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Abouzaid affift affociate againſt Ajut almoſt amufe Anningait becauſe cenfured character confidered contempt converfation curiofity defign defire difcovered diftant diſtinguiſhed eafily endeavour envy eſcape expected expence eyes fafely fame favour fcarcely fecret fecure feemed feldom felves fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt folicited folly fome fometimes foon forrow fortune friends friendſhip ftate fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fupply fupport furely Greenland happineſs himſelf honour hope houfe houſe imagination inftruction infult intereft kindneſs labour laft laſt lefs loft mankind meaſures ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary nefs never NUMB numbers obferved occafions ourſelves paffed paffion perfons pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffeffion praife praiſe prefent promife publick purchaſed purpoſe purſued raiſed RAMBLER reafon refolution refolved reft Seged ſhe ſome ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought tion underſtanding univerfal uſe vanity vifits virtue whofe whoſe
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Page 101 - ... what are the appearances that thus powerfully excite his risibility, he will find among them neither poverty nor disease, nor any involuntary or painful defect. The disposition to derision and insult...
Page 137 - ... can confer no valuable or permanent reward; of beings who ignorantly judge of what they do not understand, or partially determine what they never have examined ; and whose sentence is therefore of no weight till it has received the ratification of our own conscience.
Page 46 - This is the utmost extravagance of determined wickedness ; yet this is so debased by two unfortunate words, that while I endeavour to impress on my reader the energy of the sentiment, I can scarce check my risibility, when the expression forces itself upon my mind ; for who, without some relaxation of his gravity, can hear of the avengers of guilt peeping through a blanket...
Page 136 - ... suffer the opinion of others to rule our choice or overpower our resolves, is to submit tamely to the lowest and most ignominious slavery, and to resign the right of directing our own lives. The...
Page 15 - Every man is rich or poor, according to the proportion between his desires and enjoyments : any enlargement of...
Page 136 - ... by voluntary aggravations. We may charge to design the effects of accident; we may think the blow violent only because we have made ourselves delicate and tender; we are on every side in danger of error and of guilt, which we are certain to avoid only by speedy forgiveness.
Page 262 - I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause, if I can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue, and confidence to truth.
Page 136 - It is always an ignorant, lazy, or cowardly acquiescence in a false appearance of excellence, and proceeds not from consciousness of our attainments, but insensibility of our wants.
Page 101 - ... disease, nor any involuntary or painful defect. The disposition to derision and insult is awakened by the softness of foppery, the swell of insolence, the liveliness of levity, or the solemnity of grandeur ; by the sprightly trip, the stately stalk, the formal strut, and the lofty mien ; by gestures intended to catch the eye, and by looks elaborately formed as evidences of importance.