Select British Classics, Zväzok 6J. Conrad, 1803 |
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Strana 9
... ex- pired , and my mother appeared again without the en- signs of sorrow , the ladies of her acquaintance began to tell her , upon whatever motives , that it was time to live like the rest of the world : a powerful THE RAMBLER .
... ex- pired , and my mother appeared again without the en- signs of sorrow , the ladies of her acquaintance began to tell her , upon whatever motives , that it was time to live like the rest of the world : a powerful THE RAMBLER .
Strana 10
live like the rest of the world : a powerful argument , which is seldom used to a woman without effect . Lady Giddy was incessantly relating the occurrences of the town ; and Mrs. Gravely told her privately , with great tenderness ...
live like the rest of the world : a powerful argument , which is seldom used to a woman without effect . Lady Giddy was incessantly relating the occurrences of the town ; and Mrs. Gravely told her privately , with great tenderness ...
Strana 11
... rest of the day was too short for visits , cards , plays , and concerts . She now began to discover that it was impossible to educate children properly at home . Parents could not have them always in their sight ; the society of ...
... rest of the day was too short for visits , cards , plays , and concerts . She now began to discover that it was impossible to educate children properly at home . Parents could not have them always in their sight ; the society of ...
Strana 26
... rest of mankind . This prejudice is , indeed , confined to the lowest meanness and the darkest ignorance ; but it is so confined only because others have been shown its folly and its falsehood , because it has been opposed in its ...
... rest of mankind . This prejudice is , indeed , confined to the lowest meanness and the darkest ignorance ; but it is so confined only because others have been shown its folly and its falsehood , because it has been opposed in its ...
Strana 28
... rest of mankind , we shall soon be convinced that if the real wants of our condition are satisfied , there remains little to be sought with solicitude , or desired with eagerness . No. LIX . TUESDAY , OCTOBER 9 , 1750 . 28 THE RAMBLER .
... rest of mankind , we shall soon be convinced that if the real wants of our condition are satisfied , there remains little to be sought with solicitude , or desired with eagerness . No. LIX . TUESDAY , OCTOBER 9 , 1750 . 28 THE RAMBLER .
Časté výrazy a frázy
acquaintance admiration amusements ance appearance attention beauty censure common considered contempt corruption danger daugh delight Demochares desire diligence DRYDEN duty effect endeavour enquiry envy equally Eumenes excellence expect expence eyes Falsehood fancy favour fear felicity flatter folly fortune frequently friendship Gabba gaiety give gratifications happiness heart hexameter Homer honour hope hopes and fears hour human imagination incited inclined innu Jupiter justly kind knowledge labour ladies learning lence less libertine lives look mankind ments Milton mind misery nature necessary neglect neral ness never numbers nursling observed once opinion ourselves OVID pain passed passions perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure praise precepts racter Rambler reason regard rest retire riches rience rieties SATURDAY scarcely seldom sometimes soon sophism sound stancy suffer syllables tenderness thing thought thousand tion Truth TUESDAY tural vanity verse virtue vowels wisdom wish
Populárne pasáže
Strana 210 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Strana 210 - At once on the eastern cliff of Paradise He lights, and to his proper shape returns A seraph wing'd : six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments divine : the pair that clad Each shoulder broad came mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And colours dipp'd in heaven ; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tinctured grain. Like Maia's son he stood, And shook...
Strana 201 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar.
Strana 62 - ... every moment drawing nearer to safety or to destruction. At length, not fear, but labour, began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down, in resignation to his fate, when he beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer of a taper. He advanced towards the light, and, finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected...
Strana 225 - THE reader is indebted for this day's entertainment to an author from whom the age has received greater favours, who has enlarged the knowledge of human nature, and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue.
Strana 62 - Here the heart softens and vigilance subsides ; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not, at least, turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleasure. We approach them with scruple...
Strana 59 - He did not, however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way, bordered with flowers, which appeared to have the same direction with the main road, and was pleased that, by this happy experiment, he had found means to unite pleasure with business, and to gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues.
Strana 166 - Ordain'd by thee; and this delicious place For us too large, where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.
Strana 137 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Strana 37 - ... more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants, than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.