The Rambler, Volume 5Payne, 1752 |
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... honour'd with a poet's name ? FRANCIS : 126 Sands form the mountain , moments make the year . 127 Succeeding years thy early fame deftroy ; Thou , who began'st a man , wilt end a boy . 128 For not the brave , or wife , or great , E'er ...
... honour'd with a poet's name ? FRANCIS : 126 Sands form the mountain , moments make the year . 127 Succeeding years thy early fame deftroy ; Thou , who began'st a man , wilt end a boy . 128 For not the brave , or wife , or great , E'er ...
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... honour give . What foul his future conduct can foresee ? Tell me what fort of lion you wou'd be ? F. LEWISS Thou haft not known the giddy whirls of fate , Nor fervile flatteries which enchant the great .. Mifs A. W .. THE RAMBLER . NUMB ...
... honour give . What foul his future conduct can foresee ? Tell me what fort of lion you wou'd be ? F. LEWISS Thou haft not known the giddy whirls of fate , Nor fervile flatteries which enchant the great .. Mifs A. W .. THE RAMBLER . NUMB ...
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... where nothing but learning confers honours , to disregard every other qualification , and to imagine tha they fhall find mankind ready to pay ho- mage mage to their knowledge , and to croud about them 6 The RAMBLER . N ° 137 .
... where nothing but learning confers honours , to disregard every other qualification , and to imagine tha they fhall find mankind ready to pay ho- mage mage to their knowledge , and to croud about them 6 The RAMBLER . N ° 137 .
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... honour will be loft ; for the condefcen- fions of learning are always overpaid by gra- titude . An elevated genius employed in little things , things , appears , to use the fimile of Longinus 8 The RAMBLER . N ° 137 .
... honour will be loft ; for the condefcen- fions of learning are always overpaid by gra- titude . An elevated genius employed in little things , things , appears , to use the fimile of Longinus 8 The RAMBLER . N ° 137 .
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... honour of Dagon , to whom the idolaters afcribed his overthrow . Thou bear'ft Enough , and more , the burthen of that fault ; " Bitterly hast thou paid , and still art paying- That rigid fcore . A worse thing yet remains , This day the ...
... honour of Dagon , to whom the idolaters afcribed his overthrow . Thou bear'ft Enough , and more , the burthen of that fault ; " Bitterly hast thou paid , and still art paying- That rigid fcore . A worse thing yet remains , This day the ...
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affiftance againſt amuſement antient arifes becauſe buſineſs cenfured common confidered contempt converfation curiofity cuſtom defign defire difpofition diftant diftinguiſh diſcover eafily encreaſed endeavour enquiry equal eſcape eſtabliſhed fafely fame favour fays fcarcely fcience fecure federacy feems feldom fentiments fhall fhould fince firft firſt folicit fome fomething fometimes fondneſs foon forrow fortune ftate ftill ftrength ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fupply fuppofe fupport furely genius happineſs himſelf honour hope houſe infolence infult intereft itſelf juſt 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 Ovid paffed paffions pleaſe pleaſure poffefs praiſe prefent preferved promiſe publick pupillage purpoſes raiſe RAMBLER reaſon refolved reft Samfon ſee ſhall ſhe ſome ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought THRASYBULUS tion underſtanding uſeful vifit virtue whofe whoſe writer