The Spectator, Band 8Tonson, 1739 |
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... scarce knew how to move forward upon his new Supporters : Obferving him to be a pleasant Kind of Fellow I ftuck my Cane in the Ground , and told him I would lay him a Bottle of Wine , that he did not march up to it on a Line , that I ...
... scarce knew how to move forward upon his new Supporters : Obferving him to be a pleasant Kind of Fellow I ftuck my Cane in the Ground , and told him I would lay him a Bottle of Wine , that he did not march up to it on a Line , that I ...
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... scarce the • Face to make his Court to a Lady , without fome Cre- ⚫dentials from the Service to recommend him . As the • Profeffion is very ancient , we have Reason to think fome of the greatest Men , among the old Romans , • derived ...
... scarce the • Face to make his Court to a Lady , without fome Cre- ⚫dentials from the Service to recommend him . As the • Profeffion is very ancient , we have Reason to think fome of the greatest Men , among the old Romans , • derived ...
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... scarce a great Poft but what I have fome Time or other been in ; but my Behaviour ⚫ while I was Mafter of a College , pleases me fo well , that whenever there is a Province of that Nature va- cant , I intend to ftep in as foon as I can ...
... scarce a great Poft but what I have fome Time or other been in ; but my Behaviour ⚫ while I was Mafter of a College , pleases me fo well , that whenever there is a Province of that Nature va- cant , I intend to ftep in as foon as I can ...
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... scarce fail of being well receiv'd by both Sexes . IF my Invention therefore fhould be almoft exhaust- ed on this Head , he offers to serve under me in the Qua- lity of a Love Cafuift ; for which Place he conceives him- felf to be ...
... scarce fail of being well receiv'd by both Sexes . IF my Invention therefore fhould be almoft exhaust- ed on this Head , he offers to serve under me in the Qua- lity of a Love Cafuift ; for which Place he conceives him- felf to be ...
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... scarce worth the keep- ing , if we were under a perpetual Dread of lofing them ; it is the Business of Religion and Philofophy to free us from all unneceffary Anxieties , and direct our Fear to its proper Object . IF we confider the ...
... scarce worth the keep- ing , if we were under a perpetual Dread of lofing them ; it is the Business of Religion and Philofophy to free us from all unneceffary Anxieties , and direct our Fear to its proper Object . IF we confider the ...
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affure Beauty becauſe Bleffed Cafe confider Confideration Converfation Creature Defign Defire Difcourfe difcovered Divine endeavour entertain Eternity Exiftence Exiſtence Eyes faid fame Fancy fays fecond feems felf felves fenfible fent ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft fome fomething foon fpeaking Friday Friend ftill fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed fure Gentleman give greateſt Hand Happineſs happy hath Heart himſelf Honour Husband impoffible Inftance Lady laft lefs Letter loft look Love Lover Mankind manner married miferable Mind moft Monday moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary nerally never Number obferved Occafion Ovid paffed Paffion paft Perfon Philofopher Place pleafed pleaſed Pleaſure Poffeffion prefent Promife Publick Reader Reafon refolved rife ſelf Senfe ſeveral ſhall Shalum ſhe Soul ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion Underſtanding uſe Virg Virtue whofe whole Widow Wife World young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 271 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Seite 104 - 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 48 - ... In the second place, he is Omniscient as well as Omnipresent. His Omniscience indeed necessarily and naturally flows from his Omnipresence ; he cannot but be conscious of every motion that arises in the whole material world, which he thus essentially pervades...
Seite 49 - ... regard every thing that has being, especially such of his creatures who fear they are not regarded by him. He is privy to all their thoughts, and to that anxiety of heart in particular, which is apt to trouble them on this occasion ; for, as it is impossible he should overlook any of his creatures, so we may be confident...
Seite 269 - Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into...
Seite 22 - I saw multitudes of old women throw down their wrinkles, and several young ones who stripped themselves of a tawny skin.
Seite 22 - I took my stand in the centre of it, and saw with a great deal of pleasure the whole human species marching one after another, and throwing down their several loads, which immediately grew up into a prodigious mountain, that seemed to rise above the clouds.
Seite 297 - Creator, and with slow and painful steps creep up and down on the surface of this globe, shall ere long shoot away with the swiftness of imagination, trace out the hidden springs of nature's operations, be able to keep pace with the heavenly bodies in the rapidity of their career, be a spectator of the long chain of events in the natural and moral worlds...
Seite 83 - Would not he think that we are a species of beings made for quite different ends and purposes than what we really are ? Must not he imagine that we were placed in this world to get riches and honours ? Would...
Seite 26 - I stuck my cane in the ground, and told him I would lay him a bottle of wine that he did not march up to it on a line that I drew for him in a quarter of an hour.