Continuation of the RamblerF. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 - Authors, English |
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... single man to remembrance , who appeared to know that life was short till he was about to lose it./ It is observable that Horace , in his account of the characters of men , as they are diversified by the various influence of time ...
... single man to remembrance , who appeared to know that life was short till he was about to lose it./ It is observable that Horace , in his account of the characters of men , as they are diversified by the various influence of time ...
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... single acts of heroism , nor astonish us by great events , yet are every moment exerting their influence upon us , and make the draught of life sweet or bitter by imperceptible in- stillations . They operate unseen and unregarded , as ...
... single acts of heroism , nor astonish us by great events , yet are every moment exerting their influence upon us , and make the draught of life sweet or bitter by imperceptible in- stillations . They operate unseen and unregarded , as ...
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... single failings , while the general temper of his mind is unknown or un- regarded . It is natural to mean well , when only abstracted ideas of virtue are proposed to the mind , and no particular passion turns us aside from rectitude ...
... single failings , while the general temper of his mind is unknown or un- regarded . It is natural to mean well , when only abstracted ideas of virtue are proposed to the mind , and no particular passion turns us aside from rectitude ...
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... single breast ; it is placed at a distance from common spectators , and shines like one of the remote stars , of which the light reaches us , but not the heat . The wit , the hero , the philosopher , whom their tempers or their fortunes ...
... single breast ; it is placed at a distance from common spectators , and shines like one of the remote stars , of which the light reaches us , but not the heat . The wit , the hero , the philosopher , whom their tempers or their fortunes ...
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... single difficulty to retard its applica- tion , when it is thus expressed and explained , let every man allow the claim of right in another , which he should think himself entitled to make in the like circumstances . The discharge of ...
... single difficulty to retard its applica- tion , when it is thus expressed and explained , let every man allow the claim of right in another , which he should think himself entitled to make in the like circumstances . The discharge of ...
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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...