The Rambler: In Three Volumes ...S. and R. Bentley, 1823 - English essays |
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... laws , and obeying them , is frequently forgotten ; he that acknowledges the obligations of morality , and pleases his vanity with enforcing them to others , concludes himself zealous in the cause of virtue , though he has no longer any ...
... laws , and obeying them , is frequently forgotten ; he that acknowledges the obligations of morality , and pleases his vanity with enforcing them to others , concludes himself zealous in the cause of virtue , though he has no longer any ...
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... laws , and ought to be con- ducted with some regard to the universal interest of man . Those may justly be pursued as enemies to the community of nature , who suffer hostility to vacate the unalterable laws of right , and pursue their ...
... laws , and ought to be con- ducted with some regard to the universal interest of man . Those may justly be pursued as enemies to the community of nature , who suffer hostility to vacate the unalterable laws of right , and pursue their ...
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... law by which every claim of right may be immediately adjusted as far as the private conscience requires to be informed ; a law , of which every man may find the exposition in his own breast , and which may always be observed without any ...
... law by which every claim of right may be immediately adjusted as far as the private conscience requires to be informed ; a law , of which every man may find the exposition in his own breast , and which may always be observed without any ...
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... laws which regard the great re- publick of mankind , and cannot justify such forbear- ance as may promote wickedness , and lessen the ge- neral confidence and security in which all have an equal interest , and which all are therefore ...
... laws which regard the great re- publick of mankind , and cannot justify such forbear- ance as may promote wickedness , and lessen the ge- neral confidence and security in which all have an equal interest , and which all are therefore ...
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... law . Being thus early possessed by a taste for solid knowledge , I passed my youth with very little dis- turbance from passions and appetites ; and having no pleasure in the company of boys and girls , who talked of plays , politicks ...
... law . Being thus early possessed by a taste for solid knowledge , I passed my youth with very little dis- turbance from passions and appetites ; and having no pleasure in the company of boys and girls , who talked of plays , politicks ...
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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.