The RamblerHarrison and Company, 1785 |
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... because most are unwilling to be taught ; and what is known is re- jected , because it is not fufficiently con- fidered , that men more frequently re- quire to be reminded than informed . The learned are afraid to declare their opinion ...
... because most are unwilling to be taught ; and what is known is re- jected , because it is not fufficiently con- fidered , that men more frequently re- quire to be reminded than informed . The learned are afraid to declare their opinion ...
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... because they do not hinder our pleafure , or perhaps regard them with fome kindness for being united with fo much merit . There have been men , indeed , fplen- didly wicked , whofe endowments threw a brightnefs on their crimes , and ...
... because they do not hinder our pleafure , or perhaps regard them with fome kindness for being united with fo much merit . There have been men , indeed , fplen- didly wicked , whofe endowments threw a brightnefs on their crimes , and ...
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... because they want fubjects for reflection , and to whom the volume of nature is thrown open without affording them pleasure or in- ftruction , because they never learned to read the characters . A French author has advanced this fening ...
... because they want fubjects for reflection , and to whom the volume of nature is thrown open without affording them pleasure or in- ftruction , because they never learned to read the characters . A French author has advanced this fening ...
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... because he was fure to recompenfe them for any indignities which he made them fuffer . This is the round of a paffionate man's life ; he con- tracts debts when he is furious , which his virtue , if he has virtue , obliges him to ...
... because he was fure to recompenfe them for any indignities which he made them fuffer . This is the round of a paffionate man's life ; he con- tracts debts when he is furious , which his virtue , if he has virtue , obliges him to ...
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... because they bring to our minds the remembrance of youth ; our later per- formances we are ready to esteem , be- caufe we are unwilling to think that we have made no improvement : what flows cafily from the pen charins us , becaufe we ...
... because they bring to our minds the remembrance of youth ; our later per- formances we are ready to esteem , be- caufe we are unwilling to think that we have made no improvement : what flows cafily from the pen charins us , becaufe we ...
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againſt amufements becauſe bufinefs caufe cenfure confequence confidered converfation curiofity defign defire difcovered drefs eafily eafy endeavour equally fafe faid fame favour fays fcarcely fear fecure feems feen feldom felf felves fenfe fent fentiments ferve fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fingle fion firft folicited folly fome fometimes foon forrow fortune ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fupply fuppofe fupport fure happineſs himſelf honour hope houfe imagination intereft labour ladies laft learning lefs lofe loft mankind ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nefs nerally never numbers obferved occafion ourſelves OVID paffed paffions perfons perfuaded pleafed pleaſe pleaſure praife prefent preferve promife publick purpoſe racter raiſe RAMBLER reafon refolved reft ſtate thefe themfelves theſe thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal uſe vifit virtue whofe