The British Essayists: SpectatorLionel Thomas Berguer T. and J. Allman, 1823 |
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... half a kilderkin of small beer , nineteen barrels of cider , and three glasses of champagne ; besides which he had assisted at four hundred bowls of punch , not to mention sips , drams , and whets without number . I question not but ...
... half a kilderkin of small beer , nineteen barrels of cider , and three glasses of champagne ; besides which he had assisted at four hundred bowls of punch , not to mention sips , drams , and whets without number . I question not but ...
Side 26
... Half an hour after I was mar- ried I received a penitential letter from the honour- able Mr. Edward Waitfort , in which he begged par- don for his passion , as proceeding from the violence of his love . I triumphed when I read , and ...
... Half an hour after I was mar- ried I received a penitential letter from the honour- able Mr. Edward Waitfort , in which he begged par- don for his passion , as proceeding from the violence of his love . I triumphed when I read , and ...
Side 32
... half than he knew what to do with . In short , content is equivalent to wealth , and luxury to poverty ; or , to give the thought a more agreeable turn , Con- tent is natural wealth , ' says Socrates ; to which I shall add , Luxury is ...
... half than he knew what to do with . In short , content is equivalent to wealth , and luxury to poverty ; or , to give the thought a more agreeable turn , Con- tent is natural wealth , ' says Socrates ; to which I shall add , Luxury is ...
Side 39
... half a dozen clubs before he was one - and - twenty ; and so improved in them his natural gaiety of temper , that you might frequently trace him to his lodgings by a range of broken windows , and other the like monuments of wit and ...
... half a dozen clubs before he was one - and - twenty ; and so improved in them his natural gaiety of temper , that you might frequently trace him to his lodgings by a range of broken windows , and other the like monuments of wit and ...
Side 40
... thrust his head out of his chamber window every morning , and , after having gaped for fresh air about half an hour , repeat fifty verses as loud as he could bawl them , for the benefit of his lungs 40 N " 576 . SPECTATOR .
... thrust his head out of his chamber window every morning , and , after having gaped for fresh air about half an hour , repeat fifty verses as loud as he could bawl them , for the benefit of his lungs 40 N " 576 . SPECTATOR .
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Side 238 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man ! Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes...
Side 238 - I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them. [Laying his hand on his sword.\ Thus am I doubly arm'd ; my death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me.
Side 66 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Side 184 - What shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own ? was the result of a laudable ambition.
Side 146 - Pleasure to look at, twas Music to hear. But now she is absent, I walk by its Side, And still, as it murmurs, do nothing but chide: 'Must you be so cheerful, while I go in pain? Peace there with your bubbling, and hear me complain.
Side 58 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Side 256 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Side 38 - I say, might give itself up to that happiness which is at hand, considering that it is so very near, and that it would last so very long. But when the choice we actually have before us is this, whether we will...
Side 194 - Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin, and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.
Side 146 - My dog I was ever well pleased to see •Come wagging his tail to my fair one and me ; And Phoebe was pleased too, and to my dog said, Come hither, poor fellow — and patted his head. But now, when he's fawning, I with a sour look Cry, Sirrah...