The RamblerJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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accuſtomed affiftance againſt amuſements beauty becauſe buſineſs cauſe cenfure confefs confidered converfation curiofity defire delight diſcover eafily endeavoured enquiry equally eſcape eſtabliſhed fafe fame faſhion fatire fatisfaction fcarcely fecurity feem feldom felves fenfe fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fingle firſt folly fome fometimes foon fortune fpecies ftate ftill ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority furely fyllables happineſs herſelf himſelf honour hope imagination increaſe intereft kindneſs knowledge labour ladies laft laſt learning leaſt lefs loft mankind meaſure ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nefs never NUMB numbers obferved occafion oppofition ourſelves paffage paffed paffions pleafing pleaſe pleaſure praiſe prefent preferve publick purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reafon refolved reft Samfon ſcarcely ſeems ſhall ſhe ſome ſtate ſtudy tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion truth underſtanding univerfal uſe verfe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wiſdom
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