Continuation of the RamblerF. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 - Authors, English |
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... may want employment ; and it often happens , that sluggishness and activity are equally surprised by the last summons , and perish not more differently from each other , than the fowl that received the shot 4 N ° 71 . THE RAMBLER .
... may want employment ; and it often happens , that sluggishness and activity are equally surprised by the last summons , and perish not more differently from each other , than the fowl that received the shot 4 N ° 71 . THE RAMBLER .
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Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy. each other , than the fowl that received the shot in her flight , from her that is killed upon the bush . Among the many improvements made by the last centuries in human knowledge , may be numbered the ...
Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy. each other , than the fowl that received the shot in her flight , from her that is killed upon the bush . Among the many improvements made by the last centuries in human knowledge , may be numbered the ...
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... received with great ardour of kindness , I hope to escape the mortification of finding that my lamenta- tions spread the contagion of impatience , and pro- duce anger rather than tenderness . I write not merely to vent the swelling of ...
... received with great ardour of kindness , I hope to escape the mortification of finding that my lamenta- tions spread the contagion of impatience , and pro- duce anger rather than tenderness . I write not merely to vent the swelling of ...
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... received passionate injunctions to be kind to her maid , and directions how the last offices should be performed ; but if before my arrival the sun hap- pened to break out , or the wind to change , I met her at the door , or found her ...
... received passionate injunctions to be kind to her maid , and directions how the last offices should be performed ; but if before my arrival the sun hap- pened to break out , or the wind to change , I met her at the door , or found her ...
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... received , is too light , or too dark , or fur- nished with something which she cannot see with- out aversion . Her tea is never of the right sort ; the figures on the China give her disgust . Where there are children , she hates the ...
... received , is too light , or too dark , or fur- nished with something which she cannot see with- out aversion . Her tea is never of the right sort ; the figures on the China give her disgust . Where there are children , she hates the ...
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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...
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