The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and Explanatory Notes, Band 8J. Crissy, 1824 |
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... desire only you would entreat our people of quality , who are not to be interrupted in their pleasure , to think of the practice of any mor- al duty , that they would at least fine for their sins , and give something to these poor ...
... desire only you would entreat our people of quality , who are not to be interrupted in their pleasure , to think of the practice of any mor- al duty , that they would at least fine for their sins , and give something to these poor ...
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... desires to drink his bottle and smoke his pipe . You have formerly remarked upon several sorts of clubs , and as the tendency of this is only to increase fraud and deceit , I hope you will please to take notice of it . I am , with ...
... desires to drink his bottle and smoke his pipe . You have formerly remarked upon several sorts of clubs , and as the tendency of this is only to increase fraud and deceit , I hope you will please to take notice of it . I am , with ...
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... he bought her , and has taken her in partner , only altering their hours of duty from night to day . The town has come into it , and they live very comfortably . This is the matter of fact . Now I desire No : 376 . 39 THE SPECTATOR .
... he bought her , and has taken her in partner , only altering their hours of duty from night to day . The town has come into it , and they live very comfortably . This is the matter of fact . Now I desire No : 376 . 39 THE SPECTATOR .
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... desire you , who are a profound philosopher , to consider this alli- ance of instinct and reason ; your speculation may turn very naturally upon the force the superior part of mankind may have upon the spirit of such as , like this ...
... desire you , who are a profound philosopher , to consider this alli- ance of instinct and reason ; your speculation may turn very naturally upon the force the superior part of mankind may have upon the spirit of such as , like this ...
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... desire , therefore , according to the enclosed di- rection , you would send your correspondent who has writ to you on that subject to my house . If proper application this way can give innocence new charms , and make virtue legible in ...
... desire , therefore , according to the enclosed di- rection , you would send your correspondent who has writ to you on that subject to my house . If proper application this way can give innocence new charms , and make virtue legible in ...
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acquaintance action Addison Æneid æther affected agreeable Anne Boleyn appear arise atheists beautiful behaviour behold Cæsar Callisthenes Chap character charms cheerfulness colours consider conversation CORNELIUS NEPOS Cotton Library creature Cynthio dæmon dauphin of France delight discourse DRYDEN endeavour entertainment eyes faculty fancy fault Fidelio Flavia friendship gentleman give grace GRATIAN hand happy heart honour humble servant ideas Iliad imagination innocence JUNE Jupiter kind ladies letter live look lover mankind manner Menippus mind modesty narch nature never objects observed occasion OVID paper Paradise Lost particular passions Pentheus perfection person pleasing pleasure poem poet poetry prince proper racter raise reader reason received reflections Roger de Coverley scenes secret sight sion soul SPECTATOR spirits taste temper thing thought tion town turally VIII VIRG Virgil virtue whole words writing
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Seite 48 - The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead, And boys in flowery bands the tiger lead; The steer and lion at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents lick the pilgrim's feet.
Seite 188 - tis sweet to visit first Untouch'd and virgin streams, and quench my thirst. CREECB. Ouu sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses: it fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Seite 9 - They hand in hand with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Seite 7 - Which he hath sent propitious some great good Presaging, since, with sorrow and heart's distress Wearied, I fell asleep : but now lead on ; In me is no delay ; with thee to go Is to stay here ; without thee here to stay Is to go hence unwilling ; thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou. Who for my wilful crime art banish'd hence This further consolation yet secure I carry hence ; though all by me is lost, Such favour I unworthy am vouchsafed, By me the promised Seed shall all restore.
Seite 189 - We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight; but we have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding those images, which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision...
Seite 128 - Boleyn ; with which name and place I could willingly have contented myself, if God and your grace's pleasure had been so pleased. Neither did I at any time so...
Seite 129 - ... mine enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain of a disloyal heart towards your good grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter.
Seite 7 - Risen from a river o'er the marish glides, And gathers ground fast at the labourer's heel Homeward returning. High in front...
Seite 206 - Our British Gardeners, on the contrary, instead of humouring Nature, love to deviate from it as much as possible, Our Trees rise in Cones, Globes, and Pyramids, We see the Marks of the Scissars upon every Plant and Bush...
Seite 49 - O'erflow thy courts : the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd, and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his word, his saving power remains; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own MESSIAH reigns !" My dear children, make this king of Zion your friend, by sweetly submitting to the sceptre of his grace.