The RamblerHarrison, 1792 - 463 pages |
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... cause to pofte- rity , and referve his labours for a wifer age . Thus have I difpatched fome of my correfpondents in the ufual manner , with fair words and general civility . But to Flirtilla , the gay Flirtilla , what thall I reply ...
... cause to pofte- rity , and referve his labours for a wifer age . Thus have I difpatched fome of my correfpondents in the ufual manner , with fair words and general civility . But to Flirtilla , the gay Flirtilla , what thall I reply ...
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... cause of virtue , that weight which they will not allow them in any other cafe . They fee men act in oppofition to their intereft , without fup- pofing that they do not know it ; those who give way to the fudden violence of paffion ...
... cause of virtue , that weight which they will not allow them in any other cafe . They fee men act in oppofition to their intereft , without fup- pofing that they do not know it ; those who give way to the fudden violence of paffion ...
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... cause he writes better ; nor imagine that , by the merit of his genius , he may claim indulgence beyond mortals of the lower claffes , and be excufed for want of pru- dence , or neglect of virtue . Bacon , in his Hiftory of the Winds ...
... cause he writes better ; nor imagine that , by the merit of his genius , he may claim indulgence beyond mortals of the lower claffes , and be excufed for want of pru- dence , or neglect of virtue . Bacon , in his Hiftory of the Winds ...
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... causes of that inequality which we may fo frequently obferve in the performances of the fame man , from the influence of which no ability or industry is fufficiently fecured , and which have fo often fullied the fplendor of genius ...
... causes of that inequality which we may fo frequently obferve in the performances of the fame man , from the influence of which no ability or industry is fufficiently fecured , and which have fo often fullied the fplendor of genius ...
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... cause we do not know what is beft and Atteft , or becaufe our knowledge is at the time of action not prefent to the mind . When a man employs himfelf upon remote and unneceflary fubjects and waftes his life upon queftions , which Pannot ...
... cause we do not know what is beft and Atteft , or becaufe our knowledge is at the time of action not prefent to the mind . When a man employs himfelf upon remote and unneceflary fubjects and waftes his life upon queftions , which Pannot ...
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againſt amufements becauſe caufe cenfure confequence confidered converfation curiofity defign defire difcover eafily endeavour equally fafe faid fame favour fcarcely fecure feems feen feldom felf felves fenfe fent fentiments ferve fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fingle fion firft folicited folly fome fometimes foon fortune ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fupply fuppofe fupport fure happineſs himſelf honour hope houfe imagination intereft labour lady laft learning lefs loft mankind meaſure ment mifery mind MIRZA AT ISPAHAN moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nefs nerally never obferved occafion ourſelves OVID paffed paffions perfons pleafed pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe prefent preferve publick racter raiſe RAMBLER reafon refolved reft SELIM ſhe ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal uſe vifit virtue whofe
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Page 318 - And buried; but, O yet more miserable! Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave; Buried, yet not exempt, By privilege of death and burial, From worst of other evils, pains and wrongs ; But made hereby obnoxious more To all the miseries of life, Life in captivity Among inhuman foes.
Page 140 - Tenderness, overpower his Fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There are many who think it an Act of Piety to hide the Faults or Failings of their Friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their Detection; we therefore see whole Ranks of Characters adorned with uniform Panegyrick, and not to be known from one another, but by extrinsick and casual Circumstances. "Let me remember...
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Page 117 - He that would pass the latter part of life with honour and decency, must, when he is young, consider that he shall one day be old ; and remember, when he is old, that he has once been young.
Page 150 - ... 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.
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Page 151 - ... ever unassisted ; that the wanderer may at length return after all his errors, and that he who implores strength and courage from above shall find danger and difficulty give way before him.
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Page 261 - He who knows not how often rigorous laws produce total impunity, and how many crimes are concealed and forgotten for fear of hurrying the offender to that state in which there is no repentance, has conversed very little with mankind.