The Spectator, Band 8Tonson, 1739 |
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▻ You are now wholly retired from the bufy Part of Mankind , and at leisure to reflect upon your past At- chievements ; for which Reason , I look upon you as a Person very well qualified for a Dedication . I may poffibly disappoint my ...
▻ You are now wholly retired from the bufy Part of Mankind , and at leisure to reflect upon your past At- chievements ; for which Reason , I look upon you as a Person very well qualified for a Dedication . I may poffibly disappoint my ...
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... Mankind were caft into a pub- lick Stock , in order to be equally distributed among the whole Species , thofe who now think themselves the most unhappy , would prefer the Share they are al- ready poffefs'd of , before that which would ...
... Mankind were caft into a pub- lick Stock , in order to be equally distributed among the whole Species , thofe who now think themselves the most unhappy , would prefer the Share they are al- ready poffefs'd of , before that which would ...
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... Mankind had thus caft their Burdens , the Phantome which had en fo bufy on this Occafion , feeing me an idle Spectator of what paffed , approached towards me . I grew uneafy at her Prefence , when of a fudden fhe held her magnify- ing ...
... Mankind had thus caft their Burdens , the Phantome which had en fo bufy on this Occafion , feeing me an idle Spectator of what paffed , approached towards me . I grew uneafy at her Prefence , when of a fudden fhe held her magnify- ing ...
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... Mankind , People being naturally full of themselves when they have nothing elfe in them . There is one kind of Egotifts which is very common in the World , tho ' I do not remember that any Writer has taken notice of them ; I mean thofe ...
... Mankind , People being naturally full of themselves when they have nothing elfe in them . There is one kind of Egotifts which is very common in the World , tho ' I do not remember that any Writer has taken notice of them ; I mean thofe ...
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... Mankind in , and a certain Freedom of Behaviour , which is not fo eafily acquired in any • other Place . At the same Time I must own , that fome Military Airs are pretty extraordinary , and that a Man who goes into the Army a Coxcomb ...
... Mankind in , and a certain Freedom of Behaviour , which is not fo eafily acquired in any • other Place . At the same Time I must own , that fome Military Airs are pretty extraordinary , and that a Man who goes into the Army a Coxcomb ...
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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.