The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The SpectatorE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1810 |
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Side 27
... perfection . So likewise the belles lettres are typified by a saunter in the gait , a fall of one wing of the peruke backward , an in- sertion of one hand in the fob , and a negligent swing of the other , with a pinch of right fine ...
... perfection . So likewise the belles lettres are typified by a saunter in the gait , a fall of one wing of the peruke backward , an in- sertion of one hand in the fob , and a negligent swing of the other , with a pinch of right fine ...
Side 30
... perfection in the senses which one animal enjoys beyond what appears in ano- ther , that , though the sense in different animals be distinguished by the same common denomina- tion , it seems almost of a different nature . If after this ...
... perfection in the senses which one animal enjoys beyond what appears in ano- ther , that , though the sense in different animals be distinguished by the same common denomina- tion , it seems almost of a different nature . If after this ...
Side 31
... space and room for different degrees of perfection between the Supreme Being and man , than be- tween man and the most despicable insect . This consequence of so great a variety of beings which are No. 519 . 31 SPECTATOR .
... space and room for different degrees of perfection between the Supreme Being and man , than be- tween man and the most despicable insect . This consequence of so great a variety of beings which are No. 519 . 31 SPECTATOR .
Side 33
... perfection , as we see they gradually de- scend from us downward : which if it be proba- ble , we have reason then to be persuaded that there are far more species of creatures above us than there are beneath ; we being in degrees of ...
... perfection , as we see they gradually de- scend from us downward : which if it be proba- ble , we have reason then to be persuaded that there are far more species of creatures above us than there are beneath ; we being in degrees of ...
Side 35
... perfection in the senses which one animal enjoys beyond what appears in ano- ther , that , though the sense in different animals be distinguished by the same common denomina- tion , it seems almost of a different nature . If after this ...
... perfection in the senses which one animal enjoys beyond what appears in ano- ther , that , though the sense in different animals be distinguished by the same common denomina- tion , it seems almost of a different nature . If after this ...
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Side 249 - 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 131 - tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life...
Side 130 - This is the state of man : To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Side 33 - Thou art my father; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.
Side 20 - KNOWING that you was my old master's good friend, I could not forbear sending you the melancholy news of his death, which has afflicted the whole country, as well as his poor servants, who loved him, I may say, better than we did our lives. I am afraid he caught his death the last county...
Side 22 - ... good use of it, and to pay the several legacies, and the gifts of charity, which he told him he had left as quit-rents upon the estate. The captain truly seems a courteous man, though he says but little. He makes much of those whom my master loved, and shows great kindness to the old house-dog, that you know my poor master was so fond of.
Side 244 - ... 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, which Milton takes notice of, and opened to the eye a new picture of nature, which was more finely shaded, and disposed among softer lights, than that which the sun had before discovered to us.
Side 248 - ... being, whether material or immaterial, and as intimately present to it as that being is to itself. It would be an imperfection in him...
Side 222 - ... with it contentedly, being very well pleased that he had not been left to his own choice, as to the kind of evils which fell to his lot.
Side 249 - ... omniscience every uncomfortable thought vanishes. He cannot but regard every thing that has being, especially such of his creatures who fear they are not regarded by him. He is privy to all their thoughts, and to that anxiety of heart in particular, which is apt to trouble them on this occasion : for, as it is impossible he should overlook any of his creatures, so we may be confident...