The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explantory notes1816 |
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... heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity ; and since I have neither time nor inclina- tion to communicate the fulness of my heart and speech , I am resolved to do it in writing , and to print myself out , if possible , before I die ...
... heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity ; and since I have neither time nor inclina- tion to communicate the fulness of my heart and speech , I am resolved to do it in writing , and to print myself out , if possible , before I die ...
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... heard him prove , that diligence makes more lasting ac- quisitions than valour , and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword . He abounds in several frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favourite is , A penny saved is a ...
... heard him prove , that diligence makes more lasting ac- quisitions than valour , and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword . He abounds in several frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favourite is , A penny saved is a ...
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... heard him often lament , that in a profession where merit is placed in so conspicuous a view , impudence should get the better of modesty . When he has talked to this purpose , I never heard him make a sour expres- sion , but frankly ...
... heard him often lament , that in a profession where merit is placed in so conspicuous a view , impudence should get the better of modesty . When he has talked to this purpose , I never heard him make a sour expres- sion , but frankly ...
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... heard , concerning the decay of pub- lic credit , with the methods of restoring it , and which , in my opinion , have always been defective , because they have always been made with an eye to separate interests , and party principles ...
... heard , concerning the decay of pub- lic credit , with the methods of restoring it , and which , in my opinion , have always been defective , because they have always been made with an eye to separate interests , and party principles ...
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... heard . She was likewise ( as I afterwards found ) a greater valetudinarian than any I had ever met with , even in her own sex , and subject to such momentary consumptions , that , in the twinkling of an eye , she would fall away from ...
... heard . She was likewise ( as I afterwards found ) a greater valetudinarian than any I had ever met with , even in her own sex , and subject to such momentary consumptions , that , in the twinkling of an eye , she would fall away from ...
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acquaint acrostics ADDISON admiration Æneid agreeable anagrams appear APRIL 13 April 26 Aristotle audience beautiful behaviour Ben Johnson called character Cicero club coffee-house conversation discourse dress DRYDEN endeavour English entertainment eyes false favour genius gentleman give hand heard heart hero honour Hudibras humble servant humour Italian JOHN HENLEY kind king lady laugh learned letter likewise lion live look Lord lover mankind manner March 15 means mind nature never night observed occasion opera OVID paper particular passion person Pharamond Pict piece play pleased pleasure poem poet portunity Porus present prince reader reason ROSCOMMON scene sense shew speak Spectator stage STEELE talk taste Tatler tell thing thou thought tion told town tragedy turn verses VIRG Virgil virtue Whigs whole woman women words writing young
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Էջ 48 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold, Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to others...
Էջ 38 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among Men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and in CoffeeHouses.
Էջ 235 - For. wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas. and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity. thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy: judgment. on the contrary. lies quite on the other side. in separating carefully one from another ideas wherein can be found the least difference. thereby to avoid being misled by similitude and by affinity to take one thing for another.
Էջ 5 - THE first of our society is a gentleman of Worcestershire, of an ancient descent, a baronet, his name Sir Roger de Coverley. His great grandfather was inventor of that famous country-dance which is called after him. All who know that shire are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger. He is a gentleman that is very singular in his behaviour, but his singularities proceed from his good sense, and are contradictions to the manners of the world, only as he thinks the world is in the...
Էջ 266 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
Էջ 267 - ... and dreadful scene of death, occasioned by the mutual feuds which reigned in the families of an English and Scotch nobleman : that he designed this for the instruction of his poem, we may learn from his four last lines, in which, after the example of the modern tragedians, he draws from it a precept for the benefit of his readers. God save the King, and bless the land In plenty, joy, and peace ; And grant henceforth that foul debate 'Twixt noblemen may cease.
Էջ 165 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel Revisits thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
Էջ 180 - Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter*, more than I invent, or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
Էջ 10 - To conclude his character, where women are not concerned, he is an honest worthy man. I cannot tell whether I am to account him whom I am next to speak of as one of our company, for he visits us but seldom ; but when he does, it adds to every man else a new enjoyment of himself. He is a clergyman, a very philosophic man, of general learning, great sanctity of life, and the most exact good breeding.
Էջ 165 - Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!