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... misery in a summer retirement 75 125 The difficulty of defining comedy . Tragick and comick senti- ments confounded 80 126 The universality of cowardice . The impropriety of extorting praise . The impertinence of an astronomer 87 127 ...
... misery in a summer retirement 75 125 The difficulty of defining comedy . Tragick and comick senti- ments confounded 80 126 The universality of cowardice . The impropriety of extorting praise . The impertinence of an astronomer 87 127 ...
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... exacer- bations of human misery , would then be able to return without horrour and dejection . For , who can congratulate himself upon a life passed without some act more mischievous to the peace or pros- perity 8 THE RAMBLER.
... exacer- bations of human misery , would then be able to return without horrour and dejection . For , who can congratulate himself upon a life passed without some act more mischievous to the peace or pros- perity 8 THE RAMBLER.
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... misery ; and severity defeats itself by exciting pity . The gibbet , indeed , certainly disables those who die upon it from infesting the community ; but their death seems not to contribute more to the refor- mation of their associates ...
... misery ; and severity defeats itself by exciting pity . The gibbet , indeed , certainly disables those who die upon it from infesting the community ; but their death seems not to contribute more to the refor- mation of their associates ...
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... misery , that no needless anxiety shall disturb their quiet ; they will plunge at hazard into the crowd , and snatch the first hand that shall be held toward them . That the world is over - run with vice , cannot be denied ; but vice ...
... misery , that no needless anxiety shall disturb their quiet ; they will plunge at hazard into the crowd , and snatch the first hand that shall be held toward them . That the world is over - run with vice , cannot be denied ; but vice ...
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... long filled up their hours , all from which they have been accustomed to hope for delight ; and who , till fashion proclaims the liberty of returning to the seats of mirth and 75 THE RAMBLER The lady's misery in a summer retirement.
... long filled up their hours , all from which they have been accustomed to hope for delight ; and who , till fashion proclaims the liberty of returning to the seats of mirth and 75 THE RAMBLER The lady's misery in a summer retirement.
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