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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... to complete his felicity , and waits for the blissful hour with lefs neglect of the measures necef- fary to be taken in the mean time . I have long known a perfon of this temper , I have N ° 5 . 27 THE RAMBLER . A meditation on the Spring.
... to complete his felicity , and waits for the blissful hour with lefs neglect of the measures necef- fary to be taken in the mean time . I have long known a perfon of this temper , I have N ° 5 . 27 THE RAMBLER . A meditation on the Spring.
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... hours and di- vert their thoughts by cards , or affemblies , a tavern dinner , or the prattle of the day . It may be laid down as a pofition which will fel- dom deceive , that when a man cannot bear his own company there is fomething ...
... hours and di- vert their thoughts by cards , or affemblies , a tavern dinner , or the prattle of the day . It may be laid down as a pofition which will fel- dom deceive , that when a man cannot bear his own company there is fomething ...
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... hour , and the powers of nature rife up against it . But we may very properly enquire , how near to this exalted state it is in our power to approach , how far we can exempt ourselves from outward influences , and fecure to our minds a ...
... hour , and the powers of nature rife up against it . But we may very properly enquire , how near to this exalted state it is in our power to approach , how far we can exempt ourselves from outward influences , and fecure to our minds a ...
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... hours , are obliged to find themfelves bufinefs or diverfion , and having nothing within that can entertain or employ them , are compelled to try all the arts of deftroying time . The numberless expedients practifed by this clafs of ...
... hours , are obliged to find themfelves bufinefs or diverfion , and having nothing within that can entertain or employ them , are compelled to try all the arts of deftroying time . The numberless expedients practifed by this clafs of ...
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... hour of retreat , to let his thoughts expatiate at large , and feek for that variety in his own ideas , which the objects of fenfe cannot afford him , Nor will greatnefs , or abundance , exempt him from the importunities of this defire ...
... hour of retreat , to let his thoughts expatiate at large , and feek for that variety in his own ideas , which the objects of fenfe cannot afford him , Nor will greatnefs , or abundance , exempt him from the importunities of this defire ...
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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...