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... laft to the hereditary estate , and that his family might lose none of its dignity , refolved to keep me untainted with a lucrative employment ; whenever therefore I disco- vered any inclination to the improvement of my condition , my ...
... laft to the hereditary estate , and that his family might lose none of its dignity , refolved to keep me untainted with a lucrative employment ; whenever therefore I disco- vered any inclination to the improvement of my condition , my ...
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... laft a meffenger was fent to inform me that I muft come to her without the delay of a moment . 1 went and heard her last ad- vice , but opening her will , found that fhe had left her fortune to her fecond fifter . I hung my head ; the ...
... laft a meffenger was fent to inform me that I muft come to her without the delay of a moment . 1 went and heard her last ad- vice , but opening her will , found that fhe had left her fortune to her fecond fifter . I hung my head ; the ...
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... laft be fruftrated of my hopes by a fret of dotage , the flatteries of a chamber - maid , the whispers of a tale - bearer , or the officioufnefs of a nurfe . But my wealth was yet in reverfion , my aunt was to be buried before I could ...
... laft be fruftrated of my hopes by a fret of dotage , the flatteries of a chamber - maid , the whispers of a tale - bearer , or the officioufnefs of a nurfe . But my wealth was yet in reverfion , my aunt was to be buried before I could ...
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... laft leave the clothes at her houfe , and refufe to ferve her . Her maid , the only being that can endure her tyranny , profeffes to take her own courfe , and hear her mistress talk . Such is the confequence of peevishness ; can be ...
... laft leave the clothes at her houfe , and refufe to ferve her . Her maid , the only being that can endure her tyranny , profeffes to take her own courfe , and hear her mistress talk . Such is the confequence of peevishness ; can be ...
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... laft hour , how- ever it may become the folitude of a monaftery , is inconsistent with many duties of common life . But furely the remembrance of death ought to predomi- nate in our minds , as an habitual and fettled prin- ciple ...
... laft hour , how- ever it may become the folitude of a monaftery , is inconsistent with many duties of common life . But furely the remembrance of death ought to predomi- nate in our minds , as an habitual and fettled prin- ciple ...
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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.