Continuation of the RamblerF. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 - Authors, English |
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... necessary to happiness . A winter scene 81. The great rule of action . Debts of justice to be distinguished from debts of charity 82. The virtuoso's account of his rarities . 77. The learned seldom despised but when they deserve ...
... necessary to happiness . A winter scene 81. The great rule of action . Debts of justice to be distinguished from debts of charity 82. The virtuoso's account of his rarities . 77. The learned seldom despised but when they deserve ...
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... necessary to a wit 100. Modish pleasures 102. The voyage of life • 143 . 152 . 158 .164 . 172 178 . 183 . 189 195 • 202 • 209 . 215 103. The prevalence of curiosity . The character of Nugaculus • 104. The original of flattery . The ...
... necessary to a wit 100. Modish pleasures 102. The voyage of life • 143 . 152 . 158 .164 . 172 178 . 183 . 189 195 • 202 • 209 . 215 103. The prevalence of curiosity . The character of Nugaculus • 104. The original of flattery . The ...
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... necessary , therefore , to cul- tivate an habitual alacrity and cheerfulness , that in whatever state we may be placed by Providence , whe ther we are appointed to confer or receive benefits , to implore or to afford protection , we may ...
... necessary , therefore , to cul- tivate an habitual alacrity and cheerfulness , that in whatever state we may be placed by Providence , whe ther we are appointed to confer or receive benefits , to implore or to afford protection , we may ...
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... necessary to their happiness , and who can tell how little they wanted any other portion ? I have always thought the clamours of women unreasonable , who imagine themselves in- jured because the men who followed them upon the ...
... necessary to their happiness , and who can tell how little they wanted any other portion ? I have always thought the clamours of women unreasonable , who imagine themselves in- jured because the men who followed them upon the ...
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... necessary , however , to join immediately in the outcry , or to condemn mankind as pleased with ig- norance , or always envious of superior abilities . The miseries of the learned have been related by them- selves , and since they have ...
... necessary , however , to join immediately in the outcry , or to condemn mankind as pleased with ig- norance , or always envious of superior abilities . The miseries of the learned have been related by them- selves , and since they have ...
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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...