Continuation of the RamblerF. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 - Authors, English |
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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 134 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. 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 405 - Why am I thus bereav'd 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 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 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 403 - 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 402 - Fool ! have divulg'd the secret gift of God To a deceitful woman ? tell me, friends, Am I not sung and proverb'd for a fool In every street ? do they not say, how well Are come upon him his deserts...
Page 231 - 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 116 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice; nor could the muse defend Her son. So fail not thou, who thee implores; For thou art heavenly, she an empty dream.
Page 373 - Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
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.