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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... turns over the repofi- tories of his memory , he finds his collection too fmall for a volume , he may yet have enough to furnish out an effay . He that would fear to lay out too much time upon an experiment of which he knows not the ...
... turns over the repofi- tories of his memory , he finds his collection too fmall for a volume , he may yet have enough to furnish out an effay . He that would fear to lay out too much time upon an experiment of which he knows not the ...
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... turn his eyes to that place which he strives to reach ; he that undergoes the fatigue of labour , must folace his ... turns up the ground but because he thinks of the harvest , that harveft which blights may intercept , which inundations ...
... turn his eyes to that place which he strives to reach ; he that undergoes the fatigue of labour , must folace his ... turns up the ground but because he thinks of the harvest , that harveft which blights may intercept , which inundations ...
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... defcribed , I cannot fee of what ufe it can be to read the account : or why it may not be as safe to turn the eye immediately upon mankind as C 4 upon upon a mirrour which fhows all that prefents itself without N ° 4 . 23 THE RAMBLER .
... defcribed , I cannot fee of what ufe it can be to read the account : or why it may not be as safe to turn the eye immediately upon mankind as C 4 upon upon a mirrour which fhows all that prefents itself without N ° 4 . 23 THE RAMBLER .
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... turns his hopes upon things wholly out of his own power ; fince he forbears then to precipitate his affairs , for the fake of the great event that is to complete his felicity , and waits for the blissful hour with lefs neglect of the ...
... turns his hopes upon things wholly out of his own power ; fince he forbears then to precipitate his affairs , for the fake of the great event that is to complete his felicity , and waits for the blissful hour with lefs neglect of the ...
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... turn our eyes , make us rejoice at the fucceeding feafon , as well for what . we have escaped , as for what we may enjoy ; and every budding flower , which a warm fitua- tion brings early to our view , is confidered by us . as a ...
... turn our eyes , make us rejoice at the fucceeding feafon , as well for what . we have escaped , as for what we may enjoy ; and every budding flower , which a warm fitua- tion brings early to our view , is confidered by us . as a ...
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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...