The Rambler. ...W. Gordon, C. Wright, and the other booksellers, 1763 |
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... himself , and his auditors , with learned lectures on the vanity of life . BUT though the fpeculatift may fee and fhew the folly of terreftrial hopes , fears and defires , every hour will give proofs that he never felt it . Trace him ...
... himself , and his auditors , with learned lectures on the vanity of life . BUT though the fpeculatift may fee and fhew the folly of terreftrial hopes , fears and defires , every hour will give proofs that he never felt it . Trace him ...
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... himself as in the direct road of advancement , and had caught the flame of ambition by approaches to its object . But in the midft of hopes , his projects , and his gayeties , he was feized by a lingering difeafe , which , from its ...
... himself as in the direct road of advancement , and had caught the flame of ambition by approaches to its object . But in the midft of hopes , his projects , and his gayeties , he was feized by a lingering difeafe , which , from its ...
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... himself acting in oppofition to the purposes of life ; because though his confcience may eafily acquit him of malice prepenfe , of fettled ha- tred or contrivances of mifchief , yet he feldom can be certain , that he has not failed by ...
... himself acting in oppofition to the purposes of life ; because though his confcience may eafily acquit him of malice prepenfe , of fettled ha- tred or contrivances of mifchief , yet he feldom can be certain , that he has not failed by ...
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... himself in the right , and exerted with bitterness if even to his own conviction he is de- tected in the wrong . Even though no regard be had to the external confequences of contrariety and difpute , it must be painful to a worthy mind ...
... himself in the right , and exerted with bitterness if even to his own conviction he is de- tected in the wrong . Even though no regard be had to the external confequences of contrariety and difpute , it must be painful to a worthy mind ...
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... himself , and wait in filence for the event . If it is publifhed and praised , he may then declare himfelf the author ; if it be fuppreffed , he may wonder in private without much vexation ; and if it be cenfured , he may join in the ...
... himself , and wait in filence for the event . If it is publifhed and praised , he may then declare himfelf the author ; if it be fuppreffed , he may wonder in private without much vexation ; and if it be cenfured , he may join in the ...
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Page 191 - Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower, Our pleasant task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild.
Page 34 - Melancthon affords a striking lecture on the value of time, by informing us that, when he made an appointment, he expected not only the hour, but the minute to be fixed, that the day might not run out in the idleness of...
Page 190 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice ; nor could the muse defend Her son.
Page 213 - 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 61 - He advanced towards the light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected for himself, on which Obidah fed with eagerness and gratitude. When the repast was over,
Page 32 - Our passions are therefore more strongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily adopt the pains or pleasure proposed to our minds, by recognising them as once our own, or considering them as naturally incident to our state of life.
Page 60 - ... that led him on from trifle to trifle. While he was thus reflecting, the air grew blacker, and a clap of thunder broke his meditation.
Page 61 - by what chance thou hast been brought hither ; I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of the wilderness, in which I never saw a man before.
Page 62 - Here the heart softens, and vigilance subsides; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not...
Page 59 - ... in compliance with the varieties of the ground, and to end at last in the common road. Having thus calmed his solicitude, he renewed his pace, though he suspected that he was not gaining ground.