The Rambler, Volume 5Payne, 1752 |
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Page 41
... business to propagate and maintain . WHEN I was fent to fchool , the gaiety of my look and the liveliness of my loquacity foon gained me admiffion to young hearts not yet fortified against affection by artifice or intereft . I was ...
... business to propagate and maintain . WHEN I was fent to fchool , the gaiety of my look and the liveliness of my loquacity foon gained me admiffion to young hearts not yet fortified against affection by artifice or intereft . I was ...
Page 141
... business transacted , is to preserve in the minds of the abfent either love or esteem ; to excite love we must impart pleasure , and to raise efteem we muft difcover abilities . Pleasure will generally be given , as abilities are ...
... business transacted , is to preserve in the minds of the abfent either love or esteem ; to excite love we must impart pleasure , and to raise efteem we muft difcover abilities . Pleasure will generally be given , as abilities are ...
Page 151
... business was dispatched ; at four was entertained with a few questions . about the weather ; at one heard the footmen rated for bringing my name ; and at two was informed in the flow of cafual conversation how much a man of rank ...
... business was dispatched ; at four was entertained with a few questions . about the weather ; at one heard the footmen rated for bringing my name ; and at two was informed in the flow of cafual conversation how much a man of rank ...
Page 154
... business of years to untie ; find them- felves enabled to folve all difficulties by fud- den irradiations of intelligence , and compre- hend long proceffes of argument by imme- diate intuition . MEN who have flattered themfelves into ...
... business of years to untie ; find them- felves enabled to folve all difficulties by fud- den irradiations of intelligence , and compre- hend long proceffes of argument by imme- diate intuition . MEN who have flattered themfelves into ...
Page 167
... business or by pleasure . NOTHING furely can be more unworthy . of a reasonable nature , than to continue in a ftate fo oppofite to real happiness , as that all the peace of folitude , and felicity of medita- tion , muft arife from ...
... business or by pleasure . NOTHING furely can be more unworthy . of a reasonable nature , than to continue in a ftate fo oppofite to real happiness , as that all the peace of folitude , and felicity of medita- tion , muft arife from ...
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