Continuation of the RamblerF. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 - Authors, English |
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... gain the general passion 376 383 • 132. The difficulty of educating a young nobleman 133. The miseries of a beauty defaced 388 394 134. Idleness an anxious and miserable state . 400 dedication 135. The folly of annual retreats into the ...
... gain the general passion 376 383 • 132. The difficulty of educating a young nobleman 133. The miseries of a beauty defaced 388 394 134. Idleness an anxious and miserable state . 400 dedication 135. The folly of annual retreats into the ...
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... gain upon us , which are only excusable in the prime of life . These reflections were lately excited in my mind , by an evening's conversation with my friend Prospero , who , at the age of fifty - five , has bought an estate , and is ...
... gain upon us , which are only excusable in the prime of life . These reflections were lately excited in my mind , by an evening's conversation with my friend Prospero , who , at the age of fifty - five , has bought an estate , and is ...
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... gain a friend or at- tract an imitator . Good - humour may be defined a habit of being pleased ; a constant and perennial softness of man- ner , easiness of approach , and suavity of disposition ; like that which every man perceives in ...
... gain a friend or at- tract an imitator . Good - humour may be defined a habit of being pleased ; a constant and perennial softness of man- ner , easiness of approach , and suavity of disposition ; like that which every man perceives in ...
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... gains its end and retires . A man whose great qualities want the ornament of superficial attractions , is like a naked mountain with mines of gold , which will be fre- quented only till the treasure is exhausted . I am , & c ...
... gains its end and retires . A man whose great qualities want the ornament of superficial attractions , is like a naked mountain with mines of gold , which will be fre- quented only till the treasure is exhausted . I am , & c ...
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... gain rest to themselves , by pointing some other prey to the pursuit of censure . Every whisper of infamy is industriously circu- lated , every hint of suspicion eagerly improved , and every failure of conduct joyfully published , by ...
... gain rest to themselves , by pointing some other prey to the pursuit of censure . Every whisper of infamy is industriously circu- lated , every hint of suspicion eagerly improved , and every failure of conduct joyfully published , by ...
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Page 136 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar.
Page 145 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 441 - Nor the other light of life continue long, But yield to double darkness nigh at hand : So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself ; My race of glory run, and race of shame, And I shall shortly be with them that rest.
Page 233 - Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise : He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream which stopp'd him should be gone, Which runs, and, as it runs, for ever will run on.
Page 95 - Ordain'd by thee; and this delicious place For us too large, where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. But thou hast...
Page 94 - But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.
Page 411 - Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
Page 149 - Forth issued, brandishing his fatal dart, Made to destroy. I fled, and cried out, Death ! Hell trembled at the hideous name, and sigh'd From all her caves, and back resounded, Death...
Page 60 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 105 - ... inwoven shade, Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either side Acanthus, and each odorous bushy shrub...