The Spectator. ...H. Hughs, 1789 |
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Side 4
... greater than in the former feries . The SPECTATOR , from " its recommencement , was published only three times a week , " and no difcriminative marks were added to the papers . To " ADDISON Mr. Tickell has afcribed 23 ; Nos . 556 , 557 ...
... greater than in the former feries . The SPECTATOR , from " its recommencement , was published only three times a week , " and no difcriminative marks were added to the papers . To " ADDISON Mr. Tickell has afcribed 23 ; Nos . 556 , 557 ...
Side 7
... greater free- dom when I was not under any impediment of thinking : I therefore threw myself into an af- fembly of ladies , but could not for my life get in a word among them : and found that if I did not change my company I was in ...
... greater free- dom when I was not under any impediment of thinking : I therefore threw myself into an af- fembly of ladies , but could not for my life get in a word among them : and found that if I did not change my company I was in ...
Side 9
... greater height , that on the contrary , it fhall be the chief tendency of my Papers to infpire my countrymen with a mutual good - will and benevolence . Whatever faults either party may be guilty of , they are rather inflamed than cured ...
... greater height , that on the contrary , it fhall be the chief tendency of my Papers to infpire my countrymen with a mutual good - will and benevolence . Whatever faults either party may be guilty of , they are rather inflamed than cured ...
Side 42
... greater confequence can • be found out to fupply them . One of these Blanks is equally qualified for all offices ; he ferve in time of need for a foldier , a poli- tician , a lawyer , or what you please . I have • known in my time many ...
... greater confequence can • be found out to fupply them . One of these Blanks is equally qualified for all offices ; he ferve in time of need for a foldier , a poli- tician , a lawyer , or what you please . I have • known in my time many ...
Side 72
... greater monster than any that is to be found among all the creatures which God has made ; as indeed there is no character which appears more defpi- cable and deformed , in the eyes of all rational per- fons , than that of a Drunkard ...
... greater monster than any that is to be found among all the creatures which God has made ; as indeed there is no character which appears more defpi- cable and deformed , in the eyes of all rational per- fons , than that of a Drunkard ...
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ADDISON affured afked againſt anfwer beautiful becauſe cafe confider confideration converfation creature defign defire difcourfe diſcover eternity exiftence exiſtence faid fame fatire fatisfaction fays fecond fecret feems felf fenfe fent fervant ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fleep fome fomething foon foul fpeaking fpecies ftanding ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofed fure gentleman greateſt hand happineſs hath heart himſelf honour huſband inftance itſelf JOHN BYROM juft lady laft laſt lefs letter look miferable mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never obferved occafion ourſelves OVID paffed paffion Paper perfon philofopher pleafed pleaſed pleaſure prefent promife publiſhed purpoſe reader reafon rife ſeveral ſhall Shalum ſhe ſpeak SPECT SPECTATOR ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe Thomas Tickell thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſe VIRG virtue Wedneſday whofe whole wife
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Side 137 - 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 56 - 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 371 - ... 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 371 - 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 198 - In the next place, our critics do not seem sensible that there is more beauty in the works of a great genius who is ignorant of the rules of art, than in those of a little genius who knows and observes them.
Side 55 - His substance is within the substance of every 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 57 - ... 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...
Side 25 - Commodious manner, he marched off 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 54 - ... capacities, as they are creatures, that is, beings of finite and limited natures. The presence of every created being is confined to a certain measure of space ; and consequently his observation is stinted to a certain number of objects.
Side 104 - I am got into quotations, give me leave to add the saying of an old philosopher, who, after having invited some of his friends to dine with him, was ruffled by his wife that came into the room in a passion, and threw down the table that stood before them; ' every one,' says he, ' has his calamity, and he is a happy man that has no greater than this.