Conclusion of the RamblerF. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... discovered the town to be the proper element of youth and gaiety , and was quickly distinguished as a wit by the ladies , a species of beings only heard of at the university , whom I had no sooner the happi- ness of approaching than I ...
... discovered the town to be the proper element of youth and gaiety , and was quickly distinguished as a wit by the ladies , a species of beings only heard of at the university , whom I had no sooner the happi- ness of approaching than I ...
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... discovered prodigy . I was soon informed that the fine house and spacious gardens were haunted by squire Bluster , of whom it was very easy to learn the character , since nobody had regard for him suf- ficient to hinder them from ...
... discovered prodigy . I was soon informed that the fine house and spacious gardens were haunted by squire Bluster , of whom it was very easy to learn the character , since nobody had regard for him suf- ficient to hinder them from ...
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... discovery , thought it reasonable to alter the common distribution of dignity , and ventured to condemn mankind of universal ingratitude . For justice exacts , that those by whom we are most be- nefited should be most honoured . And ...
... discovery , thought it reasonable to alter the common distribution of dignity , and ventured to condemn mankind of universal ingratitude . For justice exacts , that those by whom we are most be- nefited should be most honoured . And ...
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... discovery , thought it reasonable to alter the common distribution of dignity , and ventured to condemn mankind of universal ingratitude . For justice exacts , that those by whom we are most be- nefited should be most honoured . And ...
... discovery , thought it reasonable to alter the common distribution of dignity , and ventured to condemn mankind of universal ingratitude . For justice exacts , that those by whom we are most be- nefited should be most honoured . And ...
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... discovered that he possessed some science of graciousness and attraction which books had not taught , and of which neither I nor my father had any knowledge ; that he had the power of obliging those whom he did not benefit ; that he ...
... discovered that he possessed some science of graciousness and attraction which books had not taught , and of which neither I nor my father had any knowledge ; that he had the power of obliging those whom he did not benefit ; that he ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Abouzaid acquaintance Ajut amusement Anningait ardour artifice attention beauty Bias of Priene considered contempt conversation criticks curiosity danger delight desire dignity dili discovered distress domestick easily elegance endeavour envy equally expected expence eyes fame favour February 15 flattered Flavilla folly fortune friends genius gratify Greenland Hafgufa happiness haste heard heart honour hope human ignorance imagination inclination indulgence ingenuus inquire insult January 14 January 28 kind knowledge labour ladies learning lence Leviculus live mankind marriage ment merary merit mind miscarriage misery Morad nature neglect ness never NUMB numbers observed obtain once opinion OVID pain panegyrist passion pleased pleasure portunity poverty praise present pride Prospero publick racter RAMBLER raptures reason received regard resolved riches SATURDAY scarcely Seged seldom sentiments shew sometimes soon suffer terrour thou thought Thrasybulus tion tivation told TUESDAY vanity virtue wealth wholly
Passagens conhecidas
Página 18 - And, when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came.
Página 144 - You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry " Hold, hold !
Página 143 - Come, thick night ! And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes ; , Nor heav'n peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry, Hold, hold...
Página 19 - Venus, take my votive glass, Since I am not what I was , What from this day I shall be, Venus let me never see.
Página 87 - I do not however think it safe to judge of works of genius merely by the event. The resistless vicissitudes of the heart, this alternate prevalence of merriment and solemnity, may sometimes be more properly ascribed to the vigour of the writer than the justness of the design: and, instead of vindicating tragi-comedy by the success of...
Página 144 - Yet the efficacy of this invocation is destroyed by the insertion of an epithet now seldom heard but in the stable, and dun night may come or go without any other notice than contempt.
Página 143 - We are all offended by low terms, but are not disgusted alike by the same compositions, because we do not all agree to censure the same terms as low. No word is naturally or intrinsically meaner than another ; our opinion therefore of words, as of other things arbitrarily and capriciously established, depends wholly upon accident and custom.
Página 144 - Yet this sentiment is weakened by the name of an instrument used by butchers and cooks in the meanest employments: we do not immediately conceive that any crime of importance is to be committed with a knife...
Página 142 - IT has been observed by Boileau, that " a mean or common thought expressed in pompous diction, generally pleases more than a new or noble sentiment delivered in low and vulgar language ; because the number is greater of those whom custom has enabled to judge of words, than whom study has qualified to examine things.
Página 214 - Thus think the crowd; who, eager to engage, Take quickly fire, and kindle into rage. Not so mild Thales, nor Chrysippus thought, Nor that good man, who drank the pois'nous draught With mind serene; and could not wish to see His vile accuser drink as deep as he: Exalted Socrates! divinely brave! Injur'd he fell, and dying he forgave, Too noble for revenge; which still we find The weakest frailty of a feeble mind.