The Spectator, Band 5William Durell and Company, 1810 |
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... shew yourselves to no other purpose , than to gain a conquest over some man of worth , in order to bestow your charms and fortune on him . There is no indecency in the confession , the design is modest and honourable , and all your ...
... shew yourselves to no other purpose , than to gain a conquest over some man of worth , in order to bestow your charms and fortune on him . There is no indecency in the confession , the design is modest and honourable , and all your ...
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... shew itself ) they become sparing and reserved in their commendations , they envy him the satisfaction of an applause , and look on their praises rather as a kindness done to his person , than as a tribute paid to his merit . Others who ...
... shew itself ) they become sparing and reserved in their commendations , they envy him the satisfaction of an applause , and look on their praises rather as a kindness done to his person , than as a tribute paid to his merit . Others who ...
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... shew their judgment , or their wit , and by such as are guilty , or innocent , of the same slips or misconducts in their own be- haviour ! But were there none of these dispositions in others to censure a famous man , nor any such ...
... shew their judgment , or their wit , and by such as are guilty , or innocent , of the same slips or misconducts in their own be- haviour ! But were there none of these dispositions in others to censure a famous man , nor any such ...
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... shew , that it hinders us from obtaining an end which we have abilities to acquire , and which is accompa- nied with fulness of satisfaction . I need not tell my reader , that I mean by this end , that happi- ness which is reserved for ...
... shew , that it hinders us from obtaining an end which we have abilities to acquire , and which is accompa- nied with fulness of satisfaction . I need not tell my reader , that I mean by this end , that happi- ness which is reserved for ...
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... shew the strength of those princi- ples from whence they proceed . They are not adequate expressions of our virtues , and can only shew us what habits are in the soul , without dis- covering the degree and perfection of such habits ...
... shew the strength of those princi- ples from whence they proceed . They are not adequate expressions of our virtues , and can only shew us what habits are in the soul , without dis- covering the degree and perfection of such habits ...
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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.