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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amuſements aſſiſtance beauty becauſe buſineſs cauſe cenſure confidered converſation courſe curioſity defire delight deſerve deſign diſcovered diſplay eaſe eaſy endeavoured enquiry equally eſcape eſtabliſhed eſteem expoſed falſe fame faſhion firſt folly fome foon fortune fuch fuffer furely happiness honour hope houſe idleneſs imagination increaſe inſtruction intereſt itſelf juſt juſtly knowledge labour ladies laſt learning leaſt leſs loſe mankind meaſure ment mind miſery moſt muſt myſelf nature neceſſary neceſſity neſs never NUMB numbers obſerved oppoſition ourſelves paſs paſſage paſſed paſſions pauſes pleaſed pleaſure praiſe preſent preſerve promiſe publick purpoſe queſtion raiſe RAMBLER reaſon reſpect reſt riſe ſame ſays ſcarcely ſcience ſecurity ſeems ſeen ſeldom ſenſe ſentiments ſerve ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould ſince ſingle ſkill ſmall ſome ſometimes ſpecies ſpend ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſubject ſuch ſufficient ſupply ſyllables taſk themſelves theſe thoſe tion underſtanding univerſal uſe verſe virtue viſit whoſe wiſh
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