The Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, Bände 1-2J.J. Woodward, 1836 |
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... late papers , of making but also have descended and spoke on the an alliance between all the bulls , bears , stage as the bold Thunderer in The Re- elephants , and lions , which are separately hearsal . When they got me down thus ...
... late papers , of making but also have descended and spoke on the an alliance between all the bulls , bears , stage as the bold Thunderer in The Re- elephants , and lions , which are separately hearsal . When they got me down thus ...
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... LATE Conversation which I fell into , into a love of books and retirement . She gave me an opportunity of observing a great converses chiefly with men ( as she has deal of beauty in a very handsome woman , often said herself ) but it is ...
... LATE Conversation which I fell into , into a love of books and retirement . She gave me an opportunity of observing a great converses chiefly with men ( as she has deal of beauty in a very handsome woman , often said herself ) but it is ...
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... late speculations , I find some sketches towards a history of clubs ; but you seem to me to show them in somewhat too ludicrous a light . I have well weighed that matter , and think , that the most important negociations may best ...
... late speculations , I find some sketches towards a history of clubs ; but you seem to me to show them in somewhat too ludicrous a light . I have well weighed that matter , and think , that the most important negociations may best ...
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... late Edward King , esq . who , in his Munimenta Antiqua , after alluding to the practice of tattooing be- ing prevalent amongst the Britons . Picts , and other ed , however , were as indelible as they were honourable ; and they were ...
... late Edward King , esq . who , in his Munimenta Antiqua , after alluding to the practice of tattooing be- ing prevalent amongst the Britons . Picts , and other ed , however , were as indelible as they were honourable ; and they were ...
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... late friend of mine , who at sixty - five ventured on a lass of fifteen , very frequently in the re- maining five years of his life gave me to understand , that as old as he then seemed , when they were first married he and his spouse ...
... late friend of mine , who at sixty - five ventured on a lass of fifteen , very frequently in the re- maining five years of his life gave me to understand , that as old as he then seemed , when they were first married he and his spouse ...
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Seite 236 - I passed some time in the contemplation of this wonderful structure, and the great variety of objects which it presented. My heart was filled with a deep melancholy to see several dropping unexpectedly in the midst of mirth and jollity, and catching at every thing that stood by them to save themselves.
Seite 236 - But tell me farther,' said he, ' what thou discoverest on it.' ' I see multitudes of people passing over it,' said I, ' and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.' As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it : and upon...
Seite 53 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Seite 172 - Psalms half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it ; sometimes, when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces "amen...
Seite 237 - on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it." I directed my sight as I was ordered, and (whether or no the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force, or dissipated part of the mist that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the...
Seite 236 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains. I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and, passing from one thought to another,
Seite 164 - This humanity and good nature engages everybody to him, so that when he is pleasant upon any of them, all his family are in good humour, and none so much as the person whom he diverts himself with ; on the contrary, if he coughs, or betrays any infirmity of old age, it is easy for a stander-by to observe a secret concern in the looks of all his servants.
Seite 165 - I have given him the parsonage of the parish; and, because I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he out-lives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years ; and, though he does not know I have taken...
Seite 437 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Seite 264 - Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me: When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...