Conclusion of the RamblerF. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 - Authors, English |
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... Ajut , a Greenland history 187. The history of Anningait and Ajut concluded 188. Favour often gained with little assistance from understanding Page · 237 243 249 • 254 259 • 265 271 · 277 282 · 287 189. The mischiefs of falsehood . The ...
... Ajut , a Greenland history 187. The history of Anningait and Ajut concluded 188. Favour often gained with little assistance from understanding Page · 237 243 249 • 254 259 • 265 271 · 277 282 · 287 189. The mischiefs of falsehood . The ...
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... 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 be- stowed N ° 186 . 265 THE RAMBLER . Anningait and Ajut, a Greenland history.
... 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 be- stowed N ° 186 . 265 THE RAMBLER . Anningait and Ajut, a Greenland history.
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... Ajut the tail of a whale . Ajut seemed not much delighted by this gallantry ; yet , however , from that time was observed rarely to appear , but in a vest made of the skin of a white deer ; she used frequently to renew the black die ...
... Ajut the tail of a whale . Ajut seemed not much delighted by this gallantry ; yet , however , from that time was observed rarely to appear , but in a vest made of the skin of a white deer ; she used frequently to renew the black die ...
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... Ajut would soon yield to such fervour and accomplishments ; but Ajut , with the natural haughtiness of beauty , expected all the forms of courtship ; and before she would confess herself con- quered , the sun returned , the ice broke ...
... Ajut would soon yield to such fervour and accomplishments ; but Ajut , with the natural haughtiness of beauty , expected all the forms of courtship ; and before she would confess herself con- quered , the sun returned , the ice broke ...
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... Ajut , that she would at last grant him her hand , and ac- company him to that part of the country whither he was now summoned by necessity . Ajut thought him not yet entitled to such condescension , but proposed , as a trial of his ...
... Ajut , that she would at last grant him her hand , and ac- company him to that part of the country whither he was now summoned by necessity . Ajut thought him not yet entitled to such condescension , but proposed , as a trial of his ...
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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
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Page 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.
Page 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 !
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.