The Rambler: In Three Volumes ...S. and R. Bentley, 1823 - English essays |
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... passed his time in all the luxury of idleness , who had glad- ded him with unenvied merriment , and whom he could at once enjoy and despise . You may perhaps think this account of those who are distinguished for their good - humour ...
... passed his time in all the luxury of idleness , who had glad- ded him with unenvied merriment , and whom he could at once enjoy and despise . You may perhaps think this account of those who are distinguished for their good - humour ...
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... passed like a continual tri- umph amidst acclamations , and envy , and courtship , and caresses to please Melissa was the general am- bition , and every stratagem of artful flattery was practised upon me . To be flattered is grateful ...
... passed like a continual tri- umph amidst acclamations , and envy , and courtship , and caresses to please Melissa was the general am- bition , and every stratagem of artful flattery was practised upon me . To be flattered is grateful ...
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... passed his life in the duties of his profession , with great reputa- tion for his knowledge and piety ; the other is a lieu- tenant of dragoons . The parson made no difficulty in the height of my elevation to check me when I was pert ...
... passed his life in the duties of his profession , with great reputa- tion for his knowledge and piety ; the other is a lieu- tenant of dragoons . The parson made no difficulty in the height of my elevation to check me when I was pert ...
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... passed their lives amidst the levities of sportive idleness , or the warm professions of drunken friendship ; and fed their hopes with the promises of wretches , whom their precepts had taught to scoff at truth . But when fools had ...
... passed their lives amidst the levities of sportive idleness , or the warm professions of drunken friendship ; and fed their hopes with the promises of wretches , whom their precepts had taught to scoff at truth . But when fools had ...
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... passed their lives with public honours , and been distinguished by ex- traordinary performances . It is not possible to be regarded with tenderness except by a few . That merit which gives greatness and renown , diffuses its influence ...
... passed their lives with public honours , and been distinguished by ex- traordinary performances . It is not possible to be regarded with tenderness except by a few . That merit which gives greatness and renown , diffuses its influence ...
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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.