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... happy in his dreams , and misera- ble in his waking thoughts , and that his life was equally divided between them , whether would he be more hap- py or miserable ? Were a man a king in his dreams , and a beggar awake , and dreamt as ...
... happy in his dreams , and misera- ble in his waking thoughts , and that his life was equally divided between them , whether would he be more hap- py or miserable ? Were a man a king in his dreams , and a beggar awake , and dreamt as ...
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... happy state , are like the spies bringing along with them the clusters of grapes , and delicious fruits , that might invite their companions into the pleasant country which produced them . An eminent Pagan writer has made a discourse to ...
... happy state , are like the spies bringing along with them the clusters of grapes , and delicious fruits , that might invite their companions into the pleasant country which produced them . An eminent Pagan writer has made a discourse to ...
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... when they are playing with their puppets , I cannot but flatter myself that their husbands and children will be happy in the possession of such wives and mothers . " If you are a father , you will not 26 No. 500 . SPECTATOR .
... when they are playing with their puppets , I cannot but flatter myself that their husbands and children will be happy in the possession of such wives and mothers . " If you are a father , you will not 26 No. 500 . SPECTATOR .
Side 55
... happy an occasion , and being willing , as much as in me lies , to prevent that effusion of nonsense , which we have good cause to apprehend ; I do hereby a Without doubt " to subsist , " strictly require every person , who shall write ...
... happy an occasion , and being willing , as much as in me lies , to prevent that effusion of nonsense , which we have good cause to apprehend ; I do hereby a Without doubt " to subsist , " strictly require every person , who shall write ...
Side 67
... happy and satisfied if we possess ourselves of such and such particular enjoy- ments ; but either by reason of their emptiness , or the natural inquietude of the mind , we have no sooner gain- ed one point but we extend our hopes to ...
... happy and satisfied if we possess ourselves of such and such particular enjoy- ments ; but either by reason of their emptiness , or the natural inquietude of the mind , we have no sooner gain- ed one point but we extend our hopes to ...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with Notes, Volum 5 Joseph Addison,Richard Hurd Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1811 |
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Side 159 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Side 124 - 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 364 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions where she is not, It ought not to be sported with.
Side 11 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Side 46 - ... lady whom he had made love to the forty last years of his life ; but this only proved a light'ning before death. He has bequeathed to this lady, as a token of his love, a great...
Side 121 - I considered that infinite host of stars, or, to speak more philosophically, of suns which were then shining upon me, with those innumerable sets of planets or worlds which were moving round their respective suns; when I still enlarged the idea, and supposed another heaven of suns and worlds rising still above this which we discovered, and these still enlightened...
Side 108 - I saw , with unspeakable pleasure , the whole species thus delivered from its sorrows: though at the same time , as we stood round the heap , and surveyed the several materials of which it was composed , there was...
Side 142 - A. LEWD young fellow seeing an aged hermit go by him barefoot, " Father (says he) you are in a very miserable condition if there is not another world." " True, son, (said the hermit;) but what is thy condition if there is?" Man is a creature designed for two different states of being, or rather, for two different lives. His first life is short and transient; his second, permanent and lasting. The question we are all concerned in is this, In which of...
Side 106 - Jupiter, that every mortal should bring in his griefs and calamities and throw them together in a heap. There was a large plain appointed for this purpose. I took my stand in the center of it, and saw with a great deal of pleasure the whole human species marching one after another, and throwing down their several loads, which immediately grew up into a prodigious mountain, that seemed to rise above the clouds.
Side 251 - Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.