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... hope , Delusive hope still points to distant good , To good that mocks approach . EURIPI HERE is no temper fo generally indulged as hope ; other paffions operate by starts on par- ticular occafions , or in certain parts of life ; but hope ...
... hope , Delusive hope still points to distant good , To good that mocks approach . EURIPI HERE is no temper fo generally indulged as hope ; other paffions operate by starts on par- ticular occafions , or in certain parts of life ; but hope ...
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... HOPE , the daughter of DESIRE , and that all thofe whom I faw thus tumultuously bustling round me , were incited by the promises of HOPE , and haften- ing to feize the gifts which he held in her hand . I turned my fight upward , and faw ...
... HOPE , the daughter of DESIRE , and that all thofe whom I faw thus tumultuously bustling round me , were incited by the promises of HOPE , and haften- ing to feize the gifts which he held in her hand . I turned my fight upward , and faw ...
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... HOPE , by the hand of FORTITUDE . Of thefe few the 7 greater part , when they had obtained the gift which HOPE had promised them , regretted the labour which it coft , and felt in their fuccefs the regret of disappointment ; the reft ...
... HOPE , by the hand of FORTITUDE . Of thefe few the 7 greater part , when they had obtained the gift which HOPE had promised them , regretted the labour which it coft , and felt in their fuccefs the regret of disappointment ; the reft ...
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