The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Հատորներ 7-8 |
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... obliged to drink his tea and coffee without sugar , and not receive from any person whatsoever any thing above mere necessaries . As we in England are a sober people , and gene- rally inclined rather to a certain bashfulness of beha ...
... obliged to drink his tea and coffee without sugar , and not receive from any person whatsoever any thing above mere necessaries . As we in England are a sober people , and gene- rally inclined rather to a certain bashfulness of beha ...
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... oblige , than receive an obligation . The marriage - life is always an insipid , a vexa- tious , or a happy , condition . The first is , when two people of no genius or taste for themselves meet to- gether , upon such a settlement as ...
... oblige , than receive an obligation . The marriage - life is always an insipid , a vexa- tious , or a happy , condition . The first is , when two people of no genius or taste for themselves meet to- gether , upon such a settlement as ...
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... obliged to re- peat his commands several times to no purpose ; till at last one of the lads presented him with some ... obliging appellations of dog and rascal , he asked him aloud before the whole com- pany , why he must be used with ...
... obliged to re- peat his commands several times to no purpose ; till at last one of the lads presented him with some ... obliging appellations of dog and rascal , he asked him aloud before the whole com- pany , why he must be used with ...
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... obliged to suffer it , and cannot fly from it . I do assure you , Sir , the cheerfulness of life , which would arise from the honest gain I have , is utterly lost to me , from the endless , fat , impertinent , plea- santries which I ...
... obliged to suffer it , and cannot fly from it . I do assure you , Sir , the cheerfulness of life , which would arise from the honest gain I have , is utterly lost to me , from the endless , fat , impertinent , plea- santries which I ...
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... they were in our condition ; therefore pray consider the distress of us the lower order of beauties , and I shall be " Your obliged humble servant . " T VOL . VII . E No. 156. WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 29 , 1711 . Sed NO . 155 . 37 SPECTATOR .
... they were in our condition ; therefore pray consider the distress of us the lower order of beauties , and I shall be " Your obliged humble servant . " T VOL . VII . E No. 156. WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 29 , 1711 . Sed NO . 155 . 37 SPECTATOR .
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Common terms and phrases
acquaintance actions admired Æneid agreeable Alcibiades ambition appear Aristotle beauty behaviour character CHARLES DIEUPART consider conversation creature DECEMBER 25 desire discourse endeavour entertainment esteem eye of Providence fame father favour gentleman give happiness head heart honour hope Hudibras human humble servant humour husband Iliad imagination judgement kind lady leap letter live look lover Lover's Leap mankind manner marriage matter mean merit mind nature nerally never obliged observe occasion October 30 opinion ourselves OVID paper Paradise Lost particular pass passion perfection person pleased pleasure poem poet pray present proper racters reader reason received renegado ridicule Sappho secret sense Socrates soul SPECTATOR speculation spirit tell temper Theodosius thing thought tion town turn VIRG Virgil virtue virtuous whole wife woman women word write young
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Էջ 97 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Էջ 65 - ... seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage...
Էջ 204 - For joy of offer'd peace : But I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Էջ 65 - These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several islands, which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees, suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them ; every island is a paradise accommodated to its respective inhabitants. Are not these...
Էջ 80 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome...
Էջ 148 - If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me; What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Էջ 355 - Their rising all at once was as the sound Of thunder heard remote. Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone, and as a God Extol him equal to the Highest in Heaven.
Էջ 317 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Էջ 319 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day, While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Էջ 66 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating : but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy...