The Rambler, Volume 2W. Locke ... ; and C. Lowndes, 1791 - English literature |
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Page 26
... those writers can- not be thought ill employed that have administer- ed remedies to discontent almost universal , by fhow- ing , that what , we cannot reach may very well be forborne , that the inequality of diftribution , at which we ...
... those writers can- not be thought ill employed that have administer- ed remedies to discontent almost universal , by fhow- ing , that what , we cannot reach may very well be forborne , that the inequality of diftribution , at which we ...
Page 89
... those who have already reached the fummit , or those who are refolved to stay for ever in their present fituation . To a man not verfed in the living world , but accustomed to judge only by fpeculative reafon , it is fcarcely credible ...
... those who have already reached the fummit , or those who are refolved to stay for ever in their present fituation . To a man not verfed in the living world , but accustomed to judge only by fpeculative reafon , it is fcarcely credible ...
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... those to whom it was moft dreadful ; they all had the art of concealing their danger from themselves ; and those who knew their inability to bear the fight of the terrors that embarraffed their way , took care never to look forward ...
... those to whom it was moft dreadful ; they all had the art of concealing their danger from themselves ; and those who knew their inability to bear the fight of the terrors that embarraffed their way , took care never to look forward ...
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