The Spectator, Հատոր 6J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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... called quakers , would not be a very fer- viceable expedient , and abate that overflow of light . which fhines within them fo powerfully , that it daz- zles their eyes , and dances them into a thoufand va- garies of error and enthufiafm ...
... called quakers , would not be a very fer- viceable expedient , and abate that overflow of light . which fhines within them fo powerfully , that it daz- zles their eyes , and dances them into a thoufand va- garies of error and enthufiafm ...
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... called him back again , and had nothing to fay to him , and bid him and all the men in the world go out of her fight ; but the maid : followed , and bid him bring an answer . Cynthio returned as follows . Madam , T June 4 , Three ...
... called him back again , and had nothing to fay to him , and bid him and all the men in the world go out of her fight ; but the maid : followed , and bid him bring an answer . Cynthio returned as follows . Madam , T June 4 , Three ...
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... condition of the favages in the field . But it may be afk'd , to what good ufe can tend a difcourfe of this kind at all ? It is to alarm VOL . VI . B chafte chafte ears against fuch as have what is above called N ° 400 25 THE SPECTATOR .
... condition of the favages in the field . But it may be afk'd , to what good ufe can tend a difcourfe of this kind at all ? It is to alarm VOL . VI . B chafte chafte ears against fuch as have what is above called N ° 400 25 THE SPECTATOR .
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chafte ears against fuch as have what is above called the prevailing gentle art . Mafters of that talent are capable of clothing their thoughts in fo foft a drefs , and fomething fo diftant from the fecret purpose of their heart , that ...
chafte ears against fuch as have what is above called the prevailing gentle art . Mafters of that talent are capable of clothing their thoughts in fo foft a drefs , and fomething fo diftant from the fecret purpose of their heart , that ...
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... called in at St. James's , where I found the whole outward room in a buz of politics .. The fpeculations were but very indifferent towards the door , but grew finer as you advanced to the upper end of the room , and were fo very much ...
... called in at St. James's , where I found the whole outward room in a buz of politics .. The fpeculations were but very indifferent towards the door , but grew finer as you advanced to the upper end of the room , and were fo very much ...
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Էջ 66 - On the contrary, a spacious horizon is an image of liberty, where the eye has room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the immensity of its views, and to lose itself amidst the variety of objects that offer themselves to its observation. Such wide and undetermined prospects are as pleasing to the fancy as the speculations of eternity or infinitude are to the understanding.
Էջ 298 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Էջ 14 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty, perform your command. " But let not your grace ever imagine that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.
Էջ 86 - But this is certain, that a noble writer should be born with this faculty in its full strength and vigour, so as to be able to receive lively ideas from outward objects, to retain them long, and to range them together, upon occasion, in such figures and representations, as are most likely to hit the fancy of the reader.
Էջ 220 - Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of Him who is the great Author of Good, and Father of Mercies.
Էջ 71 - He has annexed a secret pleasure to the idea of any thing that is new or uncommon, that he might encourage us in the pursuit after knowledge, and engage us to search into the wonders of his creation ; for every new idea brings such a pleasure along with it as rewards any pains we have taken in its acquisition, and consequently serves as a motive to put us upon fresh discoveries.
Էջ 15 - Grace may be freed from an open censure, and mine offence being so lawfully proved, your Grace is at liberty, both before God and man, not only to execute worthy punishment on me as an unlawful wife, but to follow your affection, already...
Էջ 15 - ... of mine enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain of a disloyal heart towards your good grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter.
Էջ 69 - There is a second kind of beauty that we find in the several products of art and nature, which does not work in the imagination with that warmth and violence as the beauty that appears in our proper species, but is apt however to raise in us a secret delight, and a kind of fondness for the places or objects in which we discover it.
Էջ 66 - The mind of man naturally hates every thing that looks like a restraint upon it...