The Spectator, Հատոր 5Tonson, 1739 |
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... last , with an Indignation arifing from a Paffion I then firft difcovered in him , he threw the Papers into the Fire , fwearing that fince he was not 6 to read them , the Man who writ them fhould never be fo happy as to have me read ...
... last , with an Indignation arifing from a Paffion I then firft difcovered in him , he threw the Papers into the Fire , fwearing that fince he was not 6 to read them , the Man who writ them fhould never be fo happy as to have me read ...
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... last Tuesday's Paper has been mistaken by many of my Rea- ders . I did not defign fo much to expofe Vice as Idle- nefs , and aimed at thofe Perfons who pafs away their Time rather in Trifle and Impertinence , than in Crimes and ...
... last Tuesday's Paper has been mistaken by many of my Rea- ders . I did not defign fo much to expofe Vice as Idle- nefs , and aimed at thofe Perfons who pafs away their Time rather in Trifle and Impertinence , than in Crimes and ...
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... last Week's Papers , I have performed mine according to your Orders , and herewith send it you in- clofed . You must know , Mr. SPECTATOR , that I am a Maiden Lady of a good Fortune , who have had ⚫ feveral Matches offered me for these ...
... last Week's Papers , I have performed mine according to your Orders , and herewith send it you in- clofed . You must know , Mr. SPECTATOR , that I am a Maiden Lady of a good Fortune , who have had ⚫ feveral Matches offered me for these ...
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... last Saturday's Observation on the Fourth Book of Milton with great Satisfacti- on , and am particularly pleased with the hidden Mo- ral , which you have taken notice of in several Parts of the Poem . The Defign of this Letter is to ...
... last Saturday's Observation on the Fourth Book of Milton with great Satisfacti- on , and am particularly pleased with the hidden Mo- ral , which you have taken notice of in several Parts of the Poem . The Defign of this Letter is to ...
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... last Election , for fear of fome ill Confequence from my being off my Poft . What I would therefore defire of you , is , to promote a Project • I have set on foot ; and upon which I have writ to fome ⚫ of my Friends ; and that is ...
... last Election , for fear of fome ill Confequence from my being off my Poft . What I would therefore defire of you , is , to promote a Project • I have set on foot ; and upon which I have writ to fome ⚫ of my Friends ; and that is ...
Common terms and phrases
Adam Affurance againſt agreeable alfo Angels arife Aurengzebe Bagnio beautiful becauſe beft Behaviour beſt chearful Chearfulneſs Circumftances confider Confideration Converfation defcribes Defcription Defign defire Difcourfe faid fame fays fecond feems felf felves feve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething foon fpeak Friend ftill fuch Gentleman give greateſt Happineſs Heaven himſelf Homer Honour Houſe humble Servant Imagination Inftance juft Jupiter Lady laft laſt lefs live loft look Love Mafter Mankind manner Menippus Milton Mind modeft moft moſt muft muſt Nature never Night obferved Occafion Ovid Paffage paffed Paffion Paradife particular Perfon pleafing pleaſed Pleaſure Poem Poet prefent publick racter radife raiſe Reader Reaſon Refpect reft reprefented rife ſelf Senfe ſeveral ſhall ſhe Sir ROGER ſpeak SPECTATOR Spirit tell thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thro tion uſe Virg Virtue whofe whole World
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Էջ 244 - Being, whose power qualifies him to make us happy by an infinity of means, whose goodness and truth engage him to make those happy who desire it of him, and whose unchangeableness will secure us in this happiness to all eternity.
Էջ 132 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware : whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Էջ 80 - Immediately the mountains huge appear Emergent, and their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds; their tops ascend the sky: So high as...
Էջ 232 - The rocks proclaim th' approaching Deity. Lo, Earth receives him from the bending skies! Sink down, ye mountains! and ye valleys, rise! With heads declined, ye cedars, homage pay! Be smooth, ye rocks ! ye rapid floods, give way ! The Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold : Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold!
Էջ 26 - Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. " Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field : let us get up early to the vineyards, let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth.
Էջ 155 - But when such persons are introduced as principal actors, and engaged in a series of adventures, they take too much upon them, and are by no means proper for an heroic poem, which ought to appear credible in its principal parts.
Էջ 132 - Particularly as to the affairs of this world, integrity hath many advantages over all the fine and artificial ways of dissimulation and deceit ; it is much the plainer and easier, much the safer and more secure way of dealing in the world : it has less of trouble and difficulty, of entanglement and perplexity, of danger and hazard in it...
Էջ 29 - I do not remember to have met with any so finely drawn, and so conformable to the notions which are given of them in scripture, as this in Milton. After having...
Էջ 20 - Not distant far from thence a murmuring sound Of waters issued from a cave and spread Into a liquid plain then stood unmoved Pure as the expanse of heaven I thither went With unexperienced thought and laid me down On the green bank to look into the clear Smooth lake that to me seemed another sky.
Էջ 79 - Silence, ye troubled waves, and thou deep, peace, Said then the omnific Word, your discord end. Nor stay'd ; but, on the wings of cherubim Uplifted, in paternal glory rode Far into Chaos and the world unborn ; For Chaos heard his voice.