The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The ramblerT. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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Pagina 4
... rest of his drefs . € But wigs and boots and fnuff - boxes are vain , with- out a perpetual resolution to be merry , and who can- always find fupplies of mirth ? Juvenal indeed , in his comparison of the two oppofite philofophers , won ...
... rest of his drefs . € But wigs and boots and fnuff - boxes are vain , with- out a perpetual resolution to be merry , and who can- always find fupplies of mirth ? Juvenal indeed , in his comparison of the two oppofite philofophers , won ...
Pagina 52
... rest of mankind , I fhall lay the history of my life before you , that you may , by your judgment of my conduct , either reform or confirm my prefent fentiments . My father was the fecond fon of a very ancient and wealthy family . He ...
... rest of mankind , I fhall lay the history of my life before you , that you may , by your judgment of my conduct , either reform or confirm my prefent fentiments . My father was the fecond fon of a very ancient and wealthy family . He ...
Pagina 99
... and inconteftably fuperior to the rest , upon whom the attention may be fixed , and the anxiety fufpended . For though of two perfons op- H 2 pofing • pofing each other with equal abilities and equal vir- No 156 . THE RAMBLER . 99.
... and inconteftably fuperior to the rest , upon whom the attention may be fixed , and the anxiety fufpended . For though of two perfons op- H 2 pofing • pofing each other with equal abilities and equal vir- No 156 . THE RAMBLER . 99.
Pagina 168
... rest of the world as to be careffed on their own terms ; and he that will not condescend to recommend himself by external embellishments , muft fubmit to the fate of juft fentiment meanly ex- preffed , and be ridiculed and forgotten ...
... rest of the world as to be careffed on their own terms ; and he that will not condescend to recommend himself by external embellishments , muft fubmit to the fate of juft fentiment meanly ex- preffed , and be ridiculed and forgotten ...
Pagina 192
... rest of mankind , we are reminded of our duty by the ad- monitions of friends , and reproaches of enemies ; but men who stand in the highest ranks of fociety , feldom hear of their faults ; if by any accident an opprobri- ous clamour ...
... rest of mankind , we are reminded of our duty by the ad- monitions of friends , and reproaches of enemies ; but men who stand in the highest ranks of fociety , feldom hear of their faults ; if by any accident an opprobri- ous clamour ...
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affiftance againſt amuſement becauſe buſineſs cauſe cenfure cife confidered contempt converfation curiofity danger defign defire dignity diſcovered eafily endeavour enquiry envy equally eſcape eſtabliſhed expected expence eyes fame favour fcarcely fecure feems feldom felves fentiments fhall fhort fhould fince firft firſt folicited fome fometimes foon forrow fortune friends friendſhip ftate ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fupply fuppofed fupport furely happineſs himſelf honour hope houſe imagination increaſed induſtry infolence inftruction infult intereft itſelf kindneſs labour laft laſt learning lefs loft mankind ment mifery mind moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nefs never NUMB obfcurity obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffion pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffeffion praiſe prefent promifes publick purchaſed purpoſe racter raiſe RAMBLER reaſon refolved reft ſcience ſhe ſmall ſome ſtate ſtudy thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought tion underſtanding univerfal uſe vanity vifits virtue whofe whoſe
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