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Side xi
... hand . Asthma , from which he had long suffered , was followed by dropsy , and on the 17th of July , 1719 , he died at Holland House . His body , after lying in state in the Jerusalem Chamber , was buried in Westminister Abbey , where ...
... hand . Asthma , from which he had long suffered , was followed by dropsy , and on the 17th of July , 1719 , he died at Holland House . His body , after lying in state in the Jerusalem Chamber , was buried in Westminister Abbey , where ...
Side xiv
... hands , retouched them , coloured them , and is in truth the creator of the Sir Roger de Coverley and the Will Honeycomb with whom we are all familiar . " 1 The characters thus grouped " represent considerable classes or sections of the ...
... hands , retouched them , coloured them , and is in truth the creator of the Sir Roger de Coverley and the Will Honeycomb with whom we are all familiar . " 1 The characters thus grouped " represent considerable classes or sections of the ...
Side 11
... At the upper end of the hall was the Magna Charta , with the Act of Uniformity on the right hand , and the Act of Toleration on 30 the left . At the lower end of the hall PUBLIC CREDIT , A VISION . 11 Public Credit, a Vision,
... At the upper end of the hall was the Magna Charta , with the Act of Uniformity on the right hand , and the Act of Toleration on 30 the left . At the lower end of the hall PUBLIC CREDIT , A VISION . 11 Public Credit, a Vision,
Side 12
... hand , and on her left , was covered with vast sums of gold that rose up in pyramids on either side of her but this I did not so much wonder at , when I heard , : upon inquiry , that she had the same virtue in 12 THE SPECTATOŘ .
... hand , and on her left , was covered with vast sums of gold that rose up in pyramids on either side of her but this I did not so much wonder at , when I heard , : upon inquiry , that she had the same virtue in 12 THE SPECTATOŘ .
Side 13
... hand , which in the dance he often brandished at the Act of Settlement ; and a citizen , who stood by me , whispered in my ear , that he saw a sponge in his left hand . The dance of so many jarring natures put me 20 in mind of the sun ...
... hand , which in the dance he often brandished at the Act of Settlement ; and a citizen , who stood by me , whispered in my ear , that he saw a sponge in his left hand . The dance of so many jarring natures put me 20 in mind of the sun ...
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Side 79 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Side 76 - Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which added to those that were entire made up the number about an hundred.
Side 21 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Side 21 - ... though I am always serious, I do not know what it is to be melancholy; and can therefore take , a view of nature, in her deep and solemn scenes, with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones.
Side 75 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Side 4 - I am very well versed in the theory of a husband or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversion of others better than those who are engaged in them — as standers-by discover blots which are apt to escape those who are in the game.
Side 7 - His notions of trade are noble and generous, and (as every rich man has usually some sly way of jesting which would make no great figure were he not a rich man) he calls the sea the British Common. He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms, for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation, — and if another,...
Side 56 - ... venerable man in the pulpit, but I very much approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as with the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor.
Side 77 - End, and spreading forth into an immense Ocean, that had a huge Rock of Adamant running through the Midst of it, and dividing it into two equal parts. The Clouds still rested on one Half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it: But the other appeared to me a vast Ocean planted with innumerable Islands, that were covered with Fruits and Flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining Seas that ran among them.
Side 76 - As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it; and upon. further examination, perceived there were innumerable trapdoors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon, but they fell through them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many...