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... delight of unfriendly intimacies , and unmeaning civilities , they are ab- folutely filent . Blunt truth , and ... delightful in- dolence , the glitter of finery , the triumph of pre- cedence , the enchantments of flattery , they feem to ...
... delight of unfriendly intimacies , and unmeaning civilities , they are ab- folutely filent . Blunt truth , and ... delightful in- dolence , the glitter of finery , the triumph of pre- cedence , the enchantments of flattery , they feem to ...
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Samuel Johnson. pleafure ; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by inftruction . Curiofity is the thirft of ... delight- ed with the splendour of the nocturnal fkies , they found that the lights changed their places ; what they ...
Samuel Johnson. pleafure ; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by inftruction . Curiofity is the thirft of ... delight- ed with the splendour of the nocturnal fkies , they found that the lights changed their places ; what they ...
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... delight- ful images . This may , indeed , fometimes be effected , by turn- ing the attention upon advantages which are really poffeffed , or upon profpects which reafon spreads before hope for whoever can deferve or require to be ...
... delight- ful images . This may , indeed , fometimes be effected , by turn- ing the attention upon advantages which are really poffeffed , or upon profpects which reafon spreads before hope for whoever can deferve or require to be ...
Contents
A deathbed the true fchool of wiſdom The effects | 54 |
The dignity and uſefulneſs of biography | 60 |
Paffion not to be eradicated | 66 |
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affiftance againſt amufements becauſe buſineſs caufe cenfure confefs confequence confidered converfation curiofity deferve defign defire diſcover eafily eafy eaſe endeavour equally eſtabliſhed fafely fame favour fcarcely fecond fecurity feems feldom felves fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince fingle fink firft firſt folly fome fometimes foon forrow fortune ftate ftill ftudies fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fufpect fuperiority furely fyllables greateſt happineſs himſelf hope inclined increaſe intereft itſelf kindneſs labour laft laſt leaſt lefs lofe loft mankind meaſure ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neral never numbers obferved occafion oppofition ourſelves OVID paffages paffed paffions pleafing pleaſed pleaſure praiſe prefent purchaſe purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reafon refolved reft reſt rife ſhe ſtate ſtudy tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion TRUTH underſtanding univerfal uſe vanity verfe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wifh