The Rambler [by S. Johnson and others]., Volume 71752 |
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... fame , and show that his re- putation was not gained by chance . He confiders , that what he shall say or do will never be forgot- ten ; that renown or infamy are fufpended upon every fyllable , and that nothing ought to fall from him ...
... fame , and show that his re- putation was not gained by chance . He confiders , that what he shall say or do will never be forgot- ten ; that renown or infamy are fufpended upon every fyllable , and that nothing ought to fall from him ...
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... fame throng ; that the eye which happens to glance upon us is turned in a moment upon another ; and that the utmost which we can reasonably hope or fear , is to fill a vacant hour with prattle , and be forgotten . N ° 160 . 8 N ° 160 ...
... fame throng ; that the eye which happens to glance upon us is turned in a moment upon another ; and that the utmost which we can reasonably hope or fear , is to fill a vacant hour with prattle , and be forgotten . N ° 160 . 8 N ° 160 ...
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... fame reason , in the multitudes that fwarm about him , find fome kin- dred mind with which he could unite in confidence and friendship . Yet we fee many straggling fingle about the world , unhappy for want of an affociate , and pining ...
... fame reason , in the multitudes that fwarm about him , find fome kin- dred mind with which he could unite in confidence and friendship . Yet we fee many straggling fingle about the world , unhappy for want of an affociate , and pining ...
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... fame objects , and who therefore never calls off the attention from its ufual gratifications , nor har- raffes the understanding with unaccustomed ideas , will always be welcomed with ardour , and left with regret ; unless he deftroys ...
... fame objects , and who therefore never calls off the attention from its ufual gratifications , nor har- raffes the understanding with unaccustomed ideas , will always be welcomed with ardour , and left with regret ; unless he deftroys ...
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... fame difpofition , as different opportunities call it forth , discovers itself in great or in little things . I have always confidered it as unworthy of a wife man to flumber in total inactivity , be- cause he happens to have no ...
... fame difpofition , as different opportunities call it forth , discovers itself in great or in little things . I have always confidered it as unworthy of a wife man to flumber in total inactivity , be- cause he happens to have no ...
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acquaintance acquifitions affociated againſt amidſt amuſement becauſe buſineſs cauſe cenfure confidence converſation defire diftinguiſhed diſappointment diſcover diſeaſe diſtance eafily encreaſed endeavour envy eſcape expence expofed eyes fafely fame favour fecurity feem feldom fenfe fentiment fince fion firſt folicited folly fome fometimes fondneſs foon fortune friends friendſhip ftudy fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fupport furely furniſhed happineſs himſelf honour hope houſe imagination induſtry infult intereft itſelf kindneſs labour laft laſt learning lefs leſs Leviculus mankind ment mifery mind miſchiefs moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary neceffity nefs never numbers obfcurity obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffion pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffeffion praiſe preſent profeffions pupillage purchaſe purpoſe raiſe reaſon refentment refolution refolved reft riches ſcarcely ſcience ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſtate ſtudy themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion ufual underſtanding univerfally uſe vifit virtue Virtue Virtue whofe whoſe wiſh
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Page 7 - While we see multitudes passing before us, of whom perhaps not one appears to deserve our notice or excite our sympathy, we should remember, that we likewise are lost in the same throng, that the eye which happens to glance upon us is turned in a moment on him that follows us, and that the utmost which we can reasonably hope or fear, is to fill a vacant hour with prattle and be forgotten.
Page 70 - In this passage is exerted all the force of poetry; that force which calls new powers into being, which embodies sentiment, and animates matter; yet, perhaps, scarce any man now peruses it without some disturbance of his attention from the counteraction of the words to the ideas.
Page 31 - Every man is rich or poor, according to the proportion between his desires and enjoyments : any enlargement of...
Page 135 - Wood, which he firmly believed to be of the first edition, and, by the help of which, the text might be freed from several corruptions, if this age of barbarity had any claim to such favours from him.
Page 176 - Envy is almost the only vice which is practicable at all times, and in every place; the only passion which can never lie quiet for want of irritation : its effects therefore are every where discoverable, and its attempts always to be dreaded.