The Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians: Connected and Digested Under Alphabetical Heads, Band 2J. Bumstead, 1801 |
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... human nature , as the contemplation of wildom and beauty : The latter is the peculiar portion of that fex which is therefore called fair ; but the happy con- currence of both thefe excellencies in the fame perfon , is a character too ...
... human nature , as the contemplation of wildom and beauty : The latter is the peculiar portion of that fex which is therefore called fair ; but the happy con- currence of both thefe excellencies in the fame perfon , is a character too ...
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... humanity , and flows out in- to tears . Were I to relate that part of Emilia's life which has given her an opportunity of exerting the heroifm of her chriftianity , it would make too fad , too tender a ftory : But when I confider her ...
... humanity , and flows out in- to tears . Were I to relate that part of Emilia's life which has given her an opportunity of exerting the heroifm of her chriftianity , it would make too fad , too tender a ftory : But when I confider her ...
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... human nature , that an obftinate man muft only take the hint from another , and then be left to advife and correct himself . Thus by an artful train of management and unfeen perfuafions , having at first brought him not to diflike , and ...
... human nature , that an obftinate man muft only take the hint from another , and then be left to advife and correct himself . Thus by an artful train of management and unfeen perfuafions , having at first brought him not to diflike , and ...
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... human life ; and paffing from one thought to another , furely , faid I , man is but a shad- ow , and life a dream . Whilft I was thus musing , I caft my eye towards the fummit of a rock that was not far from me , where I difcovered one ...
... human life ; and paffing from one thought to another , furely , faid I , man is but a shad- ow , and life a dream . Whilft I was thus musing , I caft my eye towards the fummit of a rock that was not far from me , where I difcovered one ...
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... human life ; confider it attentively . Upon a more leifurely furvey of it , I found that it confifted of threefcore and ten intire arches , with feveral broken arches , which added to those that were intire , made up the number about an ...
... human life ; confider it attentively . Upon a more leifurely furvey of it , I found that it confifted of threefcore and ten intire arches , with feveral broken arches , which added to those that were intire , made up the number about an ...
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actions anfwer arifes beauty becauſe befides cafe confequence confider confideration confifts converfation defign defire difcourfe difcovered divine endeavour eternity exiftence exprefs eyes faculties faid fame fatire fatisfaction fecret feems felf fenfe fenfible fent feve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpeak fpirit ftand ftate ftill ftory ftrength fubject fuch fuffer fuperior fure give good-nature greateſt happineſs happy hath heart himſelf honour human humour huſband imagination impoffible inftances itſelf juft kind laft lefs live loft look mankind mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferve occafion ourſelves paffage paffions pafs perfection perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent preferve raiſed reafon reft reprefented Rhadamanthus ſpeak SPECTATOR TATLER thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſeful virtue whofe wife wiſdom words
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Seite 32 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Seite 233 - And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Seite 146 - 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 218 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Seite 122 - 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 232 - Lord, my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Seite 338 - Dutch, whom we are apt to despise for want of genius, show an infinitely greater taste of antiquity and politeness in their buildings and works of this nature, than what we meet with in those of our own country.
Seite 34 - I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Seite 219 - ... uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married.
Seite 35 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.