The RamblerJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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... gain favour by bribing the judge with an appearance of respect which they do not feel , to excite compaffion by confeffing weakness of which they are not convinced , and others to attract regard by a fhew of opennefs and magnanimity ...
... gain favour by bribing the judge with an appearance of respect which they do not feel , to excite compaffion by confeffing weakness of which they are not convinced , and others to attract regard by a fhew of opennefs and magnanimity ...
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... gain by this preoccupation of the foul , arifes that conflict between oppofite defires , in the firft endea- vours after a religious life ; which , however enthu- fiaftically it may have been defcribed , or however contemptuously ...
... gain by this preoccupation of the foul , arifes that conflict between oppofite defires , in the firft endea- vours after a religious life ; which , however enthu- fiaftically it may have been defcribed , or however contemptuously ...
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... gain a more forcible and permanent influence , till in time they become the reigning ideas , the ftanding principles of action , and the test by which every thing propofed to the judgment is rejected or approved . To facilitate this ...
... gain a more forcible and permanent influence , till in time they become the reigning ideas , the ftanding principles of action , and the test by which every thing propofed to the judgment is rejected or approved . To facilitate this ...
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... gain , by confeffion , great opportunities of knowing human nature , have generally determined that what it is a crime to do , it is a crime to think . Since by revolving with pleasure the facility , fafety , or advantage of a wicked ...
... gain , by confeffion , great opportunities of knowing human nature , have generally determined that what it is a crime to do , it is a crime to think . Since by revolving with pleasure the facility , fafety , or advantage of a wicked ...
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... gain it , and to image the happiness of particular conditions till we can be eafy in no other . We ought , at least , to let our defires fix upon nothing in another's power for the fake of our quiet , or in another's poffeffion for the ...
... gain it , and to image the happiness of particular conditions till we can be eafy in no other . We ought , at least , to let our defires fix upon nothing in another's power for the fake of our quiet , or in another's poffeffion for the ...
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againſt almoſt amuſements arife becauſe buſineſs caufe cauſe cenfure confequence confider confulting converfation curiofity defire difcover eafily endeavour equally eſcape eſtabliſhed fafe fame fatisfaction favour fays fchemes fear fecurity feems feen feldom fenfe fentiments fervants fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt folly fome fometimes foon forrow friends ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fuppofe fure genius happineſs herſelf himſelf honour hope houſe imagination increaſe intereft itſelf kindneſs labour lady laft laſt learned leaſt lefs lofe loft mankind mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nerally never NUMB obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions pain perfons perfuaded pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poffeffion praiſe prefent publick purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reaſon reft ſeems ſhall ſhe ſtate ſtudy thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal uſe vanity vifit virtue whofe whoſe wiſh
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Page 26 - In narratives, where historical veracity has no place, I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach...
Page 415 - 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 413 - ... in compliance with the varieties of the ground, and to end at last in the common road.
Page 440 - Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. He that grows old without religious hopes, as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and sorrows...
Page 416 - We rise in the morning of youth, full of vigour, and full of expectation ; we set forward with spirit and hope, with gaiety and with diligence, and travel on a while in the straight road of piety towards the mansions of rest.
Page 22 - In the romances formerly written, every transaction and sentiment was so remote from all that passes among men, that the reader was in very little danger of making any applications to himself...
Page 381 - ALL joy or sorrow for the happiness or calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination, that realises the event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in 'the condition of him whose fortune we contemplate; so that we feel, while the deception lasts, whatever motions would be excited by the same good or evil happening to ourselves.
Page 22 - ... among men, that the reader was in very little danger of making any applications to himself; the virtues and crimes were equally beyond his...
Page 14 - The task of an author is, either to teach what is not known, or to recommend known truths, by his manner of adorning them; either to let new light in upon the mind, and open new scenes to the prospect, or to vary the dress and situation of common objects, so as to give them fresh grace and more powerful attractions...
Page 415 - At length not fear but labour began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld through the brambles the glimmer of a taper. He...