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Side 65
... mean while I fhall leave this with my curious reader , as fome ingenious writers do their enigmas ; and , if any fagacious perfon can fairly unriddle it , I will print his explana- VOL . VIII . F tion , tion , and , if he pleases , with ...
... mean while I fhall leave this with my curious reader , as fome ingenious writers do their enigmas ; and , if any fagacious perfon can fairly unriddle it , I will print his explana- VOL . VIII . F tion , tion , and , if he pleases , with ...
Side 67
... means fur- nished me with a tobacco - ftopper , I took it up very fedately , and , looking him full in the face , made use of it from time to time all the while he was fpeaking : " This fellow , " fays he , " cannot for his life keep ...
... means fur- nished me with a tobacco - ftopper , I took it up very fedately , and , looking him full in the face , made use of it from time to time all the while he was fpeaking : " This fellow , " fays he , " cannot for his life keep ...
Side 68
... mean by his pickle ? " Why does he not write it at length , if he " means honeftly ? I have read over the whole fentence , " fays I ; " but I look upon the parenthesis in the belly of it to be the most dangerous part , and as full of ...
... mean by his pickle ? " Why does he not write it at length , if he " means honeftly ? I have read over the whole fentence , " fays I ; " but I look upon the parenthesis in the belly of it to be the most dangerous part , and as full of ...
Side 69
... mean , " fays I , " after those words , " the fleet that used to be the terror of the ocean , fhould be wind - bound ... means . " No ! " fays he ! --- Your humble fervant , Sir ! " Upon which he flung himself back in his chair after a ...
... mean , " fays I , " after those words , " the fleet that used to be the terror of the ocean , fhould be wind - bound ... means . " No ! " fays he ! --- Your humble fervant , Sir ! " Upon which he flung himself back in his chair after a ...
Side 89
... fhare in it than Virgil's Iapis in the curing of Æneas ; he tried his fkill , was very affiduous about the wound , and indeed was the only • vifible 6 An vifible means that relieved the hero ; but N ° 572 . THE SPECTATOR . 89.
... fhare in it than Virgil's Iapis in the curing of Æneas ; he tried his fkill , was very affiduous about the wound , and indeed was the only • vifible 6 An vifible means that relieved the hero ; but N ° 572 . THE SPECTATOR . 89.
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ADDISON affured afked againſt anfwer beautiful becauſe cafe confider confideration converfation creature defign defire difcourfe diſcover eternity exiftence exiſtence faid fame fatire fatisfaction fays fecond fecret feems felf fenfe fent fervant ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fleep fome fomething foon foul fpeaking fpecies ftanding ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofed fure gentleman greateſt hand happineſs hath heart himſelf honour huſband inftance itſelf JOHN BYROM juft lady laft laſt lefs letter look miferable mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never obferved occafion ourſelves OVID paffed paffion Paper perfon philofopher pleafed pleaſed pleaſure prefent promife publiſhed purpoſe reader reafon rife ſeveral ſhall Shalum ſhe ſpeak SPECT SPECTATOR ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe Thomas Tickell thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſe VIRG virtue Wedneſday whofe whole wife
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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.