Selections from the SpectatorMacmillan, 1892 - 220 sider |
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... mentioned , Addison was the author of several Latin poems and translations from Latin poets , of a Discourse on Ancient and Modern Learn- ing , a poetical epistle to Halifax , contributions to the Whig Examiner , Dialogues on Medals ...
... mentioned , Addison was the author of several Latin poems and translations from Latin poets , of a Discourse on Ancient and Modern Learn- ing , a poetical epistle to Halifax , contributions to the Whig Examiner , Dialogues on Medals ...
Side 6
... mentioned widow , he was very serious for a year and a half ; and though his temper being naturally jovial , he at last got over it , he grew careless of himself and never dressed afterwards ; he continues to wear a coat and doublet of ...
... mentioned widow , he was very serious for a year and a half ; and though his temper being naturally jovial , he at last got over it , he grew careless of himself and never dressed afterwards ; he continues to wear a coat and doublet of ...
Side 19
... mentioned in the battles of heroic poems , who have sounding names given them , for no other reason but that they may be killed , and are celebrated for nothing but being knocked on the head . Γλαῦκόν τε Μέδοντά τε Θερσίλοχόν τε . — Hom ...
... mentioned in the battles of heroic poems , who have sounding names given them , for no other reason but that they may be killed , and are celebrated for nothing but being knocked on the head . Γλαῦκόν τε Μέδοντά τε Θερσίλοχόν τε . — Hom ...
Side 24
... mentioning several of the children of False Humour , who are more in number than the 30 sands of the sea , and might in particular enumerate the many sons and daughters which he has begot in this island . But as this would be a very ...
... mentioning several of the children of False Humour , who are more in number than the 30 sands of the sea , and might in particular enumerate the many sons and daughters which he has begot in this island . But as this would be a very ...
Side 30
... , to the other world ; and that upon his return he gave his friends a distinct account of 30 everything he saw among those regions of the dead . A friend of mine , whom I have formerly mentioned , 30 THE SPECTATOR . Vision of Marraton,
... , to the other world ; and that upon his return he gave his friends a distinct account of 30 everything he saw among those regions of the dead . A friend of mine , whom I have formerly mentioned , 30 THE SPECTATOR . Vision of Marraton,
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Side 78 - Mirza, habitations worth contending for ? Does life appear miserable, that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared, that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain, who has such an Eternity reserved for him.
Side 78 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Side 77 - Look no more, said he, 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.
Side 76 - Bridge, said I, standing in the Midst of the Tide. The Bridge thou seest, said he, is human Life, consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely Survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire Arches, with several broken Arches, which added to those that were entire, made up the Number about an hundred.
Side 74 - I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.
Side 21 - 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 21 - ... though I am always serious, I do not know what it is to be melancholy; and can therefore take , a view of nature, in her deep and solemn scenes, with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones.
Side 8 - He was some years a captain, and behaved himself with great gallantry in several engagements and at several sieges; but having a small estate of his own, and being next heir to Sir Roger, he has quitted a way of life in which no man can rise suitably to his merit, who is not something of a courtier as well as a soldier.
Side 7 - His notions of trade are noble and generous, and (as every rich man has usually some sly way of jesting which would make no great figure were he not a rich man) he calls the sea the British Common. He is acquainted with commerce 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 were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation, — and if another,...
Side 55 - Greek at his own table ; for which reason he desired a particular friend of his at the university to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning, of a good aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon.