The Spectator. ...H. Hughs, 1789 |
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Side 51
... finely fhaded , and difpofed among fofter lights , than that which the fun had before discovered to us . As I was furveying the moon walking in her brightness E 2 As N ° 565. THE SPECTATOR . 51 N° 565. Friday, July 9, 1714. ...
... finely fhaded , and difpofed among fofter lights , than that which the fun had before discovered to us . As I was furveying the moon walking in her brightness E 2 As N ° 565. THE SPECTATOR . 51 N° 565. Friday, July 9, 1714. ...
Side 53
... light is not yet travelled down to us , fince their first creation * . There is no question but the univerfe has certain bounds fet to it ; but when we confider that it is the work of infinite power , prompted by infinite goodnefs ...
... light is not yet travelled down to us , fince their first creation * . There is no question but the univerfe has certain bounds fet to it ; but when we confider that it is the work of infinite power , prompted by infinite goodnefs ...
Side 80
ral excellent writers , I fhall confider it in a light wherein I have not feen it placed by • others . · Firft , How difconfolate is the condition of an intellectual being , who is thus prefent with his Maker , but at the fame time ...
ral excellent writers , I fhall confider it in a light wherein I have not feen it placed by • others . · Firft , How difconfolate is the condition of an intellectual being , who is thus prefent with his Maker , but at the fame time ...
Side 84
... light of na- 6 6 6 6 ture could direct Seneca to this doctrine , in a very remarkable paffage among his epiftles : • Sacer in eft in nobis fpiritus bonorum malorumque cuflos , & obfervator , & quemadmodum nos illum traclamus , ita ...
... light of na- 6 6 6 6 ture could direct Seneca to this doctrine , in a very remarkable paffage among his epiftles : • Sacer in eft in nobis fpiritus bonorum malorumque cuflos , & obfervator , & quemadmodum nos illum traclamus , ita ...
Side 96
... light I took in fhewing the young flirts about town it was yet in my power to give pain to a man of fenfe ; this , and fome private hopes he would hang himfelf , and what a glory it would be for me , and how I fhould be envied , made me ...
... light I took in fhewing the young flirts about town it was yet in my power to give pain to a man of fenfe ; this , and fome private hopes he would hang himfelf , and what a glory it would be for me , and how I fhould be envied , made me ...
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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.