The British Essayists: SpectatorLionel Thomas Berguer T. and J. Allman, 1823 |
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... creature . I shall here confine myself to that petty kind of ambition , by which some men grow eminent for odd accomplishments and trivial performances . How many are there whose whole reputation 10 N 570 . SPECTATOR .
... creature . I shall here confine myself to that petty kind of ambition , by which some men grow eminent for odd accomplishments and trivial performances . How many are there whose whole reputation 10 N 570 . SPECTATOR .
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... kind of burlesque musician . He afterward , of his own accord , fell into the imitation of several singing birds . My friend and I toasted our mistresses to the nightingale , when all of a sudden we were surprised with the music of 12 N ...
... kind of burlesque musician . He afterward , of his own accord , fell into the imitation of several singing birds . My friend and I toasted our mistresses to the nightingale , when all of a sudden we were surprised with the music of 12 N ...
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... kind of arsenal or magazine where store of arms was reposited against any sudden invasion . Should you be attacked by the enemy sideways , here was an infallible piece of defensive armour to cure the pleurisy : should a distemper beat ...
... kind of arsenal or magazine where store of arms was reposited against any sudden invasion . Should you be attacked by the enemy sideways , here was an infallible piece of defensive armour to cure the pleurisy : should a distemper beat ...
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... kind fates bestow , And have the heart to use the store : That have the generous skill to bear The hated weight of poverty . - CREECH . 6 It I WAS once engaged in discoure with a Rosicrucian about the great secret . ' As this kind of ...
... kind fates bestow , And have the heart to use the store : That have the generous skill to bear The hated weight of poverty . - CREECH . 6 It I WAS once engaged in discoure with a Rosicrucian about the great secret . ' As this kind of ...
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... kind of splendid poverty , and are perpetu- ally wanting , because , instead of acquiescing in the solid pleasures of life , they endeavour to outvie one another in shadows and appearances . Men of sense have at all times beheld , with ...
... kind of splendid poverty , and are perpetu- ally wanting , because , instead of acquiescing in the solid pleasures of life , they endeavour to outvie one another in shadows and appearances . Men of sense have at all times beheld , with ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admirer Æneid Aglaüs agreeable appear bacon battles of Blenheim beauty body consider creature delight dervis desire divine doth endeavour entertain eternity eyes faculties fancy fear fortune freebench FRIDAY gentleman give glory Gregorio Leti Gyges hæc hand happiness Harpath hath hear heart heaven Hilpa Hockley-in-the-Hole honour humour husband imagination kind king lady light lived lives single look love-casuist lover mankind manner marriage married mind MONDAY nature naufraga never night NOVEMBER 24 observed occasion OCTOBER 27 ourselves OVID pain paper passion periwig persons pleased pleasure present pretty quæ quaqua reader reason received rise fast roundhead scene secret Shalum shew soul SPECTATOR steward sure tell thing thou thought tion Tirzah Tom Tyler town truth vanity verses VIRG virtue Waitfort walk WEDNESDAY Whichenovre whig whole widow wife wonder words write young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 238 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man ! Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes...
Seite 238 - I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them. [Laying his hand on his sword.\ Thus am I doubly arm'd ; my death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me.
Seite 66 - 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.
Seite 184 - What shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own ? was the result of a laudable ambition.
Seite 146 - Pleasure to look at, twas Music to hear. But now she is absent, I walk by its Side, And still, as it murmurs, do nothing but chide: 'Must you be so cheerful, while I go in pain? Peace there with your bubbling, and hear me complain.
Seite 58 - 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.
Seite 256 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Seite 38 - I say, might give itself up to that happiness which is at hand, considering that it is so very near, and that it would last so very long. But when the choice we actually have before us is this, whether we will...
Seite 194 - Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin, and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.
Seite 146 - My dog I was ever well pleased to see •Come wagging his tail to my fair one and me ; And Phoebe was pleased too, and to my dog said, Come hither, poor fellow — and patted his head. But now, when he's fawning, I with a sour look Cry, Sirrah...