The Rambler, by S. Johnson, Volume 41806 |
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... publick life . It is perhaps kindly provided by nature , that , as the feathers and strength of a bird grow toge- ther , and her wings are not completed till she is able to fly , so some proportion should be preserved in the human kind ...
... publick life . It is perhaps kindly provided by nature , that , as the feathers and strength of a bird grow toge- ther , and her wings are not completed till she is able to fly , so some proportion should be preserved in the human kind ...
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... publick station , though with all the abilities requisite to the discharge of his duty , will find his powers at first impeded by a timidity which he himself knows to be vicious , and must struggle long against dejection and reluctance ...
... publick station , though with all the abilities requisite to the discharge of his duty , will find his powers at first impeded by a timidity which he himself knows to be vicious , and must struggle long against dejection and reluctance ...
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... publick , proved sufficient to secure him from the powerful fascination . Yet as the effects of time may by art and in- dustry be accelerated or retarded , it cannot be im- proper to consider how this troublesome instinct may be opposed ...
... publick , proved sufficient to secure him from the powerful fascination . Yet as the effects of time may by art and in- dustry be accelerated or retarded , it cannot be im- proper to consider how this troublesome instinct may be opposed ...
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... publick street , thought the stairs narrow , objected to a low ceiling , required the walls to be hung · with fresh paper , asked questions about the neighbourhood , could not think of living so far from their acquaintance , wished the ...
... publick street , thought the stairs narrow , objected to a low ceiling , required the walls to be hung · with fresh paper , asked questions about the neighbourhood , could not think of living so far from their acquaintance , wished the ...
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... publick gratitude has paid to the benefactors of mankind , are expected by wretches who can only imitate them in their vices and defects , or adopt some petty singulari- ties , of which those from whom they are borrowed , were secretly ...
... publick gratitude has paid to the benefactors of mankind , are expected by wretches who can only imitate them in their vices and defects , or adopt some petty singulari- ties , of which those from whom they are borrowed , were secretly ...
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Page 67 - Come, thick night I And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes; Nor Heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry, Hold, hold I
Page 160 - knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. He that willingly suffers the corrosions of inveterate hatred and gives up his days and nights to the gloom of malice and perturbations of stratagem, cannot surely be said to consult his ease. Resentment
Page 160 - who have neither the gladness of prosperity nor the calm of innocence. Whoever considers the weakness both of himself and others, will not long want persuasives to forgiveness. We know not to what degree of malignity any injury is to be imputed ; or how much its guilt, if we were to
Page 162 - seriousness and reflection, he must become despicable in his own eyes, and shrink with shame from the remembrance of his cowardice and folly. Of him that hopes to be forgiven, it is indispensably required that he forgive. It is therefore superfluous to urge any other motive. On
Page 225 - we have warm hopes, which are soon blasted by rashness and negligence, and great designs which are defeated by inexperience. In age, we have knowledge and prudence without spirit to exert, or motives to prompt them ; we are able to plan schemes, and regulate measures ; but hare not time remaining to bring them to
Page 284 - away, the gay smile of alacrity disappears, we are compelled to implore severer powers, and trust the event to patience and constancy. When once our labour has begun, the comfort that enables us to endure it is the prospect of its end ; for though in every long work there are some
Page 68 - its office, and start back from the breast which he is preparing to violate. Yet this sentiment is weakened by the name of an instrument used by butchers and cooks in the meanest employments ; we do not immediately conceive that any crime of importance is to be committed with a knife
Page 264 - It i» not therefore from this world, that any ray of comfort can proceed, to cheer the gloom of the last hour. But futurity has still its prospects; there is yet happiness in reserve, which, if we transfer our attention to it, will support us in the pains of disease, and the languor of decay.