The Spectator in miniature: being a collection of the principle essays, compressed into 2 vols. by F. Prevost and F.W. Blagdon, Հատոր 11808 |
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Արդյունքներ 17–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... perfection . And here it is worth our ob- servation , that all beasts and birds of prey are won- derfully subject to anger , malice , revenge , and all the other violent passions that may animate them in search of their proper food ; as ...
... perfection . And here it is worth our ob- servation , that all beasts and birds of prey are won- derfully subject to anger , malice , revenge , and all the other violent passions that may animate them in search of their proper food ; as ...
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... perfection , without a possibility of ever arriving at it ; which is a hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved by others who have written on this subject , though it seems to me to carry a great weight with it . How ...
... perfection , without a possibility of ever arriving at it ; which is a hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved by others who have written on this subject , though it seems to me to carry a great weight with it . How ...
Էջ 45
... perfection of his nature , before he is hurried off the stage . Would an infinitely wise Being make such glorious creatures for so mean a purpose ? Can he delight in the production of such abortive intelligences , such short - lived ...
... perfection of his nature , before he is hurried off the stage . Would an infinitely wise Being make such glorious creatures for so mean a purpose ? Can he delight in the production of such abortive intelligences , such short - lived ...
Էջ 46
... perfection , will be sufficient to ex- tinguish all envy in inferior natures , and all contempt in superior . That cherubin , which now appears as a God to a human Soul , knows very well that the period will come about in eternity ...
... perfection , will be sufficient to ex- tinguish all envy in inferior natures , and all contempt in superior . That cherubin , which now appears as a God to a human Soul , knows very well that the period will come about in eternity ...
Էջ 78
... perfection than the elder . But as this doth not fall within my present view , I shall content myself with taking notice , that the consideration now mentioned proves undeniably , that the ideal worlds in the divine understanding yield ...
... perfection than the elder . But as this doth not fall within my present view , I shall content myself with taking notice , that the consideration now mentioned proves undeniably , that the ideal worlds in the divine understanding yield ...
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Acrostics ADDISON admired affect agreeable anagram animals appear Aristotle atheist Avarice beautiful behaviour behold Blanche of Castile body called character Cicero consider conversation creatures death delight divine dreams dress DRYDEN endeavour Eucrate excellent fancy favour Fidelio fortune genius gentleman George Etheridge give glory greatest habit hand happy heard heart Heaven Hesiod honour human humour ideas imagination infinite JOSEPH ADDISON kind king lady Lætitia laugh live look Lord mankind manner ment mind nature neral never nurse observe occasion opinion Ovid particular passion perfection person Pharamond Pict Pindar pleased pleasure poet praise present prince racter reader reason religion ROSCOMMON scenes sense sight sion Sir Richard Baker soul speak Spectator Tatler tell temper thing thou thought tion told Trophonius turn VIRG Virgil virtue Whig whilst whole woman wonderful words writings young
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Էջ 42 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Էջ 40 - There is not, in my opinion, a more pleasing and triumphant consideration in religion than this, of the perpetual progress which the soul makes towards the perfection of its nature, without ever arriving at a period in it.
Էջ 96 - ... notwithstanding any anxieties which he pretends for his mistress, his country, or his friends, one may see by his action, that his greatest care and concern is to keep the plume of feathers from falling off his head.
Էջ 118 - When I lay me down to sleep, I recommend myself to his care; when I awake, I give myself up to his direction. Amidst all the evils that threaten me, I will look up to him for help, and question not but he will either avert them, or turn them to my advantage. Though I know neither the time nor the manner of the death I am to die, I am not at all solicitous about it; because I am sure that he knows them both, and that he will not fail to comfort and support me under them.
Էջ 176 - 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, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Էջ 261 - WAS yesterday, about sun-set, walking in the open fields, till the night insensibly fell upon me. I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours which appeared in the western parts of heaven ; in proportion as they faded away and went out, several stars and planets appeared one after another, till the whole firmament was in a glow.
Էջ 42 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man...
Էջ 186 - The single dress of a woman of quality is often the product of an hundred climates. The muff and the fan come together from the different ends of the earth. The scarf is sent from the torrid zone, and the tippet from beneath the pole. The brocade petticoat, rises out of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan.
Էջ 180 - I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Էջ 186 - Our ships are laden with the harvest of every climate : our tables are stored with spices, and oils, and wines; our rooms are filled with pyramids of China, and adorned with the workmanship of Japan : our morning's draught comes to us from the remotest corners of the earth; we repair our bodies by the drugs of America, and repose ourselves under Indian canopies.