The Rambler [by S. Johnson and others]., Volume 41806 |
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againſt almoſt amuſements becauſe buſineſs cauſe cenfure confequence confider confulting converfation curiofity defire diſappointment diſcover eafily eaſe endeavour equally errours eſcape eſtabliſhed fafe fame fatisfaction favour fays fear fecurity feems feldom felves fentiments fervants feven fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt folly fome fometimes foon friends friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficiently fuppofe fure genius happineſs herſelf higheſt himſelf honour hope houſe imagination increaſe intereft itſelf kindneſs labour lady laft laſt learning leaſt lefs leſs loft mankind meaſures mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity never NUMB obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions pain paſt perfons perfuaded pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poffeffion praiſe prefent promiſes publick purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reafon reft ſchemes ſeem ſhall ſhe ſome ſtate ſtudy themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal uſe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wiſh
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Page 24 - Many writers, for the sake of following nature, so mingle good and bad qualities in their principal personages, that they are both equally conspicuous ; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favour, we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder our pleasure, or, perhaps, regard them with some kindness, for being united with so much merit.
Page 267 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own ; He, who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived to-day.
Page 371 - At last the green path began to decline from its first tendency, and to wind among hills and thickets, cooled with fountains, and murmuring with 'water-falls. Here...
Page 375 - Happy are they, my son, who shall learn from thy example not to despair, but shall remember, that though the day is past, and their strength is wasted, there yet remains one...
Page 364 - ... for without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.
Page 373 - Thus forlorn and distressed, he wandered through the wild, without knowing whither he was going, or whether he was every moment drawing nearer to safety or to destruction. 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.
Page 41 - When a king asked Euclid, the mathematician, whether he could not explain his art to him in a more compendious manner, he was answered, that there was no royal way to geometry.
Page 24 - It is therefore not a sufficient vindication of a character, that it is drawn as it appears, for many characters ought never to be drawn; nor of a narrative, that the train of events is agreeable to observation and experience, for that observation which is called knowledge of the world, will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.
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, to spread...
Page 248 - Whosoever shall look heedfully upon those who are eminent for their riches, will not think their condition such as that he should hazard his quiet, and much less his virtue, to obtain it. For all that great wealth generally gives above a moderate fortune, is more room for the freaks of caprice, and more privilege for ignorance and vice, a quicker succession of flatteries, and a larger circle of voluptuousness.