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Pagina 35
... tion . Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not poffefs , and to gain applaufe which he cannot keep ; nor is it poffible to enter any mixed affem- bly , without feeing one part offended ...
... tion . Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not poffefs , and to gain applaufe which he cannot keep ; nor is it poffible to enter any mixed affem- bly , without feeing one part offended ...
Pagina 38
... tion fhall be improved to hopes of attainment , and hopes of attainment to belief of poffeffion . Such flatterers every one will find who has power to re- ward their affiduities . Wherever there is wealth , there will be dependance and ...
... tion fhall be improved to hopes of attainment , and hopes of attainment to belief of poffeffion . Such flatterers every one will find who has power to re- ward their affiduities . Wherever there is wealth , there will be dependance and ...
Pagina 40
... always ended in mortifica- tion , was at last convinced , that she had been flat- tered , and that her glass was honester than her maid . N ° 190 . N ° 190. Saturday , January 11. 1752 . Ploravere 40 N ° 189 . The RAMBLER .
... always ended in mortifica- tion , was at last convinced , that she had been flat- tered , and that her glass was honester than her maid . N ° 190 . N ° 190. Saturday , January 11. 1752 . Ploravere 40 N ° 189 . The RAMBLER .
Pagina 57
... tion , and part of the materials fold to build a finall houfe with the reft . We are now openly degraded from our original rank ; and therefore my father's brother was allowed with lefs reluctance to serve an apprenticeship , though we ...
... tion , and part of the materials fold to build a finall houfe with the reft . We are now openly degraded from our original rank ; and therefore my father's brother was allowed with lefs reluctance to serve an apprenticeship , though we ...
Pagina 61
... tion of growing rich by the death of my benefactor tion N ° 192 . The RA M B LE R. 61 and I foon began to find that they were fpreading ...
... tion of growing rich by the death of my benefactor tion N ° 192 . The RA M B LE R. 61 and I foon began to find that they were fpreading ...
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Abouzaid affiftance againſt Ajut almoſt amuſe Anningait becauſe cloſe confidence converfation courſe croud curiofity defign defire diftinguiſhed diſcover eafily endeavour envy eſcape eſtate expected expence eyes fafe faid failor fame faſhion fecure feem feldom felves fentiments fervant fhall fince firft firſt folicited fome fometimes foon forrow fquire fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fupplied fupport fure greatneſs Greenland Gulofulus happineſs higheſt himſelf hiſtory honour hope houſe imagination inftruction kindneſs labour laft laſt leaſt lefs loft mankind meaſures ments mind Morad moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary nefs never obfcurity obferved ourſelves paffed paffion paſs philofophy pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffeffion praiſe prefent Profpero promiſe purpoſe raiſed RAMBLER reaſon refolved reft ſcarcely ſchemes Seged ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpirit ſtate ſtories terrours thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal uſe vanity vifits VIII virtue whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh
Populaire passages
Pagina 174 - I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.
Pagina 130 - It is the great privilege of poverty to be happy unenvied, to be healthful without physic, and secure without a guard ; to obtain from the bounty of nature, what the great and wealthy are compelled to procure by the help of artists and attendants, of flatterers and spies.
Pagina 176 - I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause, if I can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue, and confidence to truth.
Pagina 176 - The essays professedly serious, if I have been able to execute my own intentions, will be found exactly conformable to the precepts of Christianity, without any accommodation to the licentiousness and levity of the present age. I therefore look back on this part of my work with pleasure, which no blame or praise of man shall diminish or augment.
Pagina 13 - It is always an ignorant, lazy, or cowardly acquiescence in a false appearance of excellence, and proceeds not from consciousness of our attainments, but insensibility of our wants. Nothing can be great which is not right. Nothing which reason condemns can be suitable to the dignity of the human mind.
Pagina 12 - ... inspect the mind of him that committed it, would be extenuated by mistake, precipitance, or negligence; we cannot be certain...
Pagina 15 - One of the great arts of escaping superfluous uneasiness, is to free our minds from the habit of comparing our condition with that of others on whom the blessings of life are more bountifully bestowed, or with imaginary states of delight and security, perhaps unattainable by mortals.
Pagina 11 - A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. He that willingly suffers the corrosions of inveterate hatred, and gives up his days and nights to the gloom of malice and perturbations of stratagem, cannot surely be said to consult his ease.
Pagina 13 - The utmost excellence at which humanity can arrive, is a constant and determinate pursuit of virtue, without regard to present dangers or advantage; a continual reference of every action to the divine will; an habitual appeal to everlasting justice; and an unvaried elevation of the intellectual eye to the reward which perseverance only can obtain.
Pagina 44 - ... rest till thou art loved by all to whom thou art known. In the height of my power, I said to defamation, Who will hear thee...