The ramblerLuke Hansard & Sons, 1810 |
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... favours ; for admiration ceases with novelty , and interest gains its end and retires . A man whose great qualities want the ornament of superficial attractions , is like a naked mountain with mines of gold , which will be frequented ...
... favours ; for admiration ceases with novelty , and interest gains its end and retires . A man whose great qualities want the ornament of superficial attractions , is like a naked mountain with mines of gold , which will be frequented ...
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... favour against the time when I should be rich , to pay their court by informing me that my aunt began to droop , that she had lately a bad night , that she coughed feebly , and that she could never climb May hill ; or , at least , that ...
... favour against the time when I should be rich , to pay their court by informing me that my aunt began to droop , that she had lately a bad night , that she coughed feebly , and that she could never climb May hill ; or , at least , that ...
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... favours , may spare any attention to his behaviour , and that usefulness will always procure friends ; yet it has been found , that there is an art of granting requests , an art very difficult of attain- ment ; that officiousness and ...
... favours , may spare any attention to his behaviour , and that usefulness will always procure friends ; yet it has been found , that there is an art of granting requests , an art very difficult of attain- ment ; that officiousness and ...
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... favour of a peevish man , and exerting ourselves in the most diligent ci- vility , an unlucky syllable displeases , an unheeded circumstance ruffles and exasperates ; and in the mo- ment when we congratulate ourselves upon having gained ...
... favour of a peevish man , and exerting ourselves in the most diligent ci- vility , an unlucky syllable displeases , an unheeded circumstance ruffles and exasperates ; and in the mo- ment when we congratulate ourselves upon having gained ...
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... favour , and suffering none to ap- proach them , but those who never speak but to ap- plaud , or move but to obey . He that gives himself up to his own fancy , and converses with none but such as he hires to lull him on the down of ...
... favour , and suffering none to ap- proach them , but those who never speak but to ap- plaud , or move but to obey . He that gives himself up to his own fancy , and converses with none but such as he hires to lull him on the down of ...
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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 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. 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.
Page 91 - Here Love his golden shafts employs, here lights His constant lamp, and waves his purple wings, Reigns here and revels...
Page 250 - What better can we do, than, to the place Repairing where he judged us, prostrate fall Before him reverent, and there confess Humbly our faults, and pardon beg, with tears Watering the ground, and with our sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite, in sign Of sorrow unfeign'd and humiliation meek?
Page 118 - gan war, and fowl with fowl, And fish with fish ; to graze the herb all leaving Devour'd each other ; nor stood much in awe Of man, but fled him, or, with countenance grim, Glared on him passing.
Page 433 - He tugged, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors...
Page 104 - Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 58 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 195 - ... irresistible, bore him away. Beyond these islands all was darkness, nor could any of the passengers describe the shore at which he first embarked. Before me, and on each side, was an expanse of waters violently agitated, and covered with so thick a mist, that the most perspicacious eye could see 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.
Page 148 - But all in vain : which when he saw, he ceas'd Contending, and remov'd his tents far off: Then from the mountain hewing timber tall, Began to build a vessel of huge bulk, Measur'd by cubit, length, and breadth, and...