The Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians: Connected and Digested Under Alphabetical Heads, Band 2J. Bumstead, 1801 |
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... prefent ; but ' the falfe valet no fooner faw me falling to work , but he fent me word to defire me to give over , for he would have no fuch doings in his house . I had not been long in this nation , before I was told by one , from whom ...
... prefent ; but ' the falfe valet no fooner faw me falling to work , but he fent me word to defire me to give over , for he would have no fuch doings in his house . I had not been long in this nation , before I was told by one , from whom ...
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... prefent , war has fo adulterated our tongue with strange words , that it would be impoffible for one of our great grandfathers to know what his pofterity have been do ing , were he to read their exploits in a modern newspa- per . Our ...
... prefent , war has fo adulterated our tongue with strange words , that it would be impoffible for one of our great grandfathers to know what his pofterity have been do ing , were he to read their exploits in a modern newspa- per . Our ...
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... letter was very modeftly che- quered with this modern military eloquence , I fhall prefent my readers with a copy of it ... SIR , « UPON the junction of the French and 20 BEAUTIES OF THE SPECTATORS , Adverfity, Beards, 150.
... letter was very modeftly che- quered with this modern military eloquence , I fhall prefent my readers with a copy of it ... SIR , « UPON the junction of the French and 20 BEAUTIES OF THE SPECTATORS , Adverfity, Beards, 150.
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... prefent . " After having wifhed my correfpondent good luck , and thanked him for his intended kindness , I fhall for this time difmifs the fubject of the lottery , and only observe , that the greatest part of mankind are in fome degree ...
... prefent . " After having wifhed my correfpondent good luck , and thanked him for his intended kindness , I fhall for this time difmifs the fubject of the lottery , and only observe , that the greatest part of mankind are in fome degree ...
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... prefent condition , and whatever may be our expectations , to live within the compaís of what we actually poffefs . It will be time enough to enjoy an estate when it comes into our hands ; but if we anticipate our good fortune , we ...
... prefent condition , and whatever may be our expectations , to live within the compaís of what we actually poffefs . It will be time enough to enjoy an estate when it comes into our hands ; but if we anticipate our good fortune , we ...
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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.