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... mankind by an attentive auditor , many times a day , but which never yet within my reach of obfervation left any impreffion upon the mind ; and perhaps , if my readers will turn their thoughts back upon their old friends , they will ...
... mankind by an attentive auditor , many times a day , but which never yet within my reach of obfervation left any impreffion upon the mind ; and perhaps , if my readers will turn their thoughts back upon their old friends , they will ...
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... mankind is involved , nothing is more unworthy either of wisdom or benevolence , than to delay it from time to time , or to forget how much every day that paffes over us takes away from our power , and how foon an idle purpose to do an ...
... mankind is involved , nothing is more unworthy either of wisdom or benevolence , than to delay it from time to time , or to forget how much every day that paffes over us takes away from our power , and how foon an idle purpose to do an ...
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... mankind muft owe its power of pleafing . Without good - humour , learning and bravery can only confer that fuperiority which fwells the heart of the lion in the defert , where he roars without re- ply , and ravages without refistance ...
... mankind muft owe its power of pleafing . Without good - humour , learning and bravery can only confer that fuperiority which fwells the heart of the lion in the defert , where he roars without re- ply , and ravages without refistance ...
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... mankind away at the time we have the greatest need of tender- nefs and affiftance . But though peevifhnefs may fometimes claim our compaffion , as the confequence or concomitant of mifery , it is very often found , where nothing can ...
... mankind away at the time we have the greatest need of tender- nefs and affiftance . But though peevifhnefs may fometimes claim our compaffion , as the confequence or concomitant of mifery , it is very often found , where nothing can ...
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... mankind employed to accommodate and delight him . Tetrica had a large fortune bequeathed to her by an aunt , which made her very early independent , and placed her in a state of fuperiority to all about her . Having no fuperfluity of ...
... mankind employed to accommodate and delight him . Tetrica had a large fortune bequeathed to her by an aunt , which made her very early independent , and placed her in a state of fuperiority to all about her . Having no fuperfluity of ...
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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.