The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]. With hist. and biogr. preface, and explanatory notes, Volum 81823 |
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Side 9
... tion , who are so very sociable as to think they are never better company than when they are all open- ing at the same time . I then fancied I might receive great benefit from female conversation , and that I should have a con- venience ...
... tion , who are so very sociable as to think they are never better company than when they are all open- ing at the same time . I then fancied I might receive great benefit from female conversation , and that I should have a con- venience ...
Side 12
... speaks without any inten- tion to deceive . Among all the accounts which are given of Cato , I do not remember one that more redounds to his honour than the following passage related by Plu- tarch . 12 N ° 557 . SPECTATOR .
... speaks without any inten- tion to deceive . Among all the accounts which are given of Cato , I do not remember one that more redounds to his honour than the following passage related by Plu- tarch . 12 N ° 557 . SPECTATOR .
Side 13
... tion this great man had gained among his contem- poraries upon the account of his sincerity . When such an inflexible integrity is a little soft- ened and qualified by the rules of conversation and good breeding , there is not a more ...
... tion this great man had gained among his contem- poraries upon the account of his sincerity . When such an inflexible integrity is a little soft- ened and qualified by the rules of conversation and good breeding , there is not a more ...
Side 14
... tion to the foregoing passage , cited out of this most excellent prelate . It is said to have been written in King Charles the Second's reign by the ambas- sador of Bantam , * a little after his arrival in England . MASTER , The people ...
... tion to the foregoing passage , cited out of this most excellent prelate . It is said to have been written in King Charles the Second's reign by the ambas- sador of Bantam , * a little after his arrival in England . MASTER , The people ...
Side 32
... tion that every matron should give her own picture , and set it round with her husbands ' in miniature . ' As they have most of them the misfortune to be troubled with the colic , they have a noble cellar of cordials and strong waters ...
... tion that every matron should give her own picture , and set it round with her husbands ' in miniature . ' As they have most of them the misfortune to be troubled with the colic , they have a noble cellar of cordials and strong waters ...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]. With hist. and biogr ..., Volum 1 Spectator The Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1823 |
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acquaintance admirer agreeable appear battle of Blenheim beautiful body CICERO consider conversation creature delight dervis desire discourse divine DRYDEN endeavour entertain Epig eternity eyes faculties fair lady fancy favour freebench FRIDAY gentleman give glory Gyges hand happiness hath hear heart heaven Herodotus Hilpa honour humour husband imagination infinite Julius Cæsar JUNE 23 Jupiter kind king lady letter light lived look lover mankind manner Marcus Aurelius marriage married Middle Temple mind MONDAY nation nature never obliged observed occasion ourselves OVID pain paper particular passion person philosopher pleased pleasure present pretty quæ reader reason received roundhead says secret Shalum shew soul speak Spectator tell tence thing thou thought tion Tirzah told truth VIII VIRG virtue WEDNESDAY Whichenovre whig whole widow words write young
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Side 116 - 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 310 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Side 125 - 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 310 - 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...
Side 49 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Side 158 - God's existence, by telling us that he comprehends infinite duration in every moment : that eternity is with him...
Side 45 - ... appeared one after another, until the whole firmament was in a glow. The blueness of the ether was exceedingly heightened and enlivened by the season of the year, and by the rays of all those luminaries that passed through it. The galaxy appeared in its most beautiful white. To complete the scene, the full moon rose at length in that clouded majesty...
Side 310 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Side 103 - I think, is a thinking intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing, in different times and places...
Side 213 - How slowly Time creeps, till my Phebe return, While amidst the soft Zephyr's cool breezes I burn ; Methinks, if I knew whereabouts he would tread, I could breathe on his wings, and 'twould melt down the lead. Fly swifter, ye minutes ! bring hither my dear ! And rest so much longer for't, when she is here. " Ah ! Colin ! old Time is full of delay ; Nor will budge one foot faster, for all thou canst say...