifice , and ...
... raise themselves from pupillage , by dis- puting the propositions of their teacher . pa- It was the maxim , I think , of Alphonsus of Arra- gon , that dead counsellors are safest . The grave puts an end to flattery and artifice , and ...
Page 150
... raise a blush where secret vice he found , And tickle while he gently probed the wound . With seeming innocence the crowd beguiled ; But made the desperate passes , when he smiled . " SIR , " TO THE RAMBLER . DRYDEN . " As very many ...
... raise a blush where secret vice he found , And tickle while he gently probed the wound . With seeming innocence the crowd beguiled ; But made the desperate passes , when he smiled . " SIR , " TO THE RAMBLER . DRYDEN . " As very many ...
Page 288
... raises mirth is comic ; and that , to raise mirth , it is by no means universally necessary that the personages should be either mean or corrupt , nor always requi- site that the action should be trivial , nor ever , that it should be ...
... raises mirth is comic ; and that , to raise mirth , it is by no means universally necessary that the personages should be either mean or corrupt , nor always requi- site that the action should be trivial , nor ever , that it should be ...
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 |
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