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Side 46
I endeavour at least to look upon men and their actions only as an impartial
SPECTATOR , without any regard to them as they happen to advance or cross
my own private interest . But while I am thus employed myself I cannot help
observing ...
I endeavour at least to look upon men and their actions only as an impartial
SPECTATOR , without any regard to them as they happen to advance or cross
my own private interest . But while I am thus employed myself I cannot help
observing ...
Side 82
How pathetic is that expoftu• lation of Job , when for the trial of his pa6 tience he
was made to look upon himself in • this deplorable condition ! • Why hast thou “
set me as a mark against thee , so that I am 66 become a burden to myself ?
How pathetic is that expoftu• lation of Job , when for the trial of his pa6 tience he
was made to look upon himself in • this deplorable condition ! • Why hast thou “
set me as a mark against thee , so that I am 66 become a burden to myself ?
Side 227
I told them that , to oblige them , I would soon spoil their mirth ; upon which I
admitted a whole shoal of them , who , after having taken a survey of the place ,
came out in very good order , and with looks entirely English . I afterwards put in
a ...
I told them that , to oblige them , I would soon spoil their mirth ; upon which I
admitted a whole shoal of them , who , after having taken a survey of the place ,
came out in very good order , and with looks entirely English . I afterwards put in
a ...
Side 250
Thou know'ít , little Cupid , if Phæbe was there , “ ' Twas pleasure to look at , '
twas music to hear : " But now she is absent I walk by its side , “ And still as it
murmurs do nothing but chide ; “ Must you be so cheerful while I go in pain ? “
Peace ...
Thou know'ít , little Cupid , if Phæbe was there , “ ' Twas pleasure to look at , '
twas music to hear : " But now she is absent I walk by its side , “ And still as it
murmurs do nothing but chide ; “ Must you be so cheerful while I go in pain ? “
Peace ...
Side 284
If we suppose that there are spirits , or angels , who look into the ways of men , as
it is highly probable there are , both from reason and revelation ; how different are
the notions which they entertain of us , from those which we are apt to form of ...
If we suppose that there are spirits , or angels , who look into the ways of men , as
it is highly probable there are , both from reason and revelation ; how different are
the notions which they entertain of us , from those which we are apt to form of ...
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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.