Continuation of the RamblerF. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 - Authors, English |
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... shew you that it is the balm of being , the quality to which all that adorns or elevates mankind must owe its power of pleasing . Without good - humour , learning and bravery can only confer that superiority which swells the heart of ...
... shew you that it is the balm of being , the quality to which all that adorns or elevates mankind must owe its power of pleasing . Without good - humour , learning and bravery can only confer that superiority which swells the heart of ...
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... shew the gladness of their souls by flights of pleasantry , and bursts of laughter . But though these men may be for a time heard with applause and admiration , they seldom delight us long . We enjoy them a little , and then retire to ...
... shew the gladness of their souls by flights of pleasantry , and bursts of laughter . But though these men may be for a time heard with applause and admiration , they seldom delight us long . We enjoy them a little , and then retire to ...
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... shew the value of this quality , than that it recom- mends those who are destitute of all other excellen- cies , and procures regard to the trifling , friendship to the worthless , and affection to the dull . Good - humour is indeed ...
... shew the value of this quality , than that it recom- mends those who are destitute of all other excellen- cies , and procures regard to the trifling , friendship to the worthless , and affection to the dull . Good - humour is indeed ...
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... shew that our favour is valued , since it is purchased by the meanness of falsehood . But , perhaps , the flatterer is not often detected , for an honest mind is not apt to suspect , and no one exerts the power of discernment with much ...
... shew that our favour is valued , since it is purchased by the meanness of falsehood . But , perhaps , the flatterer is not often detected , for an honest mind is not apt to suspect , and no one exerts the power of discernment with much ...
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... shew pecuniary merit , why should she think her cheapener obliged to purchase ? But , My lovers were not all contented with silent de- sertion . Some of them revenged the neglect which they had formerly endured by wanton and superflu ...
... shew pecuniary merit , why should she think her cheapener obliged to purchase ? But , My lovers were not all contented with silent de- sertion . Some of them revenged the neglect which they had formerly endured by wanton and superflu ...
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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...