The Rambler [by S. Johnson and others]., Հատոր 41751 |
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Արդյունքներ 9–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 46
... pleased with the civi- lities which he used to pay me , till , under Fla- via's tuition , I learned to talk of fubjects which he could not understand . This , fhe fays , is the confequence of female study ; girls grow too wife to be ...
... pleased with the civi- lities which he used to pay me , till , under Fla- via's tuition , I learned to talk of fubjects which he could not understand . This , fhe fays , is the confequence of female study ; girls grow too wife to be ...
Էջ 53
... pleased with little things ; but what is there which may not be per- verted ? Let us , however , remember how much worfe employment might have been found for those hours , which a manual occupation appears to en- grofs ; let us compute ...
... pleased with little things ; but what is there which may not be per- verted ? Let us , however , remember how much worfe employment might have been found for those hours , which a manual occupation appears to en- grofs ; let us compute ...
Էջ 59
... pleased to see a fainter orb arise on the horizon , that may rescue him from total darkness , though with weak and borrowed luftre . Addifon , though he has confidered this poem under moft of the general topics of criticifm , has barely ...
... pleased to see a fainter orb arise on the horizon , that may rescue him from total darkness , though with weak and borrowed luftre . Addifon , though he has confidered this poem under moft of the general topics of criticifm , has barely ...
Էջ 76
... pleased with an opportunity of calling in a fofter word to his affiftance . For this reafon , and I be- lieve for this only , he fometimes indulges himself in a long series of proper names , and introduces them where they add little but ...
... pleased with an opportunity of calling in a fofter word to his affiftance . For this reafon , and I be- lieve for this only , he fometimes indulges himself in a long series of proper names , and introduces them where they add little but ...
Էջ 85
... other difpofition than the defire to be pleased . There must be a time in which every man trifles ; and the only choice that nature offers us , is , to trifle trifle in company or alone . To join profit with No 89 . 85 The RAMBLER .
... other difpofition than the defire to be pleased . There must be a time in which every man trifles ; and the only choice that nature offers us , is , to trifle trifle in company or alone . To join profit with No 89 . 85 The RAMBLER .
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accuſtomed affiftance againſt amufe amuſements becauſe caufe compariſon confequence confidered converfation curiofity defire delight Demochares difcovered difpofition eafy eaſily endeavoured equally eſtabliſhed eſteem FALSEHOOD fame fcarcely fecurity feems feize feldom felves fenfe fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fingle fions firft firſt flatter Flavia fome fometimes foon fpecies friendſhip ftate ftudies fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fupply furely fyllables happineſs harmony herſelf himſelf hope houſe inclination increaſe intereft kindneſs labour laſt learning leaſt lefs leſs loft LONDON mankind meaſure ments Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nefs NUMBER obferved occafion ourſelves OVID paffages paffed paffions paufes pleafing pleaſed pleaſure praife praiſe precepts prefent preferved purchaſe purpoſe queſtion raiſe RAMBLER reafon refolved reft ſhe ſtate ſtudy thefe themſelves ther theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion TRUTH underſtanding univerfal uſe verfe verfification verſe virtue whofe whoſe
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Էջ 188 - ... for that help which could not now be given him ; and many spent their last moments in cautioning others against the folly by which they were intercepted in the midst of their course.
Էջ 93 - 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.
Էջ 188 - This necessity of perishing might have been expected to sadden the gay, and intimidate the daring, at least to keep the melancholy and timorous in perpetual torments, and hinder them from any enjoyment of the varieties and gratifications which nature offered them as the solace of their labours ; yet in effect none seemed less to expect destruction than those to whom it was most dreadful ; they all had the art of...
Էջ 190 - ... out from the rocks of Pleasure, that they were unable to continue their...
Էջ 124 - At once on the eastern cliff of Paradise He lights ; and to his proper shape returns A seraph wing'd : six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments divine ; the pair that clad Each shoulder broad came mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold, And colours dipp'd in heaven ; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail Sky-tinctured grain.
Էջ 145 - THE reader is indebted for this day's entertainment to an author from whom the age has received greater favours, who has enlarged the knowledge of human nature, and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue.
Էջ 187 - ... but a little way. It appeared to be full of rocks and whirlpools, for many sunk unexpectedly while they were courting the gale with full sails, and insulting those whom they had left behind.
Էջ 190 - ... rotations, towards the centre. She then repented her temerity, and with all her force endeavoured to retreat ; but the draught of the...
Էջ 112 - Rapidity, as to be equal only to one long; they, therefore, naturally exhibit the Act of passing through a Long space in a short Time.
Էջ 6 - Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him whom he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.