Continuation of the RamblerF. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 - Authors, English |
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... knowledge , may be numbered the exact calculations of the value of life ; but what- ever may be their use in traffick , they seem very little to have advanced morality . They have hither- to been rather applied to the acquisition of ...
... knowledge , may be numbered the exact calculations of the value of life ; but what- ever may be their use in traffick , they seem very little to have advanced morality . They have hither- to been rather applied to the acquisition of ...
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... Knowledge and genius are often enemies to quiet , by suggesting ideas of excellence , which men and the performances of men cannot at- tain . But let no man rashly determine , that his unwillingness to be pleased is a proof of ...
... Knowledge and genius are often enemies to quiet , by suggesting ideas of excellence , which men and the performances of men cannot at- tain . But let no man rashly determine , that his unwillingness to be pleased is a proof of ...
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... knowledge of nature , manners , and life , will perhaps incline you to pay some regard to the observations of one who has been taught to know mankind by unwelcome information , and whose opi- nions are the result , not of solitary ...
... knowledge of nature , manners , and life , will perhaps incline you to pay some regard to the observations of one who has been taught to know mankind by unwelcome information , and whose opi- nions are the result , not of solitary ...
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... knowledge , and more inclined to de- grade their own character by cowardly submission , than to overbear or oppress us with their learning or their wit . From these men , however , if they are by kind treat- ment encouraged to talk ...
... knowledge , and more inclined to de- grade their own character by cowardly submission , than to overbear or oppress us with their learning or their wit . From these men , however , if they are by kind treat- ment encouraged to talk ...
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... 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 , and instruct me when I blundered ; and if there is any alteration , he is now more ...
... 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 , and instruct me when I blundered ; and if there is any alteration , he is now more ...
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Page 136 - 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 145 - 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 441 - 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 233 - 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 95 - 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...
Page 94 - 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 411 - Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
Page 149 - Forth issued, brandishing his fatal dart, Made to destroy. I fled, and cried out, Death ! Hell trembled at the hideous name, and sigh'd From all her caves, and back resounded, Death...
Page 60 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 105 - ... inwoven shade, Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either side Acanthus, and each odorous bushy shrub...