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Side 14
... common to see men of sense commence coxcombs , than beautiful women become immodest . When this happens in either , the favour we are naturally inclined to give to the good qualities they have from nature , should abate in proportion ...
... common to see men of sense commence coxcombs , than beautiful women become immodest . When this happens in either , the favour we are naturally inclined to give to the good qualities they have from nature , should abate in proportion ...
Side 18
... common people of out - grinning one another , that many very discerning persons are afraid it should spoil most of the faces in the coun- try ; and that a Warwickshire man will be known by his grin , as Roman Catholics imagine a Kentish ...
... common people of out - grinning one another , that many very discerning persons are afraid it should spoil most of the faces in the coun- try ; and that a Warwickshire man will be known by his grin , as Roman Catholics imagine a Kentish ...
Side 20
... so great an image impressed upon it , into the image of a monkey ; whether the raising such silly competitions among the ignorant , proposing prizes for such useless accomplishments , filling the common peo- ple's heads 20 THE SPECTATOR .
... so great an image impressed upon it , into the image of a monkey ; whether the raising such silly competitions among the ignorant , proposing prizes for such useless accomplishments , filling the common peo- ple's heads 20 THE SPECTATOR .
Side 21
... common than animosities between parties that cannot subsist but by their agreement : this was well represented in the sedition of the members of the human body , in the old Roman fable . It is often the case of lesser confe- derate ...
... common than animosities between parties that cannot subsist but by their agreement : this was well represented in the sedition of the members of the human body , in the old Roman fable . It is often the case of lesser confe- derate ...
Side 24
... common honesty . Numbers are so much the measure of every thing that is valuable , that it is not possible to demonstrate the success of any action , or the prudence of any un- dertaking without them . I say this in answer to what Sir ...
... common honesty . Numbers are so much the measure of every thing that is valuable , that it is not possible to demonstrate the success of any action , or the prudence of any un- dertaking without them . I say this in answer to what Sir ...
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
acquainted actions admiration agreeable Alcibiades appear Atheist AULUS GELLIUS beautiful behaviour Castilian cern character consider conversation creature desire discourse endeavour entertainment esteem eyes father favour female fortune gentleman give grin happy heart Herod HESIOD honour Hudibras human humble servant humour husband Hyæna imagination innocent Ionian sea jealous jealousy kind lady leap letter live look lover Lover's Leap mankind manner Mariamne Mark Antony matter means ment merit mind nature never obliged observe occasion October 31 opinion OVID pain paper particular passion person Plato pleased pleasure Plutarch poor pray present pretend Pyrrhus racter reader reason received religion renegado Salamander Sappho secret sense shew Socrates soul species Spectator speculation spirit tell temper ther thing thought tion town ture turn vicious VIRG virtue virtuous whole wife woman women word write young
Populære avsnitt
Side 35 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Side 343 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek, Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides, Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Side 35 - 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...
Side 242 - Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life : cunning is a kind of instinct, that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare.
Side 35 - If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; (What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him ? Did not he that made me in the womb make him ? and did not One fashion us in the womb...
Side 343 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Side 36 - If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him : 30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
Side 112 - Cornaro, who was the author of the little treatise I am mentioning, was of an infirm constitution, till about forty, when by obstinately persisting in an exact course of temperance, he recovered a perfect state of health ; insomuch that at fourscore he published his book, which has been translated into English under the title of ' Sure and certain Methods of attaining a long and healthy Life.
Side 240 - ... such a manner, that if he became his enemy, it should not be in his power to hurt him. The first part of this rule, which regards our behaviour towards an enemy, is indeed very reasonable, as well as very prudential ; but the latter part of it, which regards our behaviour towards a friend, savours...
Side 228 - Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...