The RamblerHarrison, 1792 - 463 pages |
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... fear as well as their ambition ; and are to be looked upon with more indulgence , as they are incited at once by the two great movers of the human mind , the defire of good , and the fear of evil : for who can wonder that , allured on ...
... fear as well as their ambition ; and are to be looked upon with more indulgence , as they are incited at once by the two great movers of the human mind , the defire of good , and the fear of evil : for who can wonder that , allured on ...
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... fears to be lost in a complicated fyitem , may yet hope to adjuit a few pages without perplexity ; and if , when he ... fear to lay out too much tim . upon an experiment of which he knows not the event , perfuades him elf that a few ...
... fears to be lost in a complicated fyitem , may yet hope to adjuit a few pages without perplexity ; and if , when he ... fear to lay out too much tim . upon an experiment of which he knows not the event , perfuades him elf that a few ...
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... fear , and allurements of de- fire . The end , therefore , which at prefent calls forth our efforts , will be found , when it is once gained , to be only one of the means to fome remoter end . The natural flights of the human mind are ...
... fear , and allurements of de- fire . The end , therefore , which at prefent calls forth our efforts , will be found , when it is once gained , to be only one of the means to fome remoter end . The natural flights of the human mind are ...
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... fear of ufing improperly the fceptre of Juftice , referred the caufe to be confidered by Time . The proceedings of Time , though very dilatory , were , fome few caprices except- ed , conformable to juftice : and many who thought ...
... fear of ufing improperly the fceptre of Juftice , referred the caufe to be confidered by Time . The proceedings of Time , though very dilatory , were , fome few caprices except- ed , conformable to juftice : and many who thought ...
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... fear of criticifm ; without the toil of study , without knowledge of nature , or ac- quaintance with life . The talk of our prefent writers is very different ; it requires , together with that learning which is to be gained from books ...
... fear of criticifm ; without the toil of study , without knowledge of nature , or ac- quaintance with life . The talk of our prefent writers is very different ; it requires , together with that learning which is to be gained from books ...
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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...
Page 285 - The works and operations of nature are too great in their extent, or too much diffused in their relations, and the performances of art too inconstant and uncertain, to be reduced to any determinate idea.
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.
Page 271 - ... he that is growing great and happy by electrifying a bottle, wonders how the world can be engaged by trifling prattle about war or peace.
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.
Page 233 - ... rotations, towards the centre. She then repented her temerity, and with all her force endeavoured to retreat ; but the draught of the gulph was generally too...
Page 140 - If we owe regard to the memory of the dead, there is yet more respect to be paid to knowledge, to virtue and to truth...
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.