The Rambler [by S. Johnson and others]., Volume 51806 |
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... endeavoured to secure my favour against the time when I fhould be rich , to pay their court , by informing me that my aunt began to droop , that she had lately a bad night , that the coughed feebly , and that she could never climb May ...
... endeavoured to secure my favour against the time when I fhould be rich , to pay their court , by informing me that my aunt began to droop , that she had lately a bad night , that the coughed feebly , and that she could never climb May ...
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... endeavoured to force respect by haughtiness of mien and vehe- mence of language ; but having neither birth , beau- ty , nor wit , in any uncommon degree , fhe fuffered fuch mortifications from thofe who thought them . selves at liberty ...
... endeavoured to force respect by haughtiness of mien and vehe- mence of language ; but having neither birth , beau- ty , nor wit , in any uncommon degree , fhe fuffered fuch mortifications from thofe who thought them . selves at liberty ...
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... endeavoured to mortify me , by pay- ing , in my prefence , thofe civilities to other ladies , which were once devoted only to me . But , as it had been my rule to treat men according to the rank of their intellect , I had never fuffered ...
... endeavoured to mortify me , by pay- ing , in my prefence , thofe civilities to other ladies , which were once devoted only to me . But , as it had been my rule to treat men according to the rank of their intellect , I had never fuffered ...
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... endeavouring to recommend themselves to notice by their drefs , their air , and their levities . When I was two and twenty years old , I be- came , by the death of my father , poffeffed of a fmall eftate in land , with a very large fum ...
... endeavouring to recommend themselves to notice by their drefs , their air , and their levities . When I was two and twenty years old , I be- came , by the death of my father , poffeffed of a fmall eftate in land , with a very large fum ...
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... endeavoured to ftrengthen his own cause by the frown of power , the hifs of ignorance , and the clamour of popularity . They have all en- gaged in feuds , till by mutual hoftilities they de- molished those outworks which veneration had ...
... endeavoured to ftrengthen his own cause by the frown of power , the hifs of ignorance , and the clamour of popularity . They have all en- gaged in feuds , till by mutual hoftilities they de- molished those outworks which veneration had ...
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accuſtomed affiftance againſt almoſt amuſements beauty becauſe cauſe cenfure confefs confidered converfation curiofity defire delight deſtroy diſcover diſturbance eafily eaſy endeavoured equally eſcape eſtabliſhed fafe fame faſhion fatisfaction fcarcely fecurity feems feldom felves fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fingle firft firſt folly fome fometimes foon fpecies ftate fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fupply furely fyllables happineſs herſelf himſelf honour hope houſe imagination increaſe inftruction intereft itſelf kindneſs knowledge labour ladies laft laſt learning leaſt lefs leſs loft mankind meaſure ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity never NUMB numbers obferved occafion oppofition ourſelves paffage paffed paffions pleafing pleaſe pleaſure praiſe prefent preſerve publick purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reaſon refolved reft reſt Samfon ſcarcely ſhe ſome ſtate ſtill ſtudy tenderneſs themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal uſe verfe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh
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Page 119 - Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower, Our pleasant task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild.
Page 440 - He's gone, and who knows how he may report Thy words, by adding fuel to the flame?
Page 150 - Up to our native seat: descent and fall To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear Insulting, and pursued us through the deep, With what compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus low...
Page 149 - Thine own begotten, breaking violent way Tore through my entrails, that with fear and pain Distorted, all my nether shape thus grew Transformed: but he my inbred enemy Forth issued, brandishing his fatal dart Made to destroy: I fled and cried out "Death;" Hell trembled at the hideous name, and sighed From all her caves, and back resounded "Death.
Page 196 - ... than the care of the pilot, whom it was always in our power to choose among great numbers that offered their direction and assistance.
Page 95 - Ordain'd by thee; and this delicious place For us too large, where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.
Page 442 - Commands are no constraints. If I obey them, I do it freely, venturing to displease GOD for the fear of man, and man prefer, Set GOD behind: which in His jealousy Shall never, unrepented, find forgiveness.
Page 405 - The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to the active prosecution of whatever he is desirous to perform.
Page 439 - 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 198 - ... for that help which could not now be given him ; and many spent their last moments in cautioning others against the folly by which they were intercepted in the midst of their course.