The Spectator, Volum 8Tonson, 1739 |
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Side 16
... as he acts with an Eye to thefe Principles , whatever Party he is of , he can- not fail of being a good Englishman , and a Lover of his Country . AS : AS for the Perfons concerned in this Work , the 16 N ° 556 . The SPECTATOR .
... as he acts with an Eye to thefe Principles , whatever Party he is of , he can- not fail of being a good Englishman , and a Lover of his Country . AS : AS for the Perfons concerned in this Work , the 16 N ° 556 . The SPECTATOR .
Side 23
... Eyes . I no fooner faw my Face in it , but was ftartled at the Shortness of it , which now appeared to me in its utmoft Aggravation . The immoderate Breadth of the Features made me very much out of Humour with my own Countenance , upon ...
... Eyes . I no fooner faw my Face in it , but was ftartled at the Shortness of it , which now appeared to me in its utmoft Aggravation . The immoderate Breadth of the Features made me very much out of Humour with my own Countenance , upon ...
Side 27
... Eyes towards Heaven , and fixed them upon Ju- piter : Her Name was PATIENCE . She had no fooner placed her felf by the Mount of Sorrows , but , what I thought very remarkable , the whole Heap funk to fuch a Degree , that it did not ...
... Eyes towards Heaven , and fixed them upon Ju- piter : Her Name was PATIENCE . She had no fooner placed her felf by the Mount of Sorrows , but , what I thought very remarkable , the whole Heap funk to fuch a Degree , that it did not ...
Side 43
... Eye , we fhould find most of them either deficient and lame in feveral Parts , pro duced by a bad Ambition , or directed to an ill End . The very fame Action may fometimes be fo oddly cir- cumftanced , that it is difficult to determine ...
... Eye , we fhould find most of them either deficient and lame in feveral Parts , pro duced by a bad Ambition , or directed to an ill End . The very fame Action may fometimes be fo oddly cir- cumftanced , that it is difficult to determine ...
Side 45
... Eye a new Picture of Nature , which was more finely fhaded , and difpofed among fofter Lights , than that which the Sun had before difcovered to us . AS I was furveying the Moon walking in her Brightnefs and taking her Progrefs among ...
... Eye a new Picture of Nature , which was more finely fhaded , and difpofed among fofter Lights , than that which the Sun had before difcovered to us . AS I was furveying the Moon walking in her Brightnefs and taking her Progrefs among ...
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Side 271 - ... 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 104 - 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 48 - ... In the second place, he is Omniscient as well as Omnipresent. His Omniscience indeed necessarily and naturally flows from his Omnipresence ; he cannot but be conscious of every motion that arises in the whole material world, which he thus essentially pervades...
Side 49 - ... 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 269 - Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into...
Side 22 - I saw multitudes of old women throw down their wrinkles, and several young ones who stripped themselves of a tawny skin.
Side 22 - I took my stand in the centre 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 297 - Creator, and with slow and painful steps creep up and down on the surface of this globe, shall ere long shoot away with the swiftness of imagination, trace out the hidden springs of nature's operations, be able to keep pace with the heavenly bodies in the rapidity of their career, be a spectator of the long chain of events in the natural and moral worlds...
Side 83 - Would not he think that we are a species of beings made for quite different ends and purposes than what we really are ? Must not he imagine that we were placed in this world to get riches and honours ? Would...
Side 26 - I stuck my cane in the ground, and told him I would lay him a bottle of wine that he did not march up to it on a line that I drew for him in a quarter of an hour.