Continuation of the RamblerF. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 - Authors, English |
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... laws , and obeying them , is frequently forgotten ; he that acknowledges the obligations of morality , and pleases his vanity with enforcing them to others , concludes himself zealous in the cause of virtue , though he has no longer any ...
... laws , and obeying them , is frequently forgotten ; he that acknowledges the obligations of morality , and pleases his vanity with enforcing them to others , concludes himself zealous in the cause of virtue , though he has no longer any ...
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... laws , and ought to be con- ducted with some regard to the universal interest of Those may justly be pursued as enemies to the community of nature , who suffer hostility to vacate the unalterable laws of right , and pursue their private ...
... laws , and ought to be con- ducted with some regard to the universal interest of Those may justly be pursued as enemies to the community of nature , who suffer hostility to vacate the unalterable laws of right , and pursue their private ...
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... law by which every claim of right may be immediately adjusted as far as the private conscience requires to be informed ; a law , of which every man may find the exposition in his own breast , and which may always be observed without any ...
... law by which every claim of right may be immediately adjusted as far as the private conscience requires to be informed ; a law , of which every man may find the exposition in his own breast , and which may always be observed without any ...
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... laws which regard the great re- publick of mankind , and cannot justify such forbear- ance as may promote wickedness , and lessen the ge- neral confidence and security in which all have an equal interest , and which all are therefore ...
... laws which regard the great re- publick of mankind , and cannot justify such forbear- ance as may promote wickedness , and lessen the ge- neral confidence and security in which all have an equal interest , and which all are therefore ...
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... law . Being thus early possessed by a taste for solid knowledge , I passed my youth with very little dis- turbance from passions and appetites ; and having no pleasure in the company of boys and girls , who talked of plays , politicks ...
... law . Being thus early possessed by a taste for solid knowledge , I passed my youth with very little dis- turbance from passions and appetites ; and having no pleasure in the company of boys and girls , who talked of plays , politicks ...
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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...