The Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, Հատորներ 1-2J.J. Woodward, 1836 |
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... never seen , with the Genius of Great Britain . At the first entrance the lady re- vived , the bags swelled to their former Dulk , the pile of faggots and heaps of paper changed into pyramids of guineas : and for my own part I was so ...
... never seen , with the Genius of Great Britain . At the first entrance the lady re- vived , the bags swelled to their former Dulk , the pile of faggots and heaps of paper changed into pyramids of guineas : and for my own part I was so ...
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... never praised advantage ; but from their inward manner of bearing their condition , often pity the prosperous , and admire the unhappy . Those who converse with the dumb , know from the turn of their eyes , and the changes of their ...
... never praised advantage ; but from their inward manner of bearing their condition , often pity the prosperous , and admire the unhappy . Those who converse with the dumb , know from the turn of their eyes , and the changes of their ...
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... never expressed the least resentment of it . But with submission , I think the remark I have here made shows us , that this unworthy treatment made an impression upon his mind , though he had been too wise to discover it . GOOD SIR ...
... never expressed the least resentment of it . But with submission , I think the remark I have here made shows us , that this unworthy treatment made an impression upon his mind , though he had been too wise to discover it . GOOD SIR ...
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... never go to bed drunk , but always ty , can dance , and make a very good figure flustered ; I wear away very gently ; am in a public assembly ; but , alas , madam , apt to be peevish , but never angry . Mr. you must go no further ...
... never go to bed drunk , but always ty , can dance , and make a very good figure flustered ; I wear away very gently ; am in a public assembly ; but , alas , madam , apt to be peevish , but never angry . Mr. you must go no further ...
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... never spoke a word too much . * It might be borne , even here ; but it often ascends the pulpit itself ; and the declaimer in that sacred place , is frequently so im- pertinently witty , speaks of the last day it- self with so many ...
... never spoke a word too much . * It might be borne , even here ; but it often ascends the pulpit itself ; and the declaimer in that sacred place , is frequently so im- pertinently witty , speaks of the last day it- self with so many ...
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Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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,
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...