The Spectator, Band 5William Durell and Company, 1810 |
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... behaviour and conversation ; or be- cause , as we have before observed , the same tem- per of mind which inclines us to a desire of fame , naturally betrays us into such slips and unwari- ness , as are not incident to men of a contrary ...
... behaviour and conversation ; or be- cause , as we have before observed , the same tem- per of mind which inclines us to a desire of fame , naturally betrays us into such slips and unwari- ness , as are not incident to men of a contrary ...
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... behaviour in every concur- rence of affairs , and sees us engaged in all the possibilities of action . He discovers the martyr and confessor without the trial of flames and tor- tures , and will hereafter entitle many to the re- ward of ...
... behaviour in every concur- rence of affairs , and sees us engaged in all the possibilities of action . He discovers the martyr and confessor without the trial of flames and tor- tures , and will hereafter entitle many to the re- ward of ...
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... behaviour , such a gentleman as this seldom finds his account in the return of his compliments ; but he will still go on , for he is in his own way , and must not omit ; let the neglect fall on your side , or where it will , his ...
... behaviour , such a gentleman as this seldom finds his account in the return of his compliments ; but he will still go on , for he is in his own way , and must not omit ; let the neglect fall on your side , or where it will , his ...
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... behaviour will make him fre- quently remembered , but never wanted . This commerce is so well cemented , that without the pomp of saying , " Son , be a friend to such a one when I am gone ; " Camillus knows , being in his favour is ...
... behaviour will make him fre- quently remembered , but never wanted . This commerce is so well cemented , that without the pomp of saying , " Son , be a friend to such a one when I am gone ; " Camillus knows , being in his favour is ...
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... behaviour towards me has gained him , occasioned that many an old man besides myself has rejoiced . Other men's children follow the example of mine , and I have the inexpressible happiness of overhearing our neighbours , as we ride by ...
... behaviour towards me has gained him , occasioned that many an old man besides myself has rejoiced . Other men's children follow the example of mine , and I have the inexpressible happiness of overhearing our neighbours , as we ride by ...
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above-mentioned acquainted action admirer Æneid agreeable appear Aristotle beauty behaviour character CHARLES DIEUPART circumstances colours Cottius critics desire discourse dress endeavour Eneid entertainment Enville epic poem epic poetry eyes fable fame father faults favour fortune give greatest Greek happy head heart heaven holy orders Homer honour hoods hope humble servant humour Iliad infernal innocent Julius Cæsar kind lady late letter lived look lover mankind manner marriage ment Milton mind mistress nature never obliged observed occasion Ovid paper Paradise Lost particular pass passage passion perfect person pin-money pleased pleasure poet portunity pray present proper racters reader reason sentiments shew Sir Roger speak SPECTATOR spirit tell Thammuz thing THOMAS CLAYTON thought tion told town ture turn VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman words young
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Seite 250 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Seite 250 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Seite 254 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Seite 251 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel...
Seite 250 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Seite 251 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Seite 185 - was the last person that lodged here ?' The king replied, ' His father.' ' And who is it,' says the dervise, ' that lodges here at present?' The king told him, that it was he himself. ' And, who,' says the dervise, ' will be here after you ?' The king answered, ' The young prince his son.' ' Ah, sir,' said the dervise, ' a house that changes its inhabitants so often, and receives such a perpetual succession of guests, is not a palace, but a caravansary.
Seite 291 - On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound Th" infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus.
Seite 251 - What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? here at least We shall be free ; th...
Seite 77 - Troy, and engaged all the gods in factions. ^Eneas's settlement in Italy produced the Caesars and gave birth to the Roman Empire. Milton's subject was still greater than either of the former; it does not determine the fate of single persons or nations, but of a whole species. The united powers of hell are joined together for the destruction of mankind, which they effected in part, and would have completed had not Omnipotence itself interposed.