The Rambler: In Three Volumes ...S. and R. Bentley, 1823 - English essays |
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... gain the general passion . 383 132. The difficulty of educating a young nobleman . 388 133. The miseries of a beauty defaced . 394 134. Idleness an anxious and miserable state . 400 . 405 411 · 135. The folly of annual retreats into the ...
... gain the general passion . 383 132. The difficulty of educating a young nobleman . 388 133. The miseries of a beauty defaced . 394 134. Idleness an anxious and miserable state . 400 . 405 411 · 135. The folly of annual retreats into the ...
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... gain upon us , which are only excusable in the prime of life . These reflections were lately excited in my mind , by an evening's conversation with my friend Prospero , who , at the age of fifty - five , has bought an estate , and is ...
... gain upon us , which are only excusable in the prime of life . These reflections were lately excited in my mind , by an evening's conversation with my friend Prospero , who , at the age of fifty - five , has bought an estate , and is ...
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... gain a friend or at- tract an imitator . Good - humour may be defined a habit of being pleased ; a constant and perennial softness of man- ner , easiness of approach , and suavity of disposition ; like that which every man perceives in ...
... gain a friend or at- tract an imitator . Good - humour may be defined a habit of being pleased ; a constant and perennial softness of man- ner , easiness of approach , and suavity of disposition ; like that which every man perceives in ...
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... gains its end and retires . A man whose great qualities want the ornament of superficial attractions , is like a naked mountain with mines of gold , which will be fre- quented only till the treasure is exhausted . I am , & c ...
... gains its end and retires . A man whose great qualities want the ornament of superficial attractions , is like a naked mountain with mines of gold , which will be fre- quented only till the treasure is exhausted . I am , & c ...
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... gain rest to themselves , by pointing some other prey to the pursuit of censure . Every whisper of infamy is industriously circu- lated , every hint of suspicion eagerly improved , and every failure of conduct joyfully published , by ...
... gain rest to themselves , by pointing some other prey to the pursuit of censure . Every whisper of infamy is industriously circu- lated , every hint of suspicion eagerly improved , and every failure of conduct joyfully published , by ...
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Page 118 - gan war, and fowl with fowl, And fish with fish ; to graze the herb all leaving Devour'd each other ; nor stood much in awe Of man, but fled him, or, with countenance grim, Glared on him passing. These were from without The growing miseries, which Adam saw Already in part, though hid in gloomiest shade, To sorrow...
Page 425 - Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Page 134 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar.
Page 143 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 423 - Nor the other light of life continue long, But yield to double darkness nigh at hand : So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself ; My race of glory run, and race of shame, And I shall shortly be with them that rest.
Page 227 - Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise: He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream which stopp'd him should be gone, Which runs, and, as it runs, for ever will run on.
Page 92 - Ordain'd by thee ; and this delicious place For us too large, where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.
Page 395 - Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
Page 118 - Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing ! The meaning, not the name, I call ; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st ; but...
Page 117 - Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower, Our pleasant task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild.