The Rambler, by S. Johnson, Band 2Alexander Chalmers 1812 |
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... thoughts that entered my soul were too strong to be diverted , and too piercing to be endured ; but such violence cannot be lasting , the storm subsided in a short time , I wept , retired , and grew calm . I have from that time ...
... thoughts that entered my soul were too strong to be diverted , and too piercing to be endured ; but such violence cannot be lasting , the storm subsided in a short time , I wept , retired , and grew calm . I have from that time ...
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... thought fit to change my habit , had I not been rescued by a mai- den sister of my father , who could not bear to see women in hanging - sleeves , and therefore presented me with brocade for a gown , for which I should have thought ...
... thought fit to change my habit , had I not been rescued by a mai- den sister of my father , who could not bear to see women in hanging - sleeves , and therefore presented me with brocade for a gown , for which I should have thought ...
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... thought , that the greatest part of those who lose themselves in studies , by which I have not found that they grow much wiser , might , with more advantage , both to the publick and themselves , apply their un- derstanding to domestick ...
... thought , that the greatest part of those who lose themselves in studies , by which I have not found that they grow much wiser , might , with more advantage , both to the publick and themselves , apply their un- derstanding to domestick ...
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... thought it necessary to inquire . For I , who draw my opinions from a careful observation of the world , am satisfied with knowing what is abundantly sufficient for practice , that if it be not a virtue , it is , at least , a quality ...
... thought it necessary to inquire . For I , who draw my opinions from a careful observation of the world , am satisfied with knowing what is abundantly sufficient for practice , that if it be not a virtue , it is , at least , a quality ...
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... thought them- selves unable to hold , and prevented disgrace by re- signation ; or they have been induced to try new mea- sures by general inconstancy , which always dreams of happiness in novelty , or by a gloomy disposition , which is ...
... thought them- selves unable to hold , and prevented disgrace by re- signation ; or they have been induced to try new mea- sures by general inconstancy , which always dreams of happiness in novelty , or by a gloomy disposition , which is ...
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acquaintance amuse ance attention beauty Catiline censure common considered contempt critick curiosity danger daugh delight Demochares desire diligence domestick Dryden duty endeavour envy equally errour excellence expect eyes FALSEHOOD fancy favour fear felicity flatter folly fortune frequently friendship Gabba gayety genius give gratifications happiness heart HESIOD hexameter honour hope hopes and fears hour human imagination incited inclined inquiry JUPITER justly kind knowledge labour ladies learning lence less lives look ments Milton mind misery narchs nature necessary neglect ness never nity numbers observed once opinion ourselves Ovid pain passed passions perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure praise precepts pride publick racter RAMBLER reason regard riches riety SATURDAY scarcely seldom sion sometimes soon sophism sound stancy suffer syllables tenderness thing thought thousand tion tivate TRUTH TUESDAY vanity verse virtue vowels wisdom wish writers
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Seite 244 - 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: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Seite 229 - Shoots far into the bosom of dim Night A glimmering dawn. Here Nature first begins Her farthest verge, and Chaos to retire...
Seite 53 - We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure.
Seite 56 - If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence ; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind, such as soon escape the memory, and are rarely transmitted by tradition.
Seite 85 - Thus forlorn and distressed, he wandered through the wild, without knowing whither he was going, or whether he was every moment drawing nearer to safety, or to destruction. At length, not fear, but labour, began to overcome him; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled ; and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer of a taper. He advanced towards the light; and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called...
Seite 86 - He advanced towards the light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected for himself, on which Obidah fed with eagerness and gratitude. When the repast was over, " Tell me," said the hermit, " by what chance thou hast been brought hither : I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of the wilderness, in which I never saw a man before.
Seite 172 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Seite 52 - All joy or sorrow for the happiness or calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination, that realizes the event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whose fortune we contemplate; so that we feel, while the deception lasts, whatever motions would be excited by the same good or evil happening to ourselves.
Seite 55 - ... occurrences. Thus Sallust, the great master of nature, has not forgot, in his account of Catiline, to remark that his walk was now quick, and again slow, as an indication of a mind revolving something with violent commotion.
Seite 57 - ... who think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyric, and not to be known from one another but by extrinsic and casual circumstances. 'Let me remember (says Hale) when I find myself inclined to pity a criminal, that there is likewise a pity due to the country.