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THE RAMBLER.

N° 59.

it happens not to find, but oppresses feeble minds, though it may elevate the strong. The world has been governed in the name of kings, whose existence has scarcely been perceived by any real effects beyond their own palaces.

When therefore the desire of wealth is taking hold of the heart, let us look round and see how it operates upon those whose industry or fortune has obtained it. When we find them oppressed with their own abundance, luxurious without pleasure, idle without ease, impatient and querulous in themselves, and despised or hated by the 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.

Numb. 59. Tuesday, October 9, 1750.

Est aliquid fatale malum per verba levare,
  Hoc querulam Prognen Halcyonenque facit:
 Hoc erat in gelido quare Pæantius antro
  Voce fatigaret Lemnia saxa sua.
 Strangulat inclusus dolor, atque exæstuat intus,
  Cogitur et vires multiplicare suas.

Ovid.

 Complaining oft gives respite to our grief;
 From hence the wretched Progne sought relief,
 Hence the Pæantian chief his fate deplores,
 And vents his sorrow to the Lemnian shores:
 In vain by secrecy we would assuage
 Our cares; conceal'd they gather tenfold rage.

F. Lewis.

IT is common to distinguish men by the names of animals which they are supposed to resemble. Thus a hero is frequently termed a lion,

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