The Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, Volumer 1-2J.J. Woodward, 1836 |
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... acquainted with your ordinary life and deportment ! How pleasing would it be to hear that the same man , who carried fire and sword into the countries of all that had opposed the cause of liberty , and struck a terror into the armies of ...
... acquainted with your ordinary life and deportment ! How pleasing would it be to hear that the same man , who carried fire and sword into the countries of all that had opposed the cause of liberty , and struck a terror into the armies of ...
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... acquainted with your virtues . And here , sir , I shall not compliment you upon your birth , per- son , or fortune ; nor on any other the like perfections which you possess , whether you will or no ; but shall only touch upon those ...
... acquainted with your virtues . And here , sir , I shall not compliment you upon your birth , per- son , or fortune ; nor on any other the like perfections which you possess , whether you will or no ; but shall only touch upon those ...
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... acquainted with . One with a flash begins , and ends in smoke ; Another out of smoke brings glorious light , And , ( without raising expectation high ) Surprises us with dazzling miracles . Roscommon . I HAVE observed that a reader ...
... acquainted with . One with a flash begins , and ends in smoke ; Another out of smoke brings glorious light , And , ( without raising expectation high ) Surprises us with dazzling miracles . Roscommon . I HAVE observed that a reader ...
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... acquaint the I never espoused any party with violence , reader , that though our club meet only on and am resolved to observe ... acquainted with the parts and the ble , before I die . I have been often told merits of sir Roger . He is a ...
... acquaint the I never espoused any party with violence , reader , that though our club meet only on and am resolved to observe ... acquainted with the parts and the ble , before I die . I have been often told merits of sir Roger . He is a ...
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... acquainted with com- merce in all its parts , and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms ; for true power is to be got by arts and industry . He will often argue , that if this part of our trade ...
... acquainted with com- merce in all its parts , and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms ; for true power is to be got by arts and industry . He will often argue , that if this part of our trade ...
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Side 236 - I passed some time in the contemplation of this wonderful structure, and the great variety of objects which it presented. My heart was filled with a deep melancholy to see several dropping unexpectedly in the midst of mirth and jollity, and catching at every thing that stood by them to save themselves.
Side 236 - But tell me farther,' said he, ' what thou discoverest on it.' ' I see multitudes of people passing over it,' said I, ' and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.' As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it : and upon...
Side 53 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Side 172 - Psalms half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it ; sometimes, when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces "amen...
Side 237 - on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it." I directed my sight as I was ordered, and (whether or no the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force, or dissipated part of the mist that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the...
Side 236 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains. I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and, passing from one thought to another,
Side 164 - This humanity and good nature engages everybody to him, so that when he is pleasant upon any of them, all his family are in good humour, and none so much as the person whom he diverts himself with ; on the contrary, if he coughs, or betrays any infirmity of old age, it is easy for a stander-by to observe a secret concern in the looks of all his servants.
Side 165 - I have given him the parsonage of the parish; and, because I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he out-lives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years ; and, though he does not know I have taken...
Side 437 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Side 264 - Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me: When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...