The Spectator, Հատոր 2J. and R. Tonson, 1739 - 313 էջ |
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... is then in its highest Use and Perfection ; and it is to fuch as Your Lordship , that the Sciences owe the Efteem which they have with the active Part of Mankind . • Mankind . Knowledge of Books in reclufe Men , The Dedication .
... is then in its highest Use and Perfection ; and it is to fuch as Your Lordship , that the Sciences owe the Efteem which they have with the active Part of Mankind . • Mankind . Knowledge of Books in reclufe Men , The Dedication .
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... use of upon a parallel Occafion ; I mean that Paffage in Horace , where he describes himself when he was a Child , fallen asleep in a defart Wood , and covered with Leaves by the Turtles that took pity on him . Me fabulofa Vulture in ...
... use of upon a parallel Occafion ; I mean that Paffage in Horace , where he describes himself when he was a Child , fallen asleep in a defart Wood , and covered with Leaves by the Turtles that took pity on him . Me fabulofa Vulture in ...
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... use it . 3 < I am , Sir , a Perfon paft being Amorous , and do not give this Information out of Envy or Jealoufy , but I am a real Sufferer by it . Thefe Lovers take any thing for Tea and Coffee ; I faw one Yesterday furfeit to make his ...
... use it . 3 < I am , Sir , a Perfon paft being Amorous , and do not give this Information out of Envy or Jealoufy , but I am a real Sufferer by it . Thefe Lovers take any thing for Tea and Coffee ; I faw one Yesterday furfeit to make his ...
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... use of this Platonick Notion , fo far as it regards the Sub- fiftence of our Paffions after Death , with great Beauty and Strength of Reason . Plato indeed carries the Thought very far , when he grafts upon it his Opinion of Ghosts ...
... use of this Platonick Notion , fo far as it regards the Sub- fiftence of our Paffions after Death , with great Beauty and Strength of Reason . Plato indeed carries the Thought very far , when he grafts upon it his Opinion of Ghosts ...
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... use , and endeavour to accommodate them as well as I can to their Tafte ; not queftioning but the valuable Part of the Sex will eafily pardon me , if from Time to Time I laugh at thofe little Vanities and Follies which appear in the ...
... use , and endeavour to accommodate them as well as I can to their Tafte ; not queftioning but the valuable Part of the Sex will eafily pardon me , if from Time to Time I laugh at thofe little Vanities and Follies which appear in the ...
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Էջ 154 - Upon this my friend with his usual cheerfulness related the particulars above-mentioned, and ordered the head to be brought into the room. I could not forbear discovering greater expressions of mirth than ordinary upon the appearance of this...
Էջ 285 - I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him, he applied it. to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was...
Էջ 102 - ... himself. He now and then presents a pair of garters of his own knitting to their mothers or sisters ; and raises a great deal of mirth among them, by inquiring as often as he meets them
Էջ 87 - Now the best way in the world for a man to seem to be any thing is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it...
Էջ 116 - Sunday in the dignity of his order, and insinuates to them in almost every sermon that he is a better man than his patron. In short, matters are come to such an extremity, that the squire has not said his prayers either in public or private this half year; and that the parson threatens him, if he does not mend his manners, to pray for him in the face of the whole congregation.
Էջ 286 - 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 287 - ... on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 'The Genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. Take thine eyes off the bridge...
Էջ 286 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Էջ 95 - ... as the knight is the best master in the world, he seldom changes his servants; and as he is beloved by all about him, his servants never care for leaving him : by this means his domestics are all in years, and grown old with their master.
Էջ 286 - What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest...