The Rambler. ...J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752 |
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... praises . With an imagina- tion full of his own importance , he walks out like a monarch in difguife , to learn ... praise or blame , but to laugh with equal contempt at trivial trivial objections and injudicious commen- dations ...
... praises . With an imagina- tion full of his own importance , he walks out like a monarch in difguife , to learn ... praise or blame , but to laugh with equal contempt at trivial trivial objections and injudicious commen- dations ...
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... praise and admiration . WHILE I was thus banquetting upon my own perfections , and longing in fecret for an opportunity to efcape from the fuperinten- dance of my tutor , my father's brother came from London to pass a summer at his ...
... praise and admiration . WHILE I was thus banquetting upon my own perfections , and longing in fecret for an opportunity to efcape from the fuperinten- dance of my tutor , my father's brother came from London to pass a summer at his ...
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... , the other aspires to praise ; one is always in danger of infipidity , the other continually on the brink of affectation , WHEN WHEN the fubject has no intrinfick dignity it must neceffarily 140 The RAMBLER . No. 152 .
... , the other aspires to praise ; one is always in danger of infipidity , the other continually on the brink of affectation , WHEN WHEN the fubject has no intrinfick dignity it must neceffarily 140 The RAMBLER . No. 152 .
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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affiftance againſt antient antiquated journals bankrupcy becauſe bufy buſineſs cenfured confidered contempt converfation curiofity defign defire diftant diſcover eafily encreaſe endeavour enquiry equally eſcape expreffion eyes fafely fame favour fcarcely fcience fecure feems feen feldom felf fentiments fhall fhort fhould fince fingle firft firſt folicit fome fometimes foon forrow fortune ftand ftate ftrength ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fupply fuppofe fupport furely genius happineſs himſelf honour hope houſe infolence inftruction infult intereft itſelf juft kindneſs labour laft laſt learning lefs loft mankind ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nefs never NUMB obfcurity obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions pleafing pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe preſent profeffions publick pupillage purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reafon reaſon refolved reft Samfon ſee ſhall ſhe ſtate tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought THRASYBULUS tion underſtand uſe vifit virtue whofe whoſe writer