The Rambler [by S. Johnson and others]., Հատոր 81752 |
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Էջ 32
... kindness of mankind to all but those who aspire to real merit , and rational dignity , that every understanding may find fome way to regard ; and all who are not envied , may learn the art of procuring love . We are willing to be ...
... kindness of mankind to all but those who aspire to real merit , and rational dignity , that every understanding may find fome way to regard ; and all who are not envied , may learn the art of procuring love . We are willing to be ...
Էջ 39
... kindness . Turpicula was born the heirefs of a large estate ; and having loft her mother in her infancy , was committed to the care of an aunt , whofe misfor- tunes had reduced her to accept any terms on which fhe could be decently ...
... kindness . Turpicula was born the heirefs of a large estate ; and having loft her mother in her infancy , was committed to the care of an aunt , whofe misfor- tunes had reduced her to accept any terms on which fhe could be decently ...
Էջ 40
... kindness is to praise her beauty . Turpicula had a diftorted shape and a dark complection ; but the impudence of adulation ventured to tell her of the fprightliness of her air , the vivacity of her eyes , the commanding dignity of her ...
... kindness is to praise her beauty . Turpicula had a diftorted shape and a dark complection ; but the impudence of adulation ventured to tell her of the fprightliness of her air , the vivacity of her eyes , the commanding dignity of her ...
Էջ 94
... kindness ; fo that we had opportunity fufficient to practise all the arts of flattery and en- dearment . My mother , who could not support the thought of lofing any thing , determined , that all their fortunes fhould center in me ; and ...
... kindness ; fo that we had opportunity fufficient to practise all the arts of flattery and en- dearment . My mother , who could not support the thought of lofing any thing , determined , that all their fortunes fhould center in me ; and ...
Էջ 99
... kindness . It luckily hap- pened , that none of my friends had high notions of book - learning . The failor hated to fee tall boy's fhut up in a fchool , when they might more properly be seeing the world , and making their for- tunes ...
... kindness . It luckily hap- pened , that none of my friends had high notions of book - learning . The failor hated to fee tall boy's fhut up in a fchool , when they might more properly be seeing the world , and making their for- tunes ...
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Էջ 174 - I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.
Էջ 130 - It is the great privilege of poverty to be happy unenvied, to be healthful without physic, and secure without a guard ; to obtain from the bounty of nature, what the great and wealthy are compelled to procure by the help of artists and attendants, of flatterers and spies.
Էջ 176 - I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause, if I can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue, and confidence to truth.
Էջ 176 - The essays professedly serious, if I have been able to execute my own intentions, will be found exactly conformable to the precepts of Christianity, without any accommodation to the licentiousness and levity of the present age. I therefore look back on this part of my work with pleasure, which no blame or praise of man shall diminish or augment.
Էջ 13 - It is always an ignorant, lazy, or cowardly acquiescence in a false appearance of excellence, and proceeds not from consciousness of our attainments, but insensibility of our wants. Nothing can be great which is not right. Nothing which reason condemns can be suitable to the dignity of the human mind.
Էջ 12 - ... inspect the mind of him that committed it, would be extenuated by mistake, precipitance, or negligence; we cannot be certain...
Էջ 15 - One of the great arts of escaping superfluous uneasiness, is to free our minds from the habit of comparing our condition with that of others on whom the blessings of life are more bountifully bestowed, or with imaginary states of delight and security, perhaps unattainable by mortals.
Էջ 11 - A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. He that willingly suffers the corrosions of inveterate hatred, and gives up his days and nights to the gloom of malice and perturbations of stratagem, cannot surely be said to consult his ease.
Էջ 13 - The utmost excellence at which humanity can arrive, is a constant and determinate pursuit of virtue, without regard to present dangers or advantage; a continual reference of every action to the divine will; an habitual appeal to everlasting justice; and an unvaried elevation of the intellectual eye to the reward which perseverance only can obtain.
Էջ 44 - ... rest till thou art loved by all to whom thou art known. In the height of my power, I said to defamation, Who will hear thee...