The Spectator, Volum 1Alexander Chalmers D. Appleton and Company, 1853 |
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Side 12
... desires after he had forgot his cruel beauty , insomuch that it is reported he has frequently offended in point of chastity with beggars and gypsies ; " though he qualifies this by adding , that " this is looked upon by his friends ...
... desires after he had forgot his cruel beauty , insomuch that it is reported he has frequently offended in point of chastity with beggars and gypsies ; " though he qualifies this by adding , that " this is looked upon by his friends ...
Side 31
... desire to set loose the powers of conversation : and who , that ever asked succour from Bacchus , was able to preserve himself from being enslaved by his auxiliary ? " The same fact has been related by others in coarser language , and ...
... desire to set loose the powers of conversation : and who , that ever asked succour from Bacchus , was able to preserve himself from being enslaved by his auxiliary ? " The same fact has been related by others in coarser language , and ...
Side 61
... desire of a friend , dedicated it to Lord Chief Justice Parker , afterwards Earl of Macclesfield , to whom he was an entire stranger . This incident laid the foundation of his future fortune , for Lord Parker soon after recommended him ...
... desire of a friend , dedicated it to Lord Chief Justice Parker , afterwards Earl of Macclesfield , to whom he was an entire stranger . This incident laid the foundation of his future fortune , for Lord Parker soon after recommended him ...
Side 88
... desires after he had forgot his cruel beauty , insomuch that it is reported he has frequently offended in point of chastity with beg- gars and gypsies : but this is looked upon by his friends , rather as matter of raillery than truth ...
... desires after he had forgot his cruel beauty , insomuch that it is reported he has frequently offended in point of chastity with beg- gars and gypsies : but this is looked upon by his friends , rather as matter of raillery than truth ...
Side 99
... desire no more in any thing but to be new , to be agreeable . If I found consolation among such , I was as much disquieted by the incapacity of others . These are mortals , who have a certain curi- osity without power of reflection ...
... desire no more in any thing but to be new , to be agreeable . If I found consolation among such , I was as much disquieted by the incapacity of others . These are mortals , who have a certain curi- osity without power of reflection ...
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Side 81 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Side 309 - Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter*, more than I invent, or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
Side 83 - I had not been long at the University, before I distinguished myself by a most profound silence; for, during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words; and indeed do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life.
Side 21 - It is not uncommon for those who have grown wise by the labour of others to add a little of their own, and overlook their masters. Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects but by the lights which he afforded them.
Side 206 - Some of them were covered with such extravagant epitaphs, that if it were possible for the dead person to be acquainted with them, he would blush at the praises which his friends have bestowed upon him. There are others so excessively modest, that they deliver the character of the person departed in Greek or Hebrew, and by that means are not understood once in a twelvemonth. In the poetical quarter, I found there were poets who had no monuments, and monuments which had no poets.
Side 20 - ... and of truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, "above all Greek, above all Roman fame.
Side 290 - Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Side 521 - Of nuptial sanctity and marriage rites : Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Side 271 - ... troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous doctrine in modern criticism, that they are obliged to an equal distribution of rewards and punishments, and an impartial execution of poetical justice.
Side 324 - The women look like angels, and would be more beautiful than the sun, were it not for little black spots that are apt to break out in their faces, and sometimes rise in very odd figures. I have observed that those little blemishes wear off very soon ; but when they disappear in one part of the face, they are very apt to break out in another, insomuch that I have seen a spot upon the forehead in the afternoon, which was upon the chin in the morning.