The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explanatory notes. 12 vols. [in 6]., Հատորներ 5-61853 |
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... given themselves . We see in this amazing instance of barbarity what strange disorders are bred in the minds of those men , whose passions are not regulated by virtue , and disciplined by reason . Though the action which I have recited ...
... given themselves . We see in this amazing instance of barbarity what strange disorders are bred in the minds of those men , whose passions are not regulated by virtue , and disciplined by reason . Though the action which I have recited ...
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... given you an account of our diversion on ordinary club- nights ; but must acquaint you further , that once a month we demolish a prude , that is , we get some queer formal creature in among us , and un- rig her in an instant . Our last ...
... given you an account of our diversion on ordinary club- nights ; but must acquaint you further , that once a month we demolish a prude , that is , we get some queer formal creature in among us , and un- rig her in an instant . Our last ...
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... given me , and make it the subject of a whole Spectator ; in the mean time , take it as it follows , in his own words : MR . SPECTATOR , ' It is my misfortune to be in love with a young creature who is daily committing faults , which ...
... given me , and make it the subject of a whole Spectator ; in the mean time , take it as it follows , in his own words : MR . SPECTATOR , ' It is my misfortune to be in love with a young creature who is daily committing faults , which ...
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... given us . If it be an improper one , the fault is not in us , but in him who has cast our several parts , and is the great disposer of the drama . ' The part which was acted by this philosopher himself was but a very indifferent one ...
... given us . If it be an improper one , the fault is not in us , but in him who has cast our several parts , and is the great disposer of the drama . ' The part which was acted by this philosopher himself was but a very indifferent one ...
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... make Latin Verses , London , 1678. " I believe it is a plan of his scheme which is given in Nat . Bailey's Dictionary , folio , under the word Hexameter . screen . What a joy must it be to the No. 220 . 27 THE SPECTATOR .
... make Latin Verses , London , 1678. " I believe it is a plan of his scheme which is given in Nat . Bailey's Dictionary , folio , under the word Hexameter . screen . What a joy must it be to the No. 220 . 27 THE SPECTATOR .
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Էջ 177 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Էջ 107 - And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Էջ 179 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Էջ 181 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth...
Էջ 185 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Էջ 170 - Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...
Էջ 180 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Էջ 180 - Farewell happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells : Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
Էջ 3 - The figure is in the stone, and the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.
Էջ 6 - It is therefore an unspeakable blessing, to be born in those parts of the world where wisdom and knowledge flourish ; though, it must be confessed, there are, even in these parts, several poor uninstructed persons, who are but little above the inhabitants of those nations of which I have been here speaking...