The British Essayists: The RamblerJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and Son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and Son, W. J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, J. Sewell, R. Faulder, G. and W. Nicol, T. Payne, G. and J. Robinson, W. Lowndes, G. Wilkie, J. Mathews, P. McQueen, Ogilvy and Son, J. Scatcherd, J. Walker, Vernor and Hood, R. Lea, Darton and Harvey, J. Nunn, Lackington and Company, D. Walker, Clarke and Son, G. Kearsley, C. Law, J. White, Longman and Rees, Cadell, Jun. and Davies, J. Barker, T. Kay, Wynne and Company, Pote and Company, Carpenter and Company, W. Miller, Murray and Highley, S. Bagster, T. Hurst, T. Boosey, R. Pheney, W. Baynes, J. Harding, R. H. Evans, J. Mawman; and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1802 |
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... pleased , and too severe to be pacified ; as an enemy infinitely wise , and infinitely powerful , whom he could neither deceive , escape , nor resist . Where there is no hope , there can be no endeavour . A constant and unfailing ...
... pleased , and too severe to be pacified ; as an enemy infinitely wise , and infinitely powerful , whom he could neither deceive , escape , nor resist . Where there is no hope , there can be no endeavour . A constant and unfailing ...
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... pleased , will need little proof : that it is his interest to please others , experience will inform him . It is therefore not less ne- cessary to happiness than to virtue , that he rid his mind of passions which make him uneasy to ...
... pleased , will need little proof : that it is his interest to please others , experience will inform him . It is therefore not less ne- cessary to happiness than to virtue , that he rid his mind of passions which make him uneasy to ...
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... have most reverence for the laws of right , are pleased with shewing that not fear , but choice , regulates their behaviour ; and would be thought to comply rather than obey . We love to overlook the E 2 N ° 114 . 39 THE RAMBLER .
... have most reverence for the laws of right , are pleased with shewing that not fear , but choice , regulates their behaviour ; and would be thought to comply rather than obey . We love to overlook the E 2 N ° 114 . 39 THE RAMBLER .
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... pleased my own vanity with ima- gining the envy which I should raise in a thousand hearts , by appearing as the acknowledged favourite of Charybdis . She soon after hinted her intention to take a ramble for a fortnight , into a part of ...
... pleased my own vanity with ima- gining the envy which I should raise in a thousand hearts , by appearing as the acknowledged favourite of Charybdis . She soon after hinted her intention to take a ramble for a fortnight , into a part of ...
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... pleased with themselves , to attend to any thing external ; all who are attracted by pleasure , or chained down by pain , to unvaried ideas ; all who are withheld from at- tending his triumph by different pursuits ; and all who slumber ...
... pleased with themselves , to attend to any thing external ; all who are attracted by pleasure , or chained down by pain , to unvaried ideas ; all who are withheld from at- tending his triumph by different pursuits ; and all who slumber ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Acastus acquaintance Ajax amusements Aristotle attention Aureng-Zebe beauty celebrated censure Charybdis common considered contempt cowardice curiosity Dagon danger delight desire dignity diligence discovered dread easily elegance eminence emollients endeavour envy equally excellence expected expence eyes fame father favour fear felicity folly force fortune frequently fuge gained genius gratify happiness heart honour hope hour human ignorance Iliad imagination inclination indulgence inquiry JUNE 15 knight-errant knowledge labour ladies learning less lest live mankind marriage medicated gloves ment mind miscarriage misery nature necessary neglect negligence never observed once opinion ourselves OVID passed passions perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure praise procure produce prudence publick Pylades Pythagoras racters RAMBLER reason regard reproach Samson Samson Agonistes SATURDAY scarcely seldom sentiments shew solicited sometimes soon suffer sufficient surely thing thought tion TUESDAY tural tyranny of beauty VIRG virtue writer
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Página 184 - deceive, betray, Then as repentant to submit, beseech, And reconcilement move with feign'd remorse, Confess and promise wonders in her change; Not truly penitent, but chief to try Her husband, how far urg'd his patience bears, His virtue or weakness which way to assail: Then with more cautious and instructed skill Again transgresses, and again submits. When
Página 203 - yet a child, ere yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. Believe me, reader, can say more Than many a braver marble can, Here lies a truly honest man. This plain floor,
Página 184 - of glory run, and race of shame ; And I shall shortly be with them that rest. The reply of Samson to the flattering Dalilah affords a just and striking description of the stratagems and allurements of feminine hypocrisy
Página 176 - There I am wont to sit when any chance Relieves me from my task of servile toil, Daily in the common prison else cnjoin'd me.— —O wherefore was my birth from Heav'n foretold Twice by an angel ? . —Why was my breeding
Página 179 - having prevailed on his guide to suffer him to lean against the main pillars of the theatrical edifice, tore down the roof upon the spectators and himself: Those two massy pillars, With horrible confusion, to and fro, He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder, Upon the heads of all who s.it beneath
Página 282 - from clime to clime observant stray'd, Their manners noted, and their states survey'd, On stormy seas unnumber'd toils he bore, Safe with his friends to gain his natal shore : Vain toils ! their impious folly dar'd to prey On herds devoted to the god of day : The god vindictive
Página 183 - is not wholly without verbal quaintness : 1 a prisoner chain'd scarce freely draw The air imprison'd also, close and damp. From the sentiments we may properly descend to the consideration of the language, which, in imitation of the ancients, is through the whole dialogue remarkably simple and unadorned, seldom heightened by epithets, or varied by figures; yet sometimes
Página 185 - Yet with thy strength thou serv'st the Philistines. Sams- Not in their idol worship, but by labour Honest and lawful to deserve my food Of those who have me in their civil power. Chor. Where the heart joins not, outward acts defile not.
Página 260 - transacted in former times, is to continue always a child. If no use is made of the labours of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge. The discoveries of every man must terminate in his own advantage, and the studies of
Página 286 - The most useful medicines are often unpleasing to the taste. Those who are oppressed by their own reputation) will perhaps not be comforted by hearing that their cares are unnecessary. But the truth is, that no man is much regarded by the rest of the world.. He that considers how little he dwells upon the condition of others, will